Hamateur Night
- Synopsis
- Cartoon of an amateur talent contest in a local theatre, which includes, among other entrants, an operatic penguin, a fox reciting Shakespeare, two chickens (one with a Katharine Hepburn voice) performing the balcony scene from ‘Romeo and Juliet’, and a performance of ‘She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes’ by Egghead. The cartoon satirises talent shows - all the talent and all the audience are animals. The fox only manages to get through the words ‘to be or not to be’ (which he recites thrice) when he is pelted by the audience and subsequently dropped through a trap door.
- Series
- Merrie Melodies
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1939
- Duration
- 8 mins
Credits
- Director
- Tex Avery
- Producer
- Leon Schlesinger
- Writer
- Jack Miller
- Music
- Carl W. Stalling
- Animator
- Paul Smith (3)
- Cast
Cliff Nazarro Egghead (voice) Tex Avery Hippo (voice)
Additional Details
- Production type
- Animation
- Plays
- Hamlet; Romeo and Juliet
- Keywords
- animals; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Talent contests
Notes
- Notes
- The cartoon may be downloaded from the web at http://refrederator.com/cartoon/hamateur_night (accessed 4/2007).
- History
- Episode number 845, season 45
Production Company
- Name
Vitaphone Corporation
- Address
- USA
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
Online Retailer
- Name
turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com
- Web
- http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamateur Night". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68064 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)