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The Captain and the Kids (film series)

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The Captain and the Kids
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Robert Allen
Friz Freleng
Burt Gillett
StarringBilly Bletcher
Martha Wentworth
Shirley Reed
Jeanne Dunne
Mel Blanc
Music byScott Bradley
Color processBlack-and-white
Technicolor (The Captain's Christmas and Petunia Natural Park)
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release dates
  • 1938 (1938)
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
7–9 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

In 1938, the comic strip The Captain and the Kids (Rudolph Dirks' parallel version of his own strip The Katzenjammer Kids) was adapted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, becoming the studio's first self-produced series of theatrical cartoon short subjects, directed by William Hanna, Bob Allen, and Friz Freleng. The short-lived series was unsuccessful, ending after one year and a total of 15 cartoons.[1] Following that cancellation, Freleng returned to Leon Schlesinger Productions, where he had earlier been an animation director. The Captain was voiced by Billy Bletcher, Mama was voiced by Martha Wentworth, the kids were voiced by Shirley Reed and Jeanne Dunne,[2] and John Silver was voiced by Mel Blanc.[3]

Titles

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# Title Directed by Release date
1 Blue Monday William Hanna February 11, 1938[4]
2 Cleaning House[5] Robert Allen February 12, 1938[6][a]
(earliest known date)
3 Poultry Pirates Friz Freleng April 16, 1938
4 The Captain's Pup Robert Allen April 30, 1938
5 A Day at the Beach Friz Freleng June 25, 1938
6 What a Lion! William Hanna July 16, 1938
7 The Pygmy Hunt Friz Freleng August 6, 1938
8 Old Smokey William Hanna September 3, 1938
9 Buried Treasure Robert Allen September 17, 1938
10 The Winning Ticket Burt Gillett October 1, 1938
11 The Honduras Hurricane Friz Freleng October 15, 1938
12 Petunia Natural Park[b] December 8, 1938[7]
(earliest known date)
13 The Captain's Christmas[b][8] December 10, 1938[9]
14 Seal Skinners January 21, 1939
15 Mama's New Hat February 11, 1939

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Archived from a February 15 article, this is based on the fact that new cartoon shorts would typically premiere in theaters on Saturdays.
  2. 1 2 Filmed in Technicolor.

References

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  1. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ Yowp (October 9, 2021). "Tralfaz: MGM Odds and Ends, Part 1". Tralfaz. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Charles Thorson's "Captain and The Kids" model sheets". Cartoon Brew. June 20, 2012. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Blue Monday - Earliest Known Date". The Morning News. February 11, 1938. p. 27. Retrieved April 2, 2026.Free access icon
  5. ↑ "Cleaning House". February 19, 1938. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  6. ↑ "Cleaning House - Earliest Known Date". Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. February 15, 1938. p. 10. Retrieved April 2, 2026.Free access icon
  7. ↑ "Petunia Natural Park - Earliest Known Date". The Index-Journal. December 4, 1938. p. 11. Retrieved April 7, 2026.Free access icon
  8. ↑ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 40. ISBN 9781476672939.
  9. ↑ "The Captain's Christmas - Earliest Known Date". The Times-News. December 10, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved April 7, 2026.Free access icon
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