Lonesome Lenny

1946 film by Tex Avery
  • March 9, 1946 (1946-03-09)
Running time
8 minutesLanguageEnglish

Lonesome Lenny is a 1946 Screwy Squirrel cartoon directed by Tex Avery and released to theaters on March 9, 1946 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1] It is the last Screwy Squirrel cartoon; he is "killed" off on-screen at the end of the short.

Plot

Screwy Squirrel becomes the playmate of a lonesome, dopey, and strong dog Lenny, in a broad parody of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".

Voice cast

  • Wally Maher as Screwy Squirrel and Pet Store Owner (uncredited)[2]
  • Tex Avery as Lenny the Dog (uncredited) [2]
  • Sara Berner as Lady (uncredited)

Home media

DVD
  • The Katharine Hepburn Collection
Blu-ray
  • Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1

References

  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. XXX. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  2. ^ a b Scott, Keith. ""Hello All You Happy Tax Payers": Tex Avery's Voice Stock Company". Cartoon Research. Retrieved October 20, 2021.

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  • In the Zoo (1941)
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