Goopy Geer is a 1932 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Rudolf Ising, featuring the first appearance of the title character.[1] The short was released on April 16, 1932, alongside the feature film The Crowd Roars.[2]

Goopy Geer
Goopy Geer playing the piano.
Directed byRudolf Ising
Produced byHugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Leon Schlesinger
StarringJohnny Murray
Rudolf Ising
The King's Men
Music byFrank Marsales
Animation byIsadore Freleng
Rollin Hamilton
Uncredited:
Bob Clampett
Paul J. Smith
Larry Martin
Norman Blackburn
Carman Maxwell
Layouts byIsadore Freleng (uncredited)
Backgrounds byArt Loomer (uncredited)
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • April 16, 1932 (1932-04-16)
Running time
7 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

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The short from 1932, restored.

The customers in a nightclub clamor for Goopy Geer, who then comes out on the stage and entertains them by playing the piano, first with his fingers and his ears, later with his animated gloves. He's soon accompanied by a girl who tells a joke and sings a song.

Meanwhile, the customers eat and carry on in slapstick ways, and two coat racks dance together.

Toward the end, a drunken horse spits fire and destroys the piano, but Goopy keeps right on playing.

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Reception

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Motion Picture Herald called the film "an amusing cartoon number." The review noted that "the furniture does its assorted jigging in a manner often done before, but the short is entertaining enough in animated fashion."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 10. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald. 107 (5): 42. April 30, 1932. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
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