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.

Lonesome Lenny
Directed byTex Avery
Story byHeck Allen
Produced byFred Quimby (uncredited)
StarringWally Maher
Tex Avery
Sara Berner (all uncredited)
Music byScott Bradley
Animation byPreston Blair
Ed Love
Ray Abrams
Walter Clinton
Backgrounds byJohn Didrik Johnsen (uncredited)
Color processTechnicolor
Production
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Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 9, 1946 (1946-03-09)
Running time
8 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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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

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Home media

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

References

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  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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