Scarlet Pumpernickel

directed by Chuck Jones
List(s):"Fifty Greatest Cartoons"
Category: "Animation"
Year of Release:1950
Date Added:06/23/2014
Date Watched:03/07/2015
Description:Warner Bros.

Daffy Duck, tired of playing comedic roles, tries to convince the studio boss to let him star in a swashbuckler. He reads the script, which includes every possible cliche from that type of movie, then adds one catastrophe after another, but the boss always wants more. Finally, Daffy shoots himself as he says "you have to kill yourself to sell a story around here."
My Rating:5

Reviews for Scarlet Pumpernickel

Review - Scarlet Pumpernickel

Intended, I guess, as a parody of swashbucklers in particular and studio movies in general, but I didn't find it particularly clever or entertaining.
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