Bosko Shipwrecked!
| Bosko Shipwrecked! | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Hugh Harman |
| Produced by | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Bernard B. Brown (uncredited) |
| Music by | Frank Marsales |
| Animation by | Rollin Hamilton Larry Martin |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:51 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bosko Shipwrecked! is a 1931 American animated comedy film. It is the thirteenth film in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bosko.[2] It was released on September 5, 1931.[1][a] It is directed by Hugh Harman, as well as the first short to not be directed or co-directed by Rudolf Ising. The film score was composed by Frank Marsales.
Plot
Bosko, the captain of a ship, struggles to keep it afloat during a storm. This results in a crewmate being involuntarily pantsed and Bosko's groin being hit by the wheel. The ship sinks and Bosko's crewmate is implied to have drowned.
Bosko washes up on a deserted island. Two monkeys steal his hat and fight over ownership, before one wears it and performs a stereotypical black caricature dance, causing an egg on a nest to fall on Bosko, waking him up. A parrot mockingly informs him to be doomed repeatedly, only to fall into a log that strips him of his plumage which he angrily wears. Bosko mocks him, only to be chased by a lion. A crocodile tries to eat the lion, with Bosko tying the lion's tail on a tree to incapacitate them both. Bosko finds a boat and rows across the water, accidentally anchoring a hippo resembling a rock. He comes upon a group of cannibals, which bring him to their leader. After failing to shoot the leader with his pistol, he escapes and tries to row to safety. He is eaten by a rhino, only to reemerge from its body safely as the rhino swims away.
Notes
- ^ Archived from a September 10 article, this is based on the fact that new cartoon shorts would premiere in theaters on Saturdays.
References
- ^ a b "Bosko Shipwrecked! - Earliest Known Date". Texas County News. September 10, 1931. p. 4. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 5. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.