September in the Rain (1937)

The rain is outdoors; the action is indoors, in a grocery store, where the characters on product labels come to life (along with one real worm). While much of the picture features ... See full summary »

Director:

Friz Freleng

Writer:

Tedd Pierce (story)

Stars:

James C. Morton, Wini Shaw, Danny Webb

Cast

Credited cast:
James C. Morton	...	Various (voice)
Wini Shaw	...	Blue Dye Bottle / Morton Salt Girl (voice)
Danny Webb	...	Various (voice)

Storyline

The rain is outdoors; the action is indoors, in a grocery store, where the characters on product labels come to life (along with one real worm). While much of the picture features characters in blackface, and hence is usually censored, the remaining part includes a bottle of blueing singing "Am I Blue", a snake charmer from a coffee can playing for a tube of toothpaste, an elegant dancing couple from cigarette packs, the umbrella girl on a salt box under a waterfall, and some baby chicks from cleanser cans chasing the aforementioned worm.

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Plot Keywords:

grocery store | snake charmer | rotoscoping | racial stereotype | merrie melodies | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 December 1937 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Leon Schlesinger Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min 3 min (cut) 6 min (uncut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Celebrity caricatures are (in order): Al Jolson, Ethel Waters, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Fats Waller, and Louis Armstrong.

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Connections

References The Gay Divorcee (1934)

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Soundtracks

"My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night"
(uncredited)
Music by Stephen Foster
Briefly played during the shot of the log cabin

User Reviews

TERRIFIC Freleng 30s musical.....c'mon, WHV, put this one in your next Golden Collection!!!

Ah, I'll probably kick the bucket before they put this one on DVD......mainly because it's been cut to shreds in TV prints. This isn't an OFFENSIVE cartoon--merely a celebration of America's pop-and-jazz heritage. The two prize-winning musical numbers here are the ones censored: Al Jolson as the Cream-o'-Wheat chef, singing the title song to his "mammy,"Aunt Jemima. Then, there's the climactic "Nagasaki" number, with Louis Armstrong & Fats Waller as the Gold Dust Twins; with the Sunshine Baker & the Arm-&-Hammer guy on percussion. (This bit was reused in Clampett's "Tin Pan Alley Cats.") Hey, Warner Home Video: put THIS one in your next "Golden Collection!"