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Symphony in Slang (1951)

APPROVED 7 min  -  Animation | Family | Comedy  -   16 June 1951 (USA)
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Various saints are logging details of everyone entering Heaven, but because they're a bit out of touch with early 1950s slang... See full summary »

Director:

Tex Avery

Writer:

Rich Hogan (story)

Stars:

John Brown
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Cast

Uncredited cast:
John Brown John Brown ...
The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)
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Storyline

Various saints are logging details of everyone entering Heaven, but because they're a bit out of touch with early 1950s slang, they come up with some very strange impressions of a recently deceased young man's life when he describes it to them. Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

Slang | Heaven | Hotfoot | Screwball | Surrealism  | See more »

Genres:

Animation | Family | Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's, animation Producer Fred Quimby was originally opposed to making this cartoon. But animation director, Tex Avery, used with his witty vocabulary and convinced him, by telling him that there was nothing else ready, at the time, for animation production, at M-G-M. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Saint Peter: You may enter. Next please.
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Connections

References The Cuckoo Clock (1950) See more »

Soundtracks

"On Green Dolphin Street"
Music by Bronislau Kaper See more »