I Only Have Eyes for You

I Only Have Eyes for You is a 1937 Merrie Melodies short directed by Fred Avery.
== Plot ==
An ice deliveryman is wooed by a homely spinster bird, who hopes to entice him with her culinary talents. The Iceman, on the other hand, is only interested in Katie Canary, who only wants to marry a radio crooner and rebuffs his overtures to the point where she prefers ordering a refrigerator.
The Iceman, in order to win Katie, hires a voice imitator, Professor Mockingbird, to simulate crooners from the back of his ice truck while the iceman lip-syncs. The scheme eventually backfires when Professor Mockingbird turns blue from the extreme cold in the ice truck. Katie marries the Professor, being sufficiently impressed by his crooning ability, and replaces her radio with a refrigerator, as a means to keep that Iceman away from her forever.
As for the Iceman, he is finally won over by the spinster's cooking and baking. He states, "Well, anyhow, she can cook."
== Caricatures ==
* Bing Crosby
* Eddie Cantor
* Russ Columbo
* Rudy Vallee
* Roy Atwell - Iceman's voice
* Katherine Hepburn - Katie Canary is based on her
* Jack Benny's character Schlepperman - Professor's impression
* Ed Wynn
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-5-F.jpg|(1997) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 2, Early Avery (USA 1995 Turner print)
Lt dames.jpg|(2006) DVD Dames (USA 1995 Turner print)
Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Vol. 3.jpg|(2024) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3 (restored)
== Notes ==
* Through eBay auctions in 2004, a nitrate fragment of the original title card once belonging to Tex Avery was discovered.https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/warner-bros-cartoons/
** A complete film element is presumed lost. As Warner Bros. does not restore fragments or non-35mm prints, the Blue Ribbon titles were restored instead.
* Working title: "I Only Have Ice for You"
* According to studio publicity, the iceman in the film was named "Sammy Sparrow."https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/production-drawing/porky-pig-and-friends-studio-publicity-art-group-of-7-warner-brothers-c-1935-37-total-7-original-art-/a/7216-63141.s
* While the American Turner "dubbed" version uses the 1947-48 ending title card, the European Turner "dubbed" version uses the 1937-38 ending title card.
== References ==
 
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Tex Avery
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Shorts
Category:1937
Category:Birds
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Caricatures of real people