Bars and Stripes Forever

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BarsandStripesForeverRestored.jpg|Cropped screenshot of 2021 restoration
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Bars and Stripes Forever is a 1939 Merrie Melodies short directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the song "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
== Plot ==
Anthropomorphic dog prisoners resort to all means possible to attempt a prison breakout. When the dogs make a break for it, the canine cops are on their heels. The prisoners are really in the doghouse with the warden when they attempt to escape from "Alcarazz," where "stone walls do not a prison make... but they sure help!"
== Caricatures ==
* Hugh Herbert
* Jerry Colonna
== Availability ==
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, Side 8
lt invisible stripes.jpg|(2010) DVD Invisible Stripes (1995 Turner dubbed version)
=== Streaming ===
Lt warner bros discovery ride.png|Warner Bros. Discovery RIDE (2021 - 2023) (restored)
== Notes ==
* In 1956, a.a.p. hacked off the original card, resulting in early TV airings of the cartoon lacking the WB shield; the LaserDisc release replaced the hacked a.a.p. opening with the opening Color Rings from "Gold Rush Daze". The 1939 opening rings are from another source due to the un-matching color correction of the 1939 opening rings and the closing rings, as well as the blanked-out MCMXXXVIII Roman numerals in the copyright notice. The original opening and production code were restored for the Turner "dubbed" version. However, as with most Turner "dubbed" prints, the ending card was replaced in return.
* The short entered the public domain in 1968 after United Artists (who acquired the a.a.p. library containing pre-August 1948 titles in 1958) did not renew the original copyright.
* MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of this short on Toon in with Me, with the original opening and ending cards. Three days later, a version of this restoration without the MeTV logo was uploaded to YouTube.
** This restoration was later added onto Warner Bros. Discovery RIDE.
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
es:Bars and Stripes Forever
Category:Cartoons directed by Cal Dalton
Category:Shorts
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:1939
Category:Public domain films
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Art Loomer
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:One-Shot Cartoons