A Sunbonnet Blue

A Sunbonnet Blue is a 1937 Merrie Melodies short directed by Fred Avery.
== Plot ==
After the "Snobby hatte Shoppe" closes for the night, a mouse comes out of his hole and looks to see if the coast is clear. He turns on the lights and then calls his other mouse friends out to party. His girlfriend leaves the hole last, watched by a jealous rat. When the couple takes a break from dancing, the rat kidnaps her. Her boyfriend rallies his friends to find her. The mice under each type of hat in the store adopt the personalities the hats suggest, such as farmers, firemen, or soldiers. A "blind" mouse points the way to the kidnapper and the hero saves his girlfriend. The face shield of a knight's helmet serves as jail bars for the rat. Soon our happy couple marries, wearing an enormous top hat and veil.
== Caricatures ==
* The Ritz Brothers - as the Three Ratz Brothers.
* Ted Lewis - "Is everybody happy?"
* Fred Allen - "Why doesn't somebody tell me these things?"
* Jack Benny - as a mouse, "Buck Benny rides again!"
* Andy Devine - as a mouse, "Hello, Buck!"
* Hugh Herbert - George woo-hoos while going through the bowler hats.
* George Washington - as a mouse.
* Marian Jordan's Molly McGee - "T'aint funny, Mcgee."
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-5-F.jpg|(1997) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 2, Early Avery (1995 dubbed version)
61OSKo6AMKL. SL1000 .jpg|(2024) Blu-rayThe Prince and the Pauper (restored)
=== Streaming ===
Lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored)
Lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - 2024) (restored)
== Notes ==
* George and his girlfriend make another appearance in "The Mice Will Play".
* This was the final short in the 1936–37 season to have stock music playing on the ending titles. All subsequent cartoons ended with the "Merrily We Roll Along" theme.
== Gallery ==
ASunbonnetBlueRestored.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration
Sunbonnet-blue.jpg|Lobby card
== References ==
Category:1937
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Tex Avery
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Berneice Hansell
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons animated by Sid Sutherland
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Cartoons with missing Leon Schlesinger credits
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Mice