1931

1931 is the year the Merrie Melodies series started. In that year, sixteen cartoons were released. The oldest entry in the infamous Censored Eleven, a series of cartoons that United Artists pulled from circulation in 1968 due to offensive stereotyping of black people, was released this year.
==History==
* As the Looney Tunes series became established as the title for the "Bosko" series, a second series known as Merrie Melodies was established with songs and one-shot characters and concepts similar to Disney's Silly Symphonies. This would split Hugh Harman's and Rudolf Ising's directing roles for both series, with Harman focusing on Looney Tunes and Ising focusing on Merrie Melodies.
* Bob Clampett begins working for Warner Bros., starting as an assistant animator on "Lady, Play Your Mandolin!", the first of the Merrie Melodies series.
== Theatrical Shorts ==
All Looney Tunes cartoons are directed by Hugh Harman (with Rudolf Ising for cartoons prior to "Lady, Play Your Mandolin!"), while all Merrie Melodies cartoons are directed by Rudolf Ising (with Hugh Harman for "Lady, Play Your Mandolin!").
#Los Angeles Times, January 31, 1931
#[Salem, Ore.] Statesman Journal, March 6, 1931
#Ames [Iowa] Daily Tribune, March 31, 1931
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#Sheboygan [Wisc.] Press, May 19, 1931
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#Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 3, 1931
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#Cleveland [Miss.] Enterprise, December 31, 1931
== Character Debuts ==
* Bruno
* Fluffy
* Foxy
* Piggy
* Roxy
* Uncle Tom
==People==
===Births===
* 18 May - Robert Morse
== References ==
Category:Timeline