Malibu Beach Party

Malibu Beach Party is a 1940 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
== Plot ==
Jack Bunny, Mary Livingstone and Winchester host a beach party at Jack's Malibu home for various Hollywood stars.
== Caricatures ==
* Jack Benny - as Jack Bunny
* Mary Livingstone
* Bob Hope
* Bette Davis
* Andy Devine
* Spencer Tracy
* Henry Morton Stanley
* Kay Kyser
* Robert Donat
* Carole Lombard
* Don Ameche
* Fred MacMurray
* Loretta Young
* Robert Taylor
* George Raft
* Clark Gable
* Greta Garbo
* Cesar Romero
* John Barrymore
* Ned Sparks
* Fanny Brice as her character Baby Snooks
* Charles Boyer
* Adolphe Menjou
* Claudette Colbert
* James Cagney
* Alice Faye
* Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as Winchester
* Phil Harris and His Corn-Fed Cuties
* Fred Astaire
* Ginger Rogers
* Deanna Durbin
* Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy
* Cary Grant
== Availability ==
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4, Side 5: Radio Daze
lt dance.jpg|(2007) DVD Dance, Girl, Dance (A.A.P. print, without a.a.p. opening)
== Notes ==
* This is the first cartoon to have the new lettering on the Merrie Melodies logo. It is also the first cartoon to use the orange color rings and the only one to have the 1939-40 "Merrily We Roll Along" theme song.
* The Fred and Ginger dance sequence is reused from "September in the Rain" (1937).
* This cartoon currently does not air on American television due to the Rochester being featured prominently. It did air on the Turner Classic Movies anthology show Cartoon Alley in its premiere episode about caricatures of Clark Gable and aired once on an early morning installment of The Acme Hour on Cartoon Network's American channel. It also airs on overseas Cartoon Network channels.http://dailymotion.com/video/x6hytc3 While the short does not air on American television, an American Turner 1995 "dubbed version" print exists.
* The Kay Kyser caricature's line, "That's it! That's it! That's it! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! That's it! That's it!" is taken from "Africa Squeaks" (1940).
== Gallery ==
vlcsnap-2019-11-21-22h34m16s924.png|Caricature of Bob Hope
vlcsnap-2019-11-21-22h35m01s934.png|Caricature of Bette Davis
vlcsnap-2019-11-21-22h28m57s836.png|Caricature of Ned Sparks
vlcsnap-2019-11-21-22h28m17s571.png|Jack Benny and Rochester
MBPLC.jpg|Lobby card
9faaaa6fd1b4c5103017678c2636476b.jpg|Lobby card
298-PC1.png|Production cel setup with key master background
== References ==
Category:Shorts
Category:1940
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Caricatures of real people
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:One-Shot Cartoons