Red-Headed Baby

Red-Headed Baby is a 1931 Merrie Melodies short directed by Rudolf Ising.
== Plot ==
When the toymaker goes to sleep, a red-headed baby doll and the rest of his creations come to life. She turns on the radio and they have a party. An evil spider on the ceiling spies her and comes down to abduct her. Napoleon the toy soldier comes to her rescue.
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-3-F.jpg|(1992) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3, Side 1: Harman-Ising
Lt cimarron.jpg|(2006) DVD Cimarron (USA 1995 Turner redrawn version)
CimarronBluRay.jpg|(2023) Blu-ray Cimarron (restored)
== Censorship ==
* When TBS, prior to the creation of Cartoon Network, aired this cartoon, it was a redrawn version that cut the part near the end where the title character dances with two blackfaced dolls.http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-q-r.aspx
== Notes ==
* This is the first Merrie Melodies short not to feature a recurring character (for example Foxy and Piggy being recurring characters in the Merrie Melodies series). In a few later Merrie Melodies shorts, the series would feature another recurring character known as Goopy Geer. After three shorts featuring the character, non-recurring characters were maintained throughout the series until the late 1930s and early 1940s.
** Despite this, Piggy still appears at the ending drum. He would remain in the ending titles until "I Love a Parade".
* This cartoon entered the public domain in 1959 as United Artists did not renew the copyright in time.
== Gallery ==
Babyred.jpg|Lobby card
== References ==
fr:Red-Headed Baby
Category:Shorts
Category:1931
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons with music by Frank Marsales
Category:Cartoons animated by Rollin Hamilton
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons produced by Hugh Harman
Category:Cartoons produced by Rudolf Ising
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Public domain films
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Bernard B. Brown
Category:One-Shot Cartoons