She Was an Acrobat's Daughter

She Was an Acrobat's Daughter is a 1937 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
== Plot ==
Before the show begins at a movie theater, a patron stands and walks to the lone empty seat. A second patron switches to the seat just vacated. A third and a fourth and soon everyone in the house is caught up in a flurry of seat-switching. The newsreel contains a few gags and caricatures, then there is a sing-along of the title song. The feature spoofs The Petrified Forest. Finally, an annoying baby goose sneaks into the projection room and plays with the controls before getting caught in the gears.
== Caricatures ==
* Lowell Thomas
* Eddie Cantor
* Adolf Hitler
* Lew Lehr
* Leopold Stokowski
* Leslie Howard
* Bette Davis
*Ned Sparks - the father goose's voice is an imitation of his.
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-5-F.jpg|(1997) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 3, Freleng Follies (USA 1995 Turner print)
Golden Collection box 3.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two (with optional commentary by historian Greg Ford)
lt cas4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volume 4
lt marked woman.jpg|(2006) DVD Marked Woman (USA 1995 Turner print)
lt public enemies.jpg|(2010) DVD Public Enemies: The Golden Age of Gangster Films (USA 1995 Turner print)
lt cv3.jpg|(2018) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Volume 3
=== Streaming ===
Lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023)
Lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - 2024)
== Notes ==
* Three different 1995 Turner dubbed prints exist for this short. The first USA print has no borders at the opening titles, the second USA print has blue borders at the opening titles and the European print also has blue borders at the opening titles. It is also to note that the first USA print has a brighter color correction than the second.
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* "Bacall to Arms", directed by Bob Clampett and released in 1946, uses an almost identical premise as this cartoon. Additionally, some animation is reused.
* The cartoon features a parody of MGM's lion logo with a rooster crowing instead of the usual roaring. MGM would end up owning this short due to their purchase of United Artists (which had owned the pre-August 1948 WB cartoon library, of which this short was a part) in 1981.
:* The rooster may also be in reference to the rooster used by the Pathé company, used by the French company in their newsreels since 1912.
:* In the same title card parody, reference is made to "A Vitamin Production"; the Vitamin name parodies Vitaphone, the company that originally handled theatrical distribution of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons into the 1960s.
* The European Turner "Dubbed Version" replaces the 1937 opening music of "Merrily We Roll Along" with that of the 1941-1945 one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAZxbvxzz7c
== Goofs/Errors ==
* On Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, during the opening titles, the first note of the 1945-55 MM opening theme's melody, followed by the next 3 notes of the 1941-55 MM closing theme's melody play before the correct 1937 arrangement plays. This may have been done to try and mask a possible damaged negative.
* The HBO Max print of this cartoon has the end title rings fade in twice, causing a bit of music at the end to be repeated, possibly due to a glitch. 
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
 
Category:Hollywood in Cartoons
Category:1937
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
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 produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Caricatures of real people
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:One-Shot Cartoons