Question about Arthur Q. Bryan

[UC07]

I was just wondering why that in the warner brothers cartoons that Mel Blanc was credtited but bot Arthur Q. Bryan. He did a lot of cartoons as Elmer Fudd and was just wondering why he didn't get the credit for his great voice acting.

[AngryBeavers]

Mel and Arthur shot craps for screen credit and Arthur let Mel win.

Boy, I'm putting fires out left and right.:D

[Thad]

Boy, I'm putting fires out left and right.:D
If you don't have anything intelligent to add to a conversation, don't say anything at ALL... You've been warned a final time...

To answer the question, Mel Blanc had an exclusive contract with WB. It was harped on a lot recently in this thread (http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/showthread.php?t=822&highlight=mel+blanc+credit).


-Thad

[Nick]

To answer the question, Mel Blanc had an exclusive contract with WB. It was harped on a lot recently in this thread (http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/showthread.php?t=822&highlight=mel+blanc+credit).

-Thad You say in that thread that Mel Blanc was only credited on Bugs Bunny cartoons until "Ain't That Ducky?", but thanks to the second "Golden Collection" we can see that "Book Revue" and "Baby Bottleneck" do not credit Mel Blanc. Does this mean that Mel Blanc wasn't credited for voices other than Bugs Bunny until "Kitty Kornered"? (which was the first non-Bugs cartoon in the 1946-1947 season)

[Thad]

You say in that thread that Mel Blanc was only credited on Bugs Bunny cartoons until "Ain't That Ducky?", but thanks to the second "Golden Collection" we can see that "Book Revue" and "Baby Bottleneck" do not credit Mel Blanc. Does this mean that Mel Blanc wasn't credited for voices other than Bugs Bunny until "Kitty Kornered"? (which was the first non-Bugs cartoon in the 1946-1947 season)
Oh I was just making an educated guess, as "Ain't That Ducky" is the second cartoon to have a full listing of credits (3-4 animators, backgrounds and layouts, etc., are added), so I just assumed that one had Mel Blanc listed.


-Thad

[Javeman]

Oh I was just making an educated guess, as "Ain't That Ducky" is the second cartoon to have a full listing of credits (3-4 animators, backgrounds and layouts, etc., are added), so I just assumed that one had Mel Blanc listed.


-ThadWell, notice that "Nasty Quacks" does in fact credit Blanc and that cartoon predates "Revue" and "Bottleneck".

[cbrubaker]

Well, notice that "Nasty Quacks" does in fact credit Blanc and that cartoon predates "Revue" and "Bottleneck".Of course, they may have finished BOOK REVUE and BABY BOTTLENECK before NASTY QUACKS, but Warners decided to release QUACKS first

[HannaBarberaFan]

Also didn't it also have alot to do with a SCREEN ACTORS GUILD ruling about credits/royalties & such that went into effect in 1959, the year ARTHUR Q. BRYAN died.....:( ......and therefore leaving him a mere FOOTNOTE'S FOOTNOTE in Toon History.....


Until current times, that is..:D

[Daffyfan2004]

You say in that thread that Mel Blanc was only credited on Bugs Bunny cartoons until "Ain't That Ducky?", but thanks to the second "Golden Collection" we can see that "Book Revue" and "Baby Bottleneck" do not credit Mel Blanc. Does this mean that Mel Blanc wasn't credited for voices other than Bugs Bunny until "Kitty Kornered"? (which was the first non-Bugs cartoon in the 1946-1947 season)
Yeah, I've noticed the first cartoon where Mel was credited was "Little Red Riding Rabbit." Yet, in quite a few cartoons that came later he wasn't credited. Another example was a "Gruesome Twosome." I know Mel voiced Tweety in that one. I don't know what went on during that period of time.