Dumb Patrol

1931 ComedyAnimation Directed by Hugh Harman

About Dumb Patrol

In the Great War, Bosko fights a beast-like enemy in a dogfight. He loses the first pass. The cartoon does not stop there. It is the ninth Looney Tunes short with Bosko.

Cast & crew

More about Dumb Patrol

Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising directed. Frank Marsales wrote the score. The English Wikipedia says it was released as early as 28 February 1931. Rochelle Hudson and Johnny Murray are the catalog voices. A 1964 Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon reuses the title. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Themes

  • A wartime dogfight
  • Bosko loses the first pass
  • A beast in the other plane
  • Bosko
  • dogfight
  • Looney Tunes
  • Harman
  • Ising

Music

Frank Marsales composed the score.

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The 1964 Dumb Patrol was directed by Gerry Chiniquy and is not this Bosko short.
  • Marsales is the only music credit.
  • The Commons file is titled Dumb Patrol.

Scenes

  • Bosko is beaten in the first pass of the dogfight and the fight goes on.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Dumb Patrol)