Spree for All

1946 Animation 7 minutes Directed by Seymour Kneitel

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About Spree for All

Snuffy Smith comes home from the war looking for quiet and settles in the mountains. Two families already feuding there wreck the peace.

Cast & crew

More about Spree for All

Seymour Kneitel directed. William Turner and Otto Messmer are credited on the story. Winston Sharples wrote the music. Paramount released it on 4 October 1946. Jack Mercer voices Snuffy.

Themes

  • A veteran who wants quiet
  • A mountain feud
  • Snuffy Smith
  • feud
  • mountains
  • veteran
  • Noveltoon

Background

The short sends a 1946 cartoon veteran straight into a mountain feud.

Music

Winston Sharples scored it.

Notes

  • It is a Noveltoon using the comic-strip character Snuffy Smith.
  • The feud, not the war, is the action of the short.
  • Jack Mercer, Popeye's voice, speaks Snuffy.

Scenes

  • Snuffy's mountain quiet ends as soon as the two families start fighting.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (spree-for-all)

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