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Hold the Lion, Please

1942 film by Chuck Jones
Movie animated_short_film Q3139297
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Summary

Hold the Lion, Please is an animated short film[1]. It draws 198 Wikipedia views per month (animated short film category, ranking #177 of 1,467).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Chuck Jones[3]
  • Screenwriter: Tedd Pierce[4]
  • Composer: Carl W. Stalling[5]
  • Producer: Leon Schlesinger[6]
  • Part of the series: Merrie Melodies[7]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Cartoons[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Commons category: Hold the Lion, Please[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1942[12]
  • Voice actor: Tedd Pierce[13], Tex Avery[14], Mel Blanc[15]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[16]
  • Title: Hold the Lion, Please[17]
  • Different from: Hold the Lion Please[18]
  • Duration: 8 minutes[19]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[20]
  • Copyright status: public domain[21]

Why It Matters

Hold the Lion, Please is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · ~2026-45282-85 · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → traditional animation
    Image → Hold the Lion Please title card restored.jpg
    Cinémathèque québécoise work id → 73132
    Wikidata description → 1942 film by Chuck Jones
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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