You Ought to Be in Pictures

1940 film by Friz Freleng
Movie animated_short_film Q8057457
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You Ought to Be in Pictures

Summary

You Ought to Be in Pictures is an animated short film[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's instance of is recorded as animated short film[3].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures was directed by Friz Freleng[4].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's composer is recorded as Carl W. Stalling[5].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's genre is comedy film[6].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's genre is live-action/animated film[7].
  • A cast member of You Ought to Be in Pictures was Mel Blanc[8].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures was produced by Leon Schlesinger[9].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's part of the series is recorded as Looney Tunes[10].
  • The original language of You Ought to Be in Pictures was English[11].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's Commons category is recorded as You Ought to Be in Pictures[12].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's color is recorded as color[13].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's color is recorded as black-and-white[14].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures was published on January 1, 1940[16].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's voice actor is recorded as Mel Blanc[17].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's distributed by is recorded as Warner Bros. Entertainment[18].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's distributed by is recorded as Vitaphone[19].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's film editor is recorded as Treg Brown[20].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'You Ought to Be in Pictures'}[21].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+9'}[22].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's fabrication method is recorded as traditional animation[23].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's fabrication method is recorded as live action[24].
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures's copyright status is recorded as public domain[25].

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Authorship and Creation

You Ought to Be in Pictures was produced by Leon Schlesinger[9]. It was directed by Friz Freleng[4]. A cast member of it was Mel Blanc[8].

Publication

You Ought to Be in Pictures was released on January 1, 1940[16]. The original language of it was English[11]. Genres include comedy film[6] and live-action/animated film[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as Looney Tunes[10].

Subject and Themes

You Ought to Be in Pictures's part of the series is recorded as Looney Tunes[10].

Why It Matters

You Ought to Be in Pictures has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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