The Case Of The Screaming Bishop (Columbia-1944)

This takeoff on Sherlock Holmes was produced by the Screen Gems cartoon studio as part of its' Phantasy series. Directed by Howard Swift. Released by Columbia Pictures.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Animated Cartoon
• Columbia Pictures.

[donnarose1time]

thanks for letting me know you saw "Boppin'Hood" (I watched "Screaming Bishop" just now!) How did you find BH?

[Dachshund]

I found it on YouTube last month. It was the first time in 40 years that I watched it.

[Dachshund]

It has been written that Columbia's cartoons from the mid-1940s suffer from misguided story direction. If you ever see such cartoons as "Giddy Yapping" (1944) and "Mass Mouse Meeting" (1943), you might see such examples of what I'm writing about.

[jgbennie]

John Ployardt is doing both Combs and Gotson.

[darmokthegreen]

So, um...

How *did* he get the dinosaur out of the museum?

[MrDougie51]

I've been looking for this for years too! "Screaming Bishop" stands out in my mind as one of the most memorable cartoons from my childhood (mid-1950s).

Now that I've seen it for the first time in decades, I have to say it has a certain weird charm, but I gotta admit, diddymuck,

you're right: it doesn't make much sense. The dinosaur-as-xylophone premise is clever, but the plot is pretty weak.

[diddymuck]

now that I've seen it after 30 years it doesn't make a lot of sense.

[diddymuck]

been looking for this for years! thanks for posting!!