"The Lady Eve" Cartoon Opening Credits (1941)

The Schlesinger Studio was independent, but released it's cartoons through Warner Bros. until they took over the studio in 1944.

Paramount just comissioned Schlesinger to make this animated opening, like Mirisch told DePatie-Frelenng to do the titles to "The Pink Panther" decades later.

Great credits! I wonder who animated them?

I'm guessing it was Bob Clampett's unit that animated this opening.

Wha? Bob Clampett didn't have a unit at Paramount at that time! He was signed at Warner Bros.

No, he didn't. But for whatever reason this was done by Schlesinger's (which was distrubuted by and eventually became Warner Bros.) I think the part near the end where the snake is upset as he adjusts his hat is the most clearly Warner-styled, a very early Bugs style move.

Thanks for the info! Yes, the last bit with the snake is certainly very Bugs Bunny -like. Also, it was nice to know that there's a connection between Sturges and Clampett, as they've always seemed very similar figures to me - not only for the frantic style of their comedy, but for the incredible 5-year stints (Sturges 1940-44, Clampett 1942-46) during which they produced comedies and cartoons in a row that make everything that came before or after seem worthless in comparison.

It isn't included here, but there is animation of the snake again over the ending title card and that looks to me like Rod Scribner. However, Scribner would still belong to Avery in 1941, correct? I agree that this looks an awful lot like animation from, say, Prehistoric Porky. Those huge Clampett eyes!

It could be John Carey's animation. People say that his animation was pretty "wild" almost in the Scribner direction...

Well, it's hard to say, since the snake isn't doing anything over the ending title, just sleeping...Scribner's animation is usually extremely energetic, so it's hard to judge!

This was one helluva funny movie. Stanwyck was sublime.