Shake Your Powder Puff
| Shake Your Powder Puff | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Directed by | Isadore Freleng |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | The Varsity Three |
| Music by | Bernard Brown |
| Animation by | Bob McKimson Bob Clampett |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Productions The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shake Your Powder Puff is a 1934 American animated comedy short film directed by Isadore Freleng. The short was released on October 17, 1934. It is the 39th film in the Merrie Melodies series, featuring the titular song from the film Upperworld.
Plot
A performance is held at a barn, with the banner lit up by fireflies. Animals enter the barn while the performers adjust their instruments. A conductor resembling Leopold Stokowski emerges from a piano and is angered when everyone hushes each other quiet, which ironically makes a lot of noise. The first song plays, with humorously disruptive noises by animals that are apparently part of the performance. The conductor accidentally destroys his platform, and ends the performance disappointed.
The next performance features three white rabbits which sing the titular song while other animals provide the scenery; they are joined in by three Donald Duck lookalikes. Two dogs perform a vaudeville act, entertaining the entire crowd except for one drunken dog, who boos them and is thrown out. He angrily returns twice and fails.
The dog finds pepper in a nearby cart, causing him to plot revenge. After three identical pigs which differ in size perform the song, followed by six chicken dancers, the dog sprays pepper into the audience, causing them to sneeze and blow the feathers off the dancers. He accidentally falls into the stage and is pelted with fruit. The dog is also pelted with a squash after he says "That's all, folks!" in the end card.
Home media
The short is available on disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray set.
References
- ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 14. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 29. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ↑ Parten, James (December 10, 2019). "Big Changes For Merrie Melodies 1933-34". Cartoon Research. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ Barrier, Michael (2003), "Warner Bros., 1933-1940", Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199839223
- ↑ "Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray". Blu-Ray.com. July 9, 2026. Retrieved July 16, 2026.