This is a list of all theatrical animated shorts released by Warner Bros. Pictures under the Looney Tunes (LT) and Merrie Melodies (MM) banners between the years of 1930 and 1939.

A total of 271 shorts were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners during the 1930s.

Series overview

1930 All cartoons are Looney Tunes starring Bosko and are all directed and produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, along with Leon Schlesinger as associate producer. All cartoons are also scored by Frank Marsales, who would score all cartoons through 1932.

Directing credits would not be shown for the cartoons until Buddy's Day Out in 1933.

1931 This year marks the debut of the Merrie Melodies series. All Merrie Melodies cartoons are directed by Rudolf Ising, all Looney Tunes cartoons until The Tree's Knees are directed by Hugh Harman and Ising and all Looney Tunes cartoons as of Bosko Shipwrecked! are directed by Harman.

1932 All Looney Tunes cartoons are directed by Hugh Harman, while all Merrie Melodies cartoons are directed by Rudolf Ising.

All cartoons from this year fell into the public domain between 1960 and 1961 since their copyrights were not renewed by Warner Bros. Pictures and United Artists, with four exceptions: Ride Him, Bosko!, Bosko the Drawback, Bosko's Dizzy Date, and Bosko's Woodland Daze. These four cartoons had their copyrights renewed by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1961 and will not be in the public domain until January 1, 2028 when the maximum term for other copyrights will expire.

1933 As of Buddy's Day Out, the directors are now credited, under the text "Supervision". All cartoons until Bosko's Picture Show are scored by Frank Marsales.

1934 This year marks the beginning of production of cartoons in Cinecolor and 2-strip Technicolor, though only for the Merrie Melodies series. Full Technicolor would not be used until the next year. The Looney Tunes series remains in black-and-white until 1942. For this year, most Merrie Melodies cartoons would still be in black-and-white up until Rhythm in the Bow.

1935

1936 This year, the Merrie Melodies series adopts the iconic bullseye rings in its opening and closing titles alongside a script "That's all Folks!" text.

1937 Starting this year, Carl W. Stalling would be the composer on almost every cartoon until To Itch His Own in 1958.

1938

1939

Notes

References

External links

The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for and for Golden Age Cartoons' The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website by Jon Cooke