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The Timid Toreador
Cartoon
The scene descends upon a small Mexican town, where a large woman intensely washes a union suit in a public fountain, while a mariachi band performs outside the Brown Sombrero. Porky Pig is selling tamales that are so hot, a nearby bird that steals one promptly explodes and is roasted.
Movie Info
Directed by: Robert Clampett, Norman McCabe
Story by: Melvin Millar
Produced by: Leon Schlesinger
Starring: Mel Blanc
Music by: Carl W. Stalling
Animation by: I. Ellis
Production company: Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release date: December 21, 1940
Running time: 6 minutes
Language: English
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