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LOL But...but...Uncle Joe's flavor-saver/cookie-duster/woom-broom was WAY more bushy than ANY of those men you see in this cartoon, DUDE! Nope, they all had those little pencil thin numbers that were all the rage at the time, and like our man in question here does. (...well, except as I recall for C. Aubrey Smith's, anyway)

Good point. (...but it's still ol' tubby butt George Brent here, ya know) LOL

Another couple of reasons I don't buy that it's Litvak here Dan is that first, I don't think it's ever been completely established that the hatcheck girl is actually supposed to have been drawn by the cartoonists to be Paulette Goddard. I think this right here is something that has been speciously ascribed to this cartoon character over the years. I believe the hatcheck girl's image and persona were really meant to represent any cute young working girl to be found in such a job at the time, and that her voice which mimics a strong Brooklyn accent and supplied by vocal artist Sara Berner was to make it seem exactly that. And not to mention the thought as to why the cartoonists would portray an establish star such as Goodard as a mere hatcheck girl in the first place. Secondly, I also don't think the Termite Terrace boys would have purposedly had the gentleman in question here turn his head so the audience could see who he was supposed to be IF it were supposed to be Litvak, as Litvak's visage would have been completely unrecognizable to the public and as were almost all movie directors who worked behind the camera back then. And I also don't believe the Termite Terrace boys would have added Litvak as any sort of "inside joke". Nope, I think their use of their W-B animation dept. bosses Binder's and Schlesinger's visages were the only inside jokes they included in this short. (...nope, I still think those boys were attempting to caricature one Mr. George Brent there)

I knew you wouldn't let me down here, Rich. Thanks! (...and just wondered how you'd be able to fit your boy Tor in it, that's all)

Good questions here, MissW. Another rather strange thing I noticed after doing a web search myself just now on this film is that the IMDb website shows this 1956 released film as being from 2016. (...I wonder what was up with that, also) ****edit to follow**** I'll bet it might be because this film was never released in the U.S. until 2016, though I still think it strange the IMDb website would date it thus and when its original date of release in Argentina was indeed 1956.

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Sorry again here Dan, but no, I don't think you have, and for a number of reasons besides my earlier stated reservations about this. I have a feeling that Litvak's scandalous incident involving Goddard happened years after 1941 and when this cartoon short was made. And I have this feeling because if you were talking about the George Schlatter of Laugh-In fame here, in 1941 Schlatter would have been all of 9 years old, and I can't image any 9 year old being admitted into Ciro's and let alone having any idea at that age of what would infer or imply oral sex. Nope, and ALSO because during the time this cartoon short was made, Goddard and Charlie Chaplin's somewhat scandalous relationship were still the talk of Hollywood gossip, and thus once again leading me to think that this incident at Ciro's happened years later than 1941. (...nope, once again I'm stickin' with my "Brent Theory" here)

Sorry to say I don't know this story, Dan. However, it sounds pretty juicy, and so I'll check it out on the net. (...oh, and also sorry to say because the hair and the eyebrows especially don't look anything like our cartoon "mystery man" here, I have zero confidence in your guess here)

Btw here, folks. Ya know what this thread needs now? Yep! You guessed it! Well, if you've been around these here parts long enough to remember them, anyway. Yep, one of Rich's (scsu1975) classic "Poll" posts! (...think I'll PM the guy right now and tell him his services are required here)

Yep Dan, the guy sitting with Leon Schlesinger was indeed another Termite Terrace denizen. His name was Henry Binder. He was one of the producers at the W-B animation department. He too was used as an inside joke by the cartoonists of this short, and which wasn't the only time his staff of cartoonists would insert his caricature into one of their productions... Henry Binder | Looney Tunes Wiki | Fandom

LOL OR perhaps Ruby Keeler??? (...well, SHE danced just like that TOO, now didn't she?!!!)

Actually Lorna, the Henry Fonda segment and where you hear the off-screen sound of a women's voice calling out his name, isn't a take on Jane Darwell playing his mother in The Grapes of Wrath, but instead was a spoof on a popular radio sitcom at the time titled "The Aldrich Family" and which in turn would prompt a series of B-movies being made of it from 1939-1944. Every radio episode and movie contained what would become a well known catchphrase of its time that entailed Mother Aldrich calling out, "Hen-REEEEEEE! Hen-ree Al-drich" and with her teenage son Henry then replying, "Coming, Mother!" That's what that was all about. (...and btw, I actually think Fonda's likeness in this is well done)

Like I said earlier to Sans here Hibi, when caricaturists go about their art, they will always exaggerate certain aspects of their subject's appearance, and I think this what happened with this drawning of George Brent and his nose, as every other feature depicted of him here such as, and as Lorna mentioned the eyebrows, say George Brent. (...yep, I'm holding fast to my "Brent Theory" here, folks)

Re these added suggestions of it possibly being either Ronald Colman, Cesar Romero or Clark Gable. All three of these actors are depicted in a separate scene in this short, and the manner in which they're all drawn is completely different than how is the subject of this question. (...sorry, still say it's Brent here, folks)

Sorry Sans, but I still see as many features of Brent's in that drawing as I do of Cugat's. (...and now please excuse me as I scroll back up for a minute to get another viewing of that babe Abbe Lane...MAN, she was hot!!!)

BUT, Ameche's nose did not have any "hook" to it and as does the gent in the cartoon. Notice how straight it flows down from his brow? (..nope, I don't think the aforementioned "boys at Termite Terrace" wouldn't drawn him with that kind of nose, and especially in profile, IF it was supposed to be a caricature of Ameche)

Yep, and yet another reason, and while I admit there IS a little resemblence between said caricature and Cugat, I also don't believe it's supposed to be him. You'd think if the boy's at Termite Terrace had been caricaturizing him, he would've been shown in some musical capacity within it. And Dan, first, I think that caricature of Garbo while not being at all flattering, DOES look like, And secondly, sorry, but I also say that the people responsible within these sources for identifying this caricature as "Don Ameche" could be wrong, and regardless whatever "expertise" they might claim to have. Too bad the aforementioned "boys at Termite Terrace" are all long gone now in order to get some sort of confirmation to this "most pressing matter" (LOL) as to who that was actually supposed to be. (...still say it's supposed to be George Brent, though)

Aaah! And so THIS is the reason the last time Ben did an intro for that Victor Mature flick, One Million B.C., he couldn't resist telling that old one about what they call a caveman's f@rt, eh?! Don't know that one or don't remember Ben tellin' that one, ya say? Why, they call it...wait for it..."A blast from the past"! (...naaah, he really didn't tell that one...I just like this old "dad joke" and wanted to tell it here myself, THAT'S all)

Could be WORSE ya know, slayton ol' boy. (...yep, I could've started a thread about "motorcycles in movies" instead, and I know you would have probably found THAT even MORE ridiculous, huh?!) LOL

WAIT now slayton! What big difference do you see between Cugat's hairline, color and style and with that of Brent's here? I see little if any difference here, anyway. And besides, that pic of Brent that Sans posted was definitely taken when he was a mite older and his temples began to grey. (...but HEY, at least we've apparently established that that WASN'T Don Ameche now, RIGHT?!)

Excellent work here, Sans! Nicely done. And, because you have to remember here that caricaturists will always exaggerate one's features when they go about their business, the idea that Brent's actual nose and the one in the cartoon aren't EXACTLY alike should not negate my claim, nor suggest it being another actor entirely. (...right?!)

Yes, the caricature's nose is quite a bit different than Taylor's here, speedy. (...Taylor's is definitely straighter)

YES! Now THIS I could possibly buy into. And, is something I also thought of earlier, in fact. Still say though it's more likely George Brent than Cugat here. (...OH btw...thanks SO much for including in this pic of him a shot of one of his band's singers and ex-wives, the GORGEOUS Miss Abbe Lane here...have had a crush on her since I was a kid...BOY she was hot and what a look she had...OH baby!!!)

Well Tom, I suppose there might be SLIGHT resemblance between Mr. Romanoff up there and the caricature of GEORGE BRENT in that cartoon, but I actually think because you started a thread about Errol Flynn today and thus had his old buddy on your mind already, THIS played a major a role in why you've suggested this. (...or in other words, nope, sorry, I'm not buying into this little theory of yours at all)

LOL No, no I haven't. And in fact, I don't think I've ever seen 'em in a movie together either. But then as I recall, Ameche was under contract at 20th Century Fox and Brent at Warner Bros, and so that could explain that. (...and which now might beg the question: With this short being produced by W-B, I wonder if they had to get permission and/or pay some kind of fee to use the likenesses of the stars who were under contract at all the other studios?)