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1944 · 3 min

A zippy, cartoonish wartime romp full of slapstick and silly gags, with a light moral about keeping secrets.

Directed by
Frank Tashlin
Genres
Comedy, Animation, War
Starring
Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner
Overview
Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his letter through uncensored is thwarted by a resourceful (and unseen) censor with an array of contraptions and booby traps. Not even Snafu's carrier pigeon can avoid the censor -- not when he has a hawk for an assistant. Technical Fairy, First Class, comes to the rescue and agrees to deliver the letter -- but he has good reason to say that he'll hate himself in the morning.

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Directed by
Frank Tashlin
Genres
Comedy, Animation, War
Starring
Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • deception
  • media
  • conspiracy
  • survival
Places
  • military
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour8
Realism2
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy, animation, war
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Runtime
3 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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