Bosko's Soda Fountain
{{short description|1931 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Bosko's Soda Fountain
| image = Bosko's_soda_fountain.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Bosko about to prepare an ice cream soda.
| native_name =
| director = Hugh Harman
| animator = Friz Freleng
Rollin Hamilton
| based_on =
| producer = Leon Schlesinger
| starring =
| music = Frank Marsales
| studio = Harman-Ising Productions
| distributor = Warner Bros.
| released = {{Film date|1931|10|10}} (earliest known date)
| runtime = 6:59
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Bosko's Soda Fountain is the fifteenth title in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bosko.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/56/mode/2up |pages=57–58}} It was released as early as October 10, 1931.{{cite web |title=Bosko's Soda Fountain - Earliest Known Date |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-express-boskos-soda/163168203/ |website=Los Angeles Evening Express |pages=14 |date=13 October 1931}}{{efn|Archived from a October 13 article, this is based on the fact that new cartoon shorts would premiere in theaters on Saturdays.}} It was directed by Hugh Harman.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=7}} The film score was composed by Frank Marsales.
This cartoon marks the first appearance of Honey's cat-like son, Wilbur.
Plot
Bosko, depicted as the owner/runner of a soda shop or ice cream parlor, serves sodas to a mouse and his old teacher (a hippo). His teacher's soda is sprayed in her face by a fan, causing her to leave the shop in anger. Then a dog enters the building and eats a pile of ice cream, causing the dog's body to become square-shaped. Bosko discovers what has happened to the dog and used its body as an accordion.
Meanwhile, Honey's bratty and spoiled cat-like son, Wilbur demands an ice cream cone after rehearsing singing and the piano against his will. Bosko sends the dog away, and then delivers an ice cream cone to Wilbur. Wilbur dislikes the flavor Bosko delivered to him (vanilla) and rudely retaliates, which ends in Bosko sitting, surprised, in the washing basket with a pair of underwear on his head.
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0021690}}
- {{Dailymotion|id=x8t6e3w|title=Looney Tunes - Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931)}}
{{Harman and Ising}}
Category:Films scored by Frank Marsales
Category:Films directed by Hugh Harman
Category:Animated films set in restaurants
Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
Category:1930s Warner Bros. animated short films
Category:1931 animated short films
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