Crazy House (cartoon)

Crazy House
Andy Panda series
Directed by	Alex Lovy (unconfirmed)
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Voices by	Bernice Hansen Dick Nelson (both uncredited)
Music by	Frank Marsales (uncredited)
Animation by	Alex Lovy LaVerne Harding Les Kline (all uncredited)
Studio	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	September 23, 1940 (U.S.)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	9 mins.
Language	English
Preceded by	100 Pygmies and Andy Panda
Followed by	Knock Knock

Crazy House is the fourth Andy Panda cartoon produced by Walter Lantz and probably directed by Alex Lovy (as speculated by Michael Barrier). The cartoon was released on September 23, 1940.

Plot

Andy and his father seek shelter from a flood in an abandoned building, which in reality is a fun house, filled with such things as hidden practical jokes, a noisy merry-go-round and a dancing floor.

Notes

• The cartoon is recognized as Lantz's first fully independent film. The use of Technicolor produced some clashes between Lantz and the management at Universal Pictures, whom didn't like that their animation department was offering an apparently better output than their features, so they decided to cut in early 1940 Lantz's weekly advance, forcing the producer to shut down the studio for a while. Crazy House was produced during the closure.^[1]

References

1. ^ Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1940". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia