Uncle Tom's Bungalow

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Uncle Tom's Bungalow
series = Merrie Melodies


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director = Tex Avery
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voice_actor =Billy Bletcher
Bernice Hansen
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distributor = Warner Bros.
release_date = 12 July, 1937 (USA)
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 8 min (one reel)
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0029708

"Uncle Tom's Bungalow" is a "Merrie Melodies" animated cartoon directed by Tex Avery, and released to theatres on July 12, 1937 by Warner Bros.. The cartoon is a parody of the 1852 novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin". The short contains many stereotypical portrayal of black characters. In 1968, Uncle Tom's Bungalow was included in the Censored Eleven, as it was deemed offensive by United Artists, and is currently withheld from distribution. Brief segments did, however appear in Turner Entertainment's 1989 home video release, "Cartoons For Big Kids", hosted by Leonard Maltin.

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After a narrator introduces the players, Simon Simon Legree (pronounced Seemoan Seemoan), a greedy used slave trader, sells Uncle Tom to Eve (a young white girl) and Topsey (a young black girl caricature) on layaway. Months go by and it is now winter. Legree finds that the girls have missed their last three payments and sets out to get his money or take Uncle Tom back. The girls hide Uncle Tom upon learning of Legree's arrival and Eliza, a black woman, whisks them away and a chase ensues. In the end Eliza, Topsey and Eve are cornered by Legree and his dogs when Uncle Tom arrives in a car and clearly much richer than before. Uncle Tom pays Legree the money he's owed and he leaves. The narrator suspects that Uncle Tom cashed in his social security but it is soon revealed that he earned his newfound fortune by playing craps.

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