Merrie Melodies Hollywood Steps Out 1941

Original titles recreation and deleted scene included. Originally released on 24th May,1941 and got Blue Ribbon reissued on 2nd October,1948. Points to be noted: 1.Four scenes were cut from the 1948 Blue Ribbon reissue (which is the version that airs on television and is included in official and unofficial home video releases): a.The first was Clark Gable sitting down with his wife, Carole Lombard, only to see a blonde woman walk by and lies to Carole in order to follow the blonde girl. This was cut because Carole Lombard was killed in a plane crash in 1942 and Gable objected to being depicted as a womanizer who would cheat on his wife. b.The second was during the conga scene where Ned Sparks is dancing with Edna May Oliver with Ned saying "Gee this is silly!" (the joke being they both have unique faces). This was likely removed due to Oliver passing away in 1942. c.The third was Gary Cooper (drawn at a greatly exaggerated height) and Shirley Temple (drawn extremely short, as at the time of production she was a child) dancing during the conga sequence. This was most likely cut as Shirley Temple was no longer a child star, making the joke dated. d.The last was the original ending. According to Bob Clampett's widow, Sody, Bob told several historians that after Groucho said "Well, fancy meeting you here!" (which is where the cartoon ends on most current versions in circulation), Clark Gable said something along the lines of "Awwwww well, I still want what's comin' to me, and I'm a-gonna get it!" before kissing Groucho Marx anyway. Sody recalled that Clark Gable himself demanded the joke be removed because he thought the joke would make him out to be a homosexual in the public eye (which, back then, was considered taboo).However, this line is not present in the cartoon's transcription, with Gable only saying, "I'm a bad boy!" at the end. 2.A copy of the original 1941 version was known to exist in the 1980s. However, the print ended up getting stolen and is presumed to be lost. It is currently unknown where the print is now, if it still exists, or if it ever existed in the first place. 3.All Grant's jokes are references to some of his films, except The Front Page which does not star Grant, but was remade as His Girl Friday in 1941, a film that does star him. 4.Jokes about Crosby's horse racing betting passion would be referenced in other Looney Tunes cartoons as well, such as "The Old Grey Hare(1944)". 5.Mickey Rooney played the small town boy who always got into trouble with money and girls in the Andy Hardy film series; Lewis Stone played Andy's father, Judge Hardy; Judy played his girl, Friday. 6.Henry Fonda being called by his mother is a reference to The Aldrich Family. 7.All of the male celebrities except for Jerry Colonna, who was voiced by Mel Blanc, were voiced by Kent Rogers. 8.Scenes that featured actresses Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn were cut before the release of this short, despite there being a scene that featured a table reserved for Bette Davis. 9.Production of this cartoon begun on 22nd October,1940. 10.Joe Penner was to be caricatured, appearing during the bubble dance sequence. Due to his death on 10 January 1941, his appearance was removed. All rights goes to Warner Brothers. No copyright infringement intended. Various caricatures of contemporary Hollywood stars visit Ciro's Nightclub. Enjoy it,Folks!