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The Censored Eleven
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In 1968 ‘United Artists’ withheld 11 Warner Bros/Merrie Melodies shorts from US TV due to racial stereotyping of black characters.


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Movie: Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (Short 1931) ( 1931 )
Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat. And Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.
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Movie: Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (Short 1936) ( 1936 )
A black man sneaks out of church and tries to steal a chicken, but gets a taste of hell when he's accidentally knocked unconscious.
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Movie: Uncle Tom's Bungalow (Short 1937) ( 1937 )
In this parody of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Little Eva and Topsy try to rescue old Uncle Tom from the clutches of the evil slave-dealer Simon Simon [sic] Legree.
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Movie: Jungle Jitters (Short 1938) ( 1938 )
Starts out with a tribe of African cannibals imitating Native Americans. After this, they do the new Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theme "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down." Then a sloppy stuttering salesman knocks on their doors, and they bring him in and put him in a pot of boiling water. The queen of the tribe wants to see the man. She falls in love with him. They get marr...Read all
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Movie: All This and Rabbit Stew (Short 1941) ( 1941 )
Bugs heckles a black hunter and escapes from a bear.
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Movie: Clean Pastures (Short 1937) ( 1937 )
The Lord sees that the stock value of "Pair-o-dice" is dropping on the exchange so he dispatches a slow-witted and slow-talking angel to sinful Harlem to recruit new customers. When this fails, God finds success sending a group of musical angels with a little more swing in their style, so much so that even the Devil wants to join up!
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Movie: The Isle of Pingo Pongo (Short 1938) ( 1938 )
A travelogue spotlights the tropical island of Pingo Pongo, showing the unusual flora and fauna and the lives of the happy natives.
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Movie: Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (Short 1943) ( 1943 )
So White flees from the wicked Queenie, wins over the thugs from Murder Inc. and meets her overrated Prince Chawmin'.
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Movie: Tin Pan Alley Cats (Short 1943) ( 1943 )
A jazz cartoon involving a "Fats Waller"-like cat who leaves the "Uncle Tomcat Mission" for the local jazz club.
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Movie: Angel Puss (Short 1944) ( 1944 )
A little black boy is hired to kill a cat, but the feline escapes and proceeds to play tricks on the kid, pretending he's a ghost come back to haunt his "killer."
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Movie: Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (Short 1944) ( 1944 )
The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf.