Saturday, January 03, 2026
"The Mouse On 57th Street" Backgrounds
I was rewacthing Chuck Jones' "The Mouse On 57th Street" recently and was drawn (no pun intended) to the backgrounds. Great use of perspective, particularly for the scenes that focused on the mouse. Lots of upshots emphasizing how big the city is compared to our little drunken mouse friend. Layouts were done by Owen Fitzgerald and Maurice Noble and painted by Phil DeGuard. I assume Fitzgerald mostly did character layout. A few poses throughout the short reminded me of his posing in his Bob Hope comics. Though I have nothing docmenting that as a fact. I find this to be one of the more enjoyable of Jones' later Warner Bros. shorts.
Labels:
Backgrounds,
Chuck Jones,
Maurice Noble,
Owen Fitzgerald,
Warner Bros.
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This is a favorite of mine as well. I never saw the credits before it was on Blu Ray and was amazed at seeing Owen Fitzgerald in the credits. I didn't know that he worked on Warner Bros. cartoons.
In his first go 'round at WB in the early 40's he worked in Freleng's unit.
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