Bacall to Arms

Bacall to Arms is a 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, co-planned by Bob Clampett, in his second-to-last cartoon at Warner Bros. (The Big Snooze would be the last) and Tex Avery, finished by Arthur Davis and supervised by Friz Freleng. Neither Clampett (he was left uncredited because he had left the studio before the cartoon was released) nor voice characterizations are credited. Mel Blanc's voice is recognizable as a fat theater patron, a husband in a newsreel, and the wolf's vocal effects. Impressionist Dave Barry portrays the voice of Humphrey Bogart while June Foray voices Lauren Bacall. The title refers both to Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and actress Lauren Bacall, whose acclaimed film debut was in To Have and Have Not, based on another Hemingway novel, as well as a play on the term "A Call to Arms".