Buddy of the Legion
| Buddy of the Legion | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Buddy) series | |
| Directed by | Ben Hardaway |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Voices by | Jack Carr |
| Music by |
Bernard Brown Norman Spencer |
| Animation by |
Bob Clampett Chas. Jones |
| Studio | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | April 6, 1935 (USA) |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Buddy's Pony Express (1935) |
| Followed by | Buddy's Lost World (1935) |
Buddy of the Legion is an American animated short film, released April 6, 1935. It is a Looney Tunes cartoon, featuring Buddy, the second star of the series. It was directed by Ben Hardaway; Bernard Brown was musical director. Notably, this is Chuck Jones's first credit as animator on a Warner Bros. cartoon.
Buddy whistles merrily along a sidewalk, quickly coming to a bookstore with a sign reading "Boy wanted" in the window. Taking the sign, he strolls in to find the proprietor of the shop, a matronly lady, busily invested in her work and inattentive of the young man's presence. Clearing his throat, Our Hero makes himself and his intentions known to the woman. The woman, after a brief inspection of the candidate, hires Buddy to dust the store. Getting right to work, Buddy dusts everything he sees. His boss, leaving, orders him to watch the store while she is away and to put away all of the books left on the table. No sooner has the boss lady left than Buddy is attempting to fit in his grasp about a dozen books at once! A fly causes Buddy to lose his balance, crash into a stove, and drop every volume. One of the books, now open to him, tells of life in the Foreign Legion, and Buddy becomes so engrossed in reading that he forgets the tasks assigned him and sits down at a desk, where he daydreams about Amazons, such as the book describes.
Our Hero is now the leader of a detachment of the Legion, marching through the desert, singing "Arabia." After the musical number, we come to a fortress controlled by Amazons (as the flag above the building makes clear). Within, large women force smaller, captive Legion soldiers to do chores. One pushes a quern-stone and one washes laundry with water provided by a wheel turned by the efforts of a third man, who, for his lazy walking, is prodded by a projectile emitted by the hookah of the Amazon leader. One Amazon, looking through a spy-glass, sees the legionnaires, and announces their coming to the leader. The leader calls for an attractive genie woman. The genie travels, by magic carpet, into the path of the Legion.
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