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Jump to: navigation, search Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt Merrie
Melodies/Bugs Bunny series Directed by I. Freleng Produced by
Leon Schlesinger Story by Michael Maltese Voices by Mel Blanc
Music by Carl Stalling Animation by Gil Turner Gerry Chiniquy
Manuel Perez Cal Dalton Richard Bickenbach Herman Cohen Jack
Bradbury Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone
Corporation Release date(s) June 7, 1941 Color process
Technicolor Running time 7:30 (one reel) Language English
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie
Melodies series, starring Bugs Bunny and Hiawatha, first
released on June 7, 1941. The short makes several direct
references to The Song of Hiawatha, an epic poem by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow. The short was directed by Friz Freleng,
written by Michael Maltese, animated by Gil Turner, and the
musical director was Carl Stalling.  The voices of Bugs Bunny
and Hiawatha were both provided by Mel Blanc.   Bugs is reading