Titles question

[Jack]

Did WB ever redo titles/credits for rerelease, like MGM did?

Every so often, I think about how the opening shot of "Daffy Dilly" with the downtown street not particularly matching the rest of the cartoon (it is terribly underplayed). That maybe the title was part of this shot and that it was redone for the BR release. I wish I could see the cartoon again to verify this, because I don't really have a clear image of it in my head, so I may not be correct. Can anyone verify this, or at least watch the cartoon if they have it and give their opinion?

I know I asked this already, but some questions get more response the second go around.

Jack:D

[Matthew Hunter]

They probably did more cuts than reworkings. Take that Clampett spot-gag cartoon CN shows all the time, for example, "Farm Frolics". A song opens the cartoon, but it starts over the blue ribbon card, making me think that I may be missing something. Who knows, many of the cartoons could have had animated openings, like some scan accross a setting or something, but they get cut out. What really bugs me is the titles to "A Wild Hare", because I have seen the title card, and it's really well done (a rabbit watching the sun set atop a hill, sort of pokes fun at "Gone With The Wind.") Also, if the post-48's are any indication, we could be missing some cool artwork and animation that they edit. So no, I don't think they reworked the openings for retitling, just chopped them off.
-Matthew

[Jack]

I think it would have been rare that a title sequence was redone, and that it would only be reworked when neccesary (I think the opening shot of Daffy Dilly would have been important to the cartoon, a cut right to him at his novelty table would have been a bit abrupt) And a simple background of a city street and some cars would be easy to redo. I'm most likely dead wrong, but I need to see the cartoon again to be sure...

Also, they kept the titles to "The Mighty Hunters," I think because they needed to keep all the James Swinnerton credits and Good Housekeeping credits, and trying to fit all that on a BR card would look really bad.



Jack:D