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Magical Maestro

  • 1952
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Magical Maestro (1952)
AnimationComedyFamilyMusicShort

A magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious resul... Read allA magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.A magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.

  • Director
    • Tex Avery
  • Writers
    • Rich Hogan
    • Roy Williams
  • Stars
    • Daws Butler
    • Tex Avery
    • Carlos Ramírez
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
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    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writers
      • Rich Hogan
      • Roy Williams
    • Stars
      • Daws Butler
      • Tex Avery
      • Carlos Ramírez
    • 15User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Daws Butler
    Daws Butler
    • Mysto the Magician
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
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    Tex Avery
    Tex Avery
    • Poochini
    • (uncredited)
    Carlos Ramírez
    Carlos Ramírez
    • Poochini
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writers
      • Rich Hogan
      • Roy Williams
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    • Trivia
      The 'hair in the projector gate' gag was so realistic, many projectionists attempted to remove the hair themselves, not realizing it was part of the cartoon. As such, the distributors took to including a warning label on the film's canister to alert projectionists of the gag and how it was an intended part of the film.
    • Goofs
      When the concert starts, the white-haired conductor's hair is combed smooth, flipping up in back. The scene cuts to show Mephisto under the stage, looking up toward the white-haired maestro. The white-haired maestro's hair is shaggy, and does not flip up in back.
    • Alternate versions
      TV prints often cut out the scenes where a man in the audience squirts a barrel of black ink at the opera singer, turning him into a black-face minstrel and where the magician turns the tenor into a Chinese man, a la Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado".
    • Connections
      Featured in Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Largo al factotum
      (uncredited)
      From "The Barber of Seville"
      Music by Gioachino Rossini
      Lyrics by Cesare Sterbini
      Sung by Poochini
      Performer: Carlos Ramírez (uncredited)

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    10/10

    One of Tex Avery's Best

    Let me first state that I think that Tex Avery is to the animated short what Walt Disney was to the feature-length animated film. So many of the conventions of animated shorts were either started by Avery or so effectively used by him that he gave us the cartoon format that we know and, hopefully, love. And Magical Maestro is vintage Tex Avery-gags fired at the viewer one right after another, most of them hilarious. This is excellent work from a master of a highly under-rated art form. Bravo! Encore!
    • llltdesq
    • Oct 3, 2000
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    • Release date
      • February 9, 1952 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Чарівний маестро
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Studios
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    • Runtime
      6 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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