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Hell-Bent for Election (S)

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Original title: Hell-Bent for Election
Year: 1944
Running time: 13 min.
Country: United States
Director: Chuck Jones
Screenwriter: Robert Lees, E.Y. Harburg
Cast: Animation
Music: Earl Robinson
Cinematography: Animation, Max Morgan
Producer: United Auto Workers, United Productions of America (UPA)
Genre: Animation | Politics. Propaganda. Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: Chuck Jones took a break from directing Looney Tunes cartoons to make this labor-sponsored film for Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 Presidential campaign. It was produced by Industrial Film and Poster Service which, later rechristened United Productions of America (UPA), earned animation immortality with Gerald McBoing Boing and the nearsighted Mr. Magoo.

In this cartoon, a political piece paid for by the United Auto Workers, presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt is portrayed as streamlined express train, while Thomas Dewey is shown as an old, tired steamer. The voters are encouraged not to "fall asleep at the switch" when it came time to support FDR.

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Hell-Bent for Election (S)

1944

Chuck Jones

6.0

(24)