The Case of the Screaming Bishop
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The Case of the Screaming Bishop | |
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Directed by | Howard Swift |
Written by | John McLeish (story) |
Starring | See below |
Music by | Eddie Kilfeather |
Release dates
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4 August 1944 |
Running time
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app. 6 min 37 sec |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
The Case of the Screaming Bishop is a 1944 American animated short film in the Phantasies series of animated cartoons produced by the Screen Gems studio for Columbia Pictures from 1939 to 1946. The film is directed by Howard Swift.[1]
Contents
Plot
A dinosaur skeleton is stolen from the "Museum of Unnatural History" so Hairlock Combs (a parody of Sherlock Holmes) and his assistant Dr. Gotsum disguise themselves as a horse and visit the scene of the crime. It is ultimately revealed that the thief is a concert xylophonist who is obsessed with using the skeleton as his instrument. Throughout the film, he repeats the phrase, "The best bones of all go to Symphony Hall!"
Cast
- John McLeish as Hairlock Combs[citation needed] (voice) (uncredited)
- Harry E. Lang[2]
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Case of the Screaming Bishop at IMDb
- The short film The Case of the Screaming Bishop is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
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- English-language films
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- 1944 films
- American films
- 1940s animated short films
- Comedy mystery films
- Sherlock Holmes films
- American animated short films
- 1940s American animated films
- 1944 animated films
- Columbia Pictures animated films
- Columbia Pictures short films
- Screen Gems films
- Short animated film stubs