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''Have You Got Any Castles?'' is a seven-minute animated short film released to theaters by Warner Bros. on June 25, 1938. Directed by Frank Tashlin, the film was a part of the ''Merrie Melodies'' series produced by Leon Schlesinger and distributed by Vitaphone. It was re-issued into the "Blue Ribbon Classics" series on February 1, 1947, with the question mark removed from the title. The plot of the film centers around characters from well-known works of fiction coming to life in a library whose owner has just closed the facility for the night. The cartoon entered the public domain in 1966 when its last rightsholder, United Artists Productions (successor-in-interest to Associated Artists Productions), failed to renew the original copyright within the required 28-year period.〔http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/DVDvideo/PD/ "Looney Tunes in the Public Domain"〕 ==Background== The original song is from the film "Varsity Show" (1937) Music by Richard A. Whiting, lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The daily publication ''Film Daily'' called the short a "fine fantasy", and gave it the following review:
The "Town Crier" in this short is a caricature of Alexander Woollcott, in reference to his radio program of the same name. He has similar mannerisms to the owl caricature of Woollcott in another Tashlin short, ''The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos'', which was released the year before. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Have You Got Any Castles?」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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