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Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
''Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land'' is a ''Merrie Melodies'' animated cartoon directed by Rudy Ising (uncredited), produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation, and released to theatres on November 28, 1931. The minimal storyline centers on the plucky Piggy's efforts to rescue his girlfriend and a doglike Uncle Tom from perilous predicaments and villains. The short's stereotypical portrayal of black characters prompted United Artists to withhold it from syndication in 1968, making it one of the infamous Censored Eleven. It was the second Merrie Melodies film to be released.
==Summary==
''Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land'' has a rudimentary plot, unlike most of the Merrie Melodies of the time, which barely have any plot at all.〔BBeck, Jerry, and Will Friedwald (1989). ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons''. Owl Books. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2. Page 12.〕 The cartoon stars the Mickey Mouse-esque Piggy, his girlfriend Fluffy, and a canine Uncle Tom.〔Cruz, Brian (2003). "(Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land )". ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: The Early Years''. Toon Zone. Accessed 21 June 2007.〕 The film opens with a singing steamboat dancing down a river. On the deck, three blackface caricatures play the song for which the short is named on the harmonica, banjo, and bones. Meanwhile, Uncle Tom drives Fluffy toward the boat by donkey cart. The scene shifts to Piggy the riverboat captain in a sequence reminiscent of Disney's 1928 film ''Steamboat Willie''.〔 Fluffy joins the frolicking steamboat passengers and reunites with her boyfriend, but during the revelry, Piggy falls overboard. The pig has a run in with an alligator, but he makes it back to the boat. Meanwhile, Uncle Tom's donkey bucks him into a cemetery. There, in a variation on a stock gag featuring a superstitious black man,〔Lindvall, Terry, and Ben Fraser (1998). "Darker Shades of Animation: African-American Images in Warner Bros. Cartoons". ''Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation''. Rutgers University Press. page 128.〕 he is scared by three dancing skeletons reminiscent of those in Disney's 1929 short ''The Skeleton Dance''. Tom escapes to the middle of the river, but a shoddy boat leaves him stranded and drowning. Piggy saves the day but not before a vaudevillian villain kidnaps his porcine paramour. Piggy captures the villain on a passing mail hook, leaving the villain tortured over a buzz saw. This short marks the second and last appearance of the characters Piggy and Fluffy.〔
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