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Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)

This is a list of all theatrical animated shorts released by Warner Bros. Pictures under the Looney Tunes (LT) and Merrie Melodies (MM) banners between the years of 1930 and 1939, plus the pilot film from 1929 which was used to sell the Looney Tunes series to Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros.

1930
All cartoons are Looney Tunes starring Bosko and are all directed and produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, along with Leon Schlesinger as associate producer. All cartoons are also scored by Frank Marsales, who would score all cartoons through 1932. Directing credits would not be shown for the cartoons until ''Buddy's Day Out'' in 1933. {{Episode table == 1931 ==
1931
This year marks the debut of the Merrie Melodies series. All Merrie Melodies cartoons are directed by Rudolf Ising, all Looney Tunes until ''The Tree's Knees are directed by Hugh Harman and Ising and all Looney Tunes cartoons as of Bosko Shipwrecked!'' are directed by Harman. {{Episode table == 1932 ==
1932
All Looney Tunes cartoons are directed by Hugh Harman, while all Merrie Melodies cartoons are directed by Rudolf Ising. All cartoons from this year fell into the public domain between 1960 and 1961 since their copyrights were not renewed by Warner Bros. Pictures and United Artists, with four exceptions: Ride Him, Bosko!, Bosko the Drawback, ''Bosko's Dizzy Date, and Bosko's Woodland Daze''. These four cartoons had their copyrights renewed by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1961 and will not be in the public domain until January 1, 2028 when the maximum term for other copyrights will expire. {{Episode table == 1933 ==
1933
As of ''Buddy's Day Out, the directors are now credited, under the text "Supervision". All cartoons until Bosko's Picture Show'' are scored by Frank Marsales. {{Episode table == 1934 ==
1934
This year marks the beginning of production of color WB cartoons, though only for the Merrie Melodies series. The Looney Tunes series remains in black-and-white until 1942. For this year, most Merrie Melodies cartoons would still be in black-and-white up until Rhythm in the Bow. {{Episode table == 1935 ==
1936
This year, the Merrie Melodies series adopts the iconic bullseye rings in its opening and closing titles alongside a script "That's all Folks!" text. {{Episode table == 1937 ==
1937
Starting this year, Carl W. Stalling would be the composer on almost every cartoon until To Itch His Own in 1958. {{Episode table == 1938 ==
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