Tags: Cartoon, Hollywood Cartoon.
Clean Pastures is a Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by I. Freleng produced by Leon Schlesinger and released to theatres on May 22 1937 by Warner Bros. and Vitaphone. The cartoon is a parody of Warner Bros.’ 1936 film The Green Pastures. It tells of an ersatz Heaven called Pair-O-Dice and its angels’ efforts to win souls from Hades Inc. A Stepin Fetchit caricature fails to recruit any souls in Harlem New York City.