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OriginalThe Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (also known as The Dover Boys) is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. It is one of the first cartoons to make extensive use of limited animation, as well as other techniques that would only be more broadly popularized in the 1950s.
Reason
This is just a fun cartoon to watch and is highly regarded as one of the best animated shorts ever made.
Articles in which this image appears
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Chuck Jones
Cant really see any concrete evidence its in public domain but I have seen it being sold by third party distributors. GamerPro64 20:40, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I revised my vote, per my comments below. Bammesk (talk) 15:17, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Armbrust, I didn't get a chance to do it last week. I will try to do it next week. Bammesk (talk) 13:33, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I checked the Film Superlist book, Volume 2 (1940-1949). Contrary to what I assumed, the book doesn't list motion pictures which have fallen into public domain. The book is a better organized compilation of the data in the Online database on motion pictures released from 1940 to 1949, including any renewals 28 years after the original release, plus supplementary info (search reports) on some releases.
I searched the book and the Dover Boys cartoon is not listed in it. I also searched the Online database for motion picture registrations in 1941, 1942, 1943, as well as motion picture renewals in 1969, 1970, 1971 and the Dover Boys cartoon is missing. So there is no record that this cartoon was ever registered for copyright, nor a record that it was ever renewed. (On a sidenote: the Film Superlist book does have copyright registration info for 93 Looney Tunes cartoons and 140 Merrie Melodies cartoons.)
I think the Commons copyright tag is valid (i.e. no renewal). Plus, the cartoon may not have been registered with the copyright office (there is no record of its registration). Pinging the nominator and participants who voted conditionally @GamerPro64, Adam Cuerden, Janke, and MER-C:. Bammesk (talk) 15:17, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good, then. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 18:43, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Dover Boys at Pimento University 1080p.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:04, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]