To Duck or Not to Duck

To Duck or Not to Duck

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[[File:To Duck or Not to Duck screen capture 2.png|thumb|right|240px|Elmer's hunting dog, Laramore, is knocked out of his own separate stand by the all-duck audience during the boxing match.]]
[[File:To Duck or Not to Duck screen capture 2.png|thumb|right|240px|Elmer's hunting dog, Laramore, is knocked out of his own separate stand by the all-duck audience during the boxing match.]]
'''''To Duck or Not to Duck''''' is a 1943 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon directed by [[Chuck Jones]].{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=138}} The cartoon was released on March 6, 1943, and stars [[Daffy Duck]] and [[Elmer Fudd]].{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/70/mode/2up |pages=70–72}}
'''''To Duck or Not to Duck''''' is a 1943 [[Warner Bros. Entertainment|Warner Bros.]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon directed by [[Chuck Jones]].{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=138}} The cartoon was released on March 6, 1943, and stars [[Daffy Duck]] and [[Elmer Fudd]].{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/70/mode/2up |pages=70–72}}


In 1971, the cartoon entered the [[List of films in the public domain in the United States|public domain in the United States]] because [[United Artists]], the owner of the [[Associated Artists Productions]] library, did not renew its [[copyright registration]] in the 28th year after publication.
In 1971, the cartoon entered the [[List of films in the public domain in the United States|public domain in the United States]] because [[United Artists]], the owner of the [[Associated Artists Productions]] library, did not renew its [[copyright registration]] in the 28th year after publication.