The Dryden will screen Bugs Bunny at 75 featuring A Wild Hare (Tex Avery, U.S. 1940, 8 min., 16mm), Hare Do (Friz Freleng, U.S. 1948, 7 min., 16mm), Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (Robert Clampett, U.S. 1942, 7 min., 16mm), Hare Trigger (Friz Freleng, U.S. 1945, 8 min., 16mm), Knighty Knight Bugs (Friz Freleng, U.S. 1958, 6 min., 16mm), Rabbit Fire (Chuck Jones, U.S. 1951, 7 min. 16mm), Hyde and Hare (Friz Freleng, U.S. 1955, 7 min., 16mm), What's Opera, Doc? (Chuck Jones, U.S. 1957, 7 min., 35mm), and Duck Amuck (Chuck Jones, U.S. 1953, 7 min., 35mm).

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Bugs Bunny, who first sauntered onto the screen in Tex Avery's 1940 A Wild Hare and, in that unforgettable New York accent, asked, "What's up, doc?" Quickly becoming an icon of sophisticated slapstick animation, Bugs Bunny repeatedly demonstrated brain over brawn, and he's now best remembered for outwitting characters often bigger and better armed. While the violence in these cartoons can be extreme, it's also often the object of mockery. In contrast with some of his gun-toting enemies, Bugs is rooted in intellect—an aficionado of high culture.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2015-Dec-21]