The Scarlet Pumpernickel The Scarlet Pumpernickel The Scarlet Pumpernickel is an animated Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" theatrical cartoon short released in 1950, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The title is a play on "The Scarlet Pimpernel". In 1994 it was voted #31 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. The cartoon is a story within a story. Daffy Duck is fed up with comedy and wants to try a dramatic act instead. He offers a script to Warner Bros.' chief Jack L. Warner - whom he addresses, as most people did, as
The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) but the Pimpernel promises to save Armand and sends Marguerite away. Overjoyed, Percy now understands why he has loved Marguerite all along—and that she has always remained the same ("She Was There"). Chauvelin arrives, but Percy's antics fluster him into leaving without discovering the Pimpernel's identity. The League then sets out for France to save Armand. Still unaware of the Pimpernel's identity, Marguerite does the same. Disguised as a tart, Marguerite attempts to uncover information about her brother, but she is quickly recognized and apprehended by Chauvelin ("Storybook (Reprise)"). While Chauvelin admires Marguerite's courageous efforts, he is angry that she