Ventriloquist Cat

Ventriloquist Cat
Directed by	Tex Avery
Story by	Rich Hogan
Produced by	Fred Quimby
Starring	Tex Avery Daws Butler Red Coffey
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons
Production company	MGM Cartoons
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	May 27, 1950 (1950-05-27)
Running time	6:39
Language	English

Ventriloquist Cat is an MGM animated film, directed by Hollywood director Tex Avery. The film was released in the US with the movie The Big Hangover on May 27, 1950.

Plot

An alley cat is being chased by a dim-witted bulldog after he is caught writing on the fence "I hate Dogs!" In order to escape, the cat jumps into a box full of magicians props and discovers a ventriloquists device for throwing his voice. With his newly acquired powers of ventriloquism, the cat plays a series of practical jokes on the bulldog. Ultimately, the jokes backfire on the cat.

Voice cast

• Tex Avery as Spike
• Daws Butler and Red Coffey as Alley Cat

Remake as Cat's Meow

Cat's Meow
Directed by	Tex Avery
Story by	Rich Hogan
Produced by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Starring	Tex Avery Daws Butler Red Coffey
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons
Backgrounds by	Don Driscoll
Production company	MGM Cartoons
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	January 25, 1957 (1957-01-25)
Running time	6:39
Language	English

Ventriloquist Cat was later remade in CinemaScope as Cat's Meow, which was released in 1956. It was one of two Avery MGM cartoons to have been reworked in the widescreen format (the other was the 1949 Droopy cartoon Wags to Riches, which was redone as Millionaire Droopy); as Avery himself was long gone from MGM at the time of these remakes, the new versions were worked on by the Hanna-Barbera unit, despite having Avery's name credited on the title card.

Cat's Meow was the final MGM animated film before the MGM cartoon studio shut down in 1957.

External links

• Ventriloquist Cat at IMDb