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Revision as of 06:15, 22 October 2020
| Ventriloquist Cat | |
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| Directed by | Tex Avery |
| Story by | Rich Hogan |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Starring | Tex Avery Daws Butler Harry E. Lang |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:39 |
| Language | English |
Ventriloquist Cat is an MGM animated film, directed by Hollywood director Tex Avery.[1] 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 inadvertently 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 after he discards the device.
Voice cast
- Tex Avery as Spike
- Daws Butler and Harry E. Lang as Alley Cat[2]
Remake as Cat's Meow
| Cat's Meow | |
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| Directed by | Tex Avery |
| Story by | Rich Hogan |
| Produced by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Starring | Tex Avery Daws Butler Harry E. Lang |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons |
| Backgrounds by | Don Driscoll |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:39 |
| Language | English |
Ventriloquist Cat was later remade in CinemaScope as Cat's Meow, which was released on January 25, 1957.[3][4] 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.
References
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 146–147. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Ventriloquist Cat (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "The Vault". www2.boxoffice.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Tex Avery Filmography". www.texavery.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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