Ventriloquist Cat
| Ventriloquist Cat | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tex Avery |
| Story by | Rich Hogan |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Starring | Tex Avery Red Coffey[1] |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons |
| Backgrounds by | Don Driscoll |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Loew's Incorporated |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:39 |
| Language | English |
Ventriloquist Cat is a 1950 animated short film directed by Tex Avery and produced by Fred Quimby for MGM Cartoons.[2] The film was released in the US with the movie The Big Hangover on May 27, 1950, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The short stars Spike and Blackie the Cat.
Plot
Blackie the Cat is being chased by Spike after he is caught writing "I hate Dogs!" on the fence. In order to escape, Blackie inadvertently jumps into a box full of assorted tricks and discovers a ventriloquist's device for throwing his voice. With his newly acquired powers of ventriloquism, Blackie plays a series of practical jokes on the bulldog. Ultimately, the jokes backfire on Blackie after he discards the device.
Voice cast
- Tex Avery as Spike
- Tex Avery and Red Coffey as Blackie the Cat[3][1]
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 Red Coffey[1] |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons |
| Backgrounds by | Don Driscoll |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Loew's Incorporated |
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.[4][5] 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.
References
- ^ a b c "AVERY…. Vol. 2??? WELL, IMAGINE THAT!". cartoonresearch.com. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ 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.[dead link]
- ^ "The Vault". www2.boxoffice.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Tex Avery Filmography". www.texavery.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
External links
- Ventriloquist Cat at IMDb
- Cat's Meow at IMDb