| Ventriloquist Cat | |
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| 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 1950animated short film directed byTex Avery and produced byFred Quimby forMGM Cartoons.[2] The film was released in the US with the movieThe Big Hangover on May 27, 1950, byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The short starsSpike and Blackie the Cat.
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 ofventriloquism, Blackie plays a series of practical jokes on the bulldog. Ultimately, the jokes backfire on Blackie after he discards the device.
| Cat's Meow | |
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| 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 inCinemaScope asCat's Meow, which was released on January 25, 1957.[5][6] It was one of two Avery MGM cartoons to have been reworked in thewidescreen format (the other was the 1949Droopy cartoonWags to Riches, which was redone asMillionaire Droopy); as Avery himself was long gone from MGM at the time of these remakes, the new versions were worked on by theHanna-Barbera unit, despite having Avery's name credited on the title card.
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