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Release Date:
26 April 1947 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Music more
Plot:
Jerry is determined to disrupt Tom's concert while Tom fights him with the piano without missing a single note. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Simply one of the best cartoons ever more (17 total)

Directed by
Joseph Barbera 
William Hanna 
 
Produced by
Fred Quimby .... producer
 
Original Music by
Scott Bradley 
 
Sound Department
Fred McAlpin .... sound (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Ed Barge .... animator
Kenneth Muse .... animator
Irven Spence .... animator
Robert Gentle .... background artist (uncredited)
 
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Also Known As:
The Cat's Concerto (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
8 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:U | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | South Korea:All | USA:Approved (PCA #11976)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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Was the focus of a short and bitter flurry of allegations between Warner Brothers and MGM of plagiarism over similarities between this film and WB's Rhapsody Rabbit (1946). The controversy began when raw film from "Rhapsody Rabbit" was sent to be processed at a central film lab which serviced both Warners and MGM. By accident, the finished negatives were sent to MGM, who eventually returned them, but Friz Freleng (the director on "Rhapsody Rabbit") suspected that Hanna and Barbera or others at MGM may have viewed the film before sending it on to Warner Bros. Hanna and Barbera counter-charged that Freleng had somehow overheard their ideas for "The Cat Concerto" and acted on it. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Smarty Cat (1955) more
Soundtrack:
24 Preludes, Op. 28//xxiv D min more

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Simply one of the best cartoons ever, 15 March 2000
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Author: mzimmer from Wisconsin

This is a wonderful wedding of music and cartoon action, brought off flawlessly with panache and great slapstick humor. The scissors gag alone is enough to put this one in the hall of fame. This short very much deserved the Oscar it won; it ranks among the best cartoons ever made, bar none.

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