Tin Pan Alley Cats
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Tin Pan Alley Cats | |
Merrie Melodies series | |
Directed by | Bob Clampett |
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Story by | Warren Foster |
Animation by | Rod Scribner |
Voices by | Mel Blanc |
Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | 1943 (USA) |
Format | Technicolor, 7 min (one reel) |
Language | English |
Tin Pan Alley Cats is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Robert Clampett. It has frequently been banned and is part of the Censored Eleven.
[edit] Synopsis
The cartoon opens with a cat who resembles a Fats Waller caricature going out for a night on the town. He is about to go into a club when a street preacher warns him that he will be tempted with "wine, women and song" if he goes in. This, however, only excites the cat who immediately runs in. At first, he enjoys the club, but he becomes so immersed in the music that he is carried away into a world very similar to Wackyland from "Porky in Wackyland". This world frightens him so much that, when he wakes up, he gives up his partying ways and joins the relgious music group singing outside, much to their surprise.