The Cat's Out

The Cat's Out
The Cat's Out
Directed by	Wilfred Jackson
Produced by	Walt Disney
Animation by	; David Hand;
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 28, 1931
Running time	7 min
Country	United States
Language	English

The Cat's Out is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released in 1931.^[1] The Cat's Out was a working title that survives on an existing vault print; the short was originally copyrighted and released as The Cat's Nightmare.^[1]

Plot[]

The family cat is let out for the night and encounters much hardship. He catches a bird singing atop the weathervane of the roof, but it flies off, pulling the cat and weathervane from the roof and knocking the cat out. The cat then has a vision of giant birds bullying him and from then on everything seems to come to life and torment him, including giant spiders and trees.

Reception[]

Motion Picture Herald (October 3, 1931): "A clever piece of cartoon work, typical Silly Symphony number. The theme is as the title suggests, and animators have taken full advantage of its laugh-making possibilities."^[2]

Variety (October 27, 1931): "One of Walt Disney's Silly Symphony series and a beaut. Score is good and penmanship snappy, plus having some new ideas. Couple of good laughs help."^[3]

Music[]

Some of the music includes the popular song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow", and a portion of the Civil War era song "Listen to the Mockingbird".

Home media[]

The short was released on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
^ "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald: 34. October 3, 1931. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
^ "Talking Shorts". Variety: 19. October 27, 1931. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

External links[]

The Cat's Out at IMDb

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[symphony1-1] Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.

[2] "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald: 34. October 3, 1931. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

[3] "Talking Shorts". Variety: 19. October 27, 1931. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

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