Pizzicato Pussycat
Pizzicato Pussycat | |
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Directed by | I. Freleng |
Story by | Warren Foster |
Produced by | Edward Selzer |
Starring | Mel Blanc Marian Richman Norman Nesbitt |
Narrated by | Norman Nesbitt |
Edited by | Treg Brown |
Music by | Milt Franklyn |
Animation by | Virgil Ross Manuel Perez |
Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
Color process | Color |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7:20 |
Language | English |
Pizzicato Pussycat is a 1955 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The short was released on January 1, 1955.[2]
Plot
[edit]Mr. and Mrs. Jones, a suburban couple, are puzzled by mysterious piano music in their home, long after their daughter's toy piano vanished. A mouse strikes a deal with their cat, promising a piano performance in exchange for his life. The cat hides the mouse and toy piano in a real piano, deceiving the Joneses. Media frenzy ensues, with scientists baffled by the cat's musical talent. Contracts are signed for public performances, culminating in a disastrous show at Carnegie Hall. Exposed as a fraud, the cat and mouse revert to their usual antics until they bond over jazz music. The Joneses keep their unconventional pets a secret.
Music
[edit]- "Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 in D flat major" aka "Minute Waltz" by Frédéric Chopin
- "Crazy Rhythm" by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn
- "Me-ow" by Mel B. Kaufman
- "Home Sweet Home" aka "There's No Place Like Home", by H.R. Bishop
- "Liebestraum No. 3" by Franz Liszt
- "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14" by Franz Liszt
References
[edit]- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 268. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
See also
[edit]- 1955 films
- Merrie Melodies short films
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Films scored by Milt Franklyn
- 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s American animated films
- 1955 animated films
- 1955 short films
- Films about pianos and pianists
- Animated films about cats
- Animated films about mice
- Films with screenplays by Warren Foster
- Films produced by Edward Selzer
- Animated films set in Manhattan