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1950 cartoon by Tex Avery

Ventriloquist Cat
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tex Avery
Story by	Rich Hogan
Produced by	Fred Quimby
Starring	Tex Avery Red Coffey
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons
Backgrounds by	Don Driscoll
Production company	MGM Cartoons
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Loew's Incorporated
Release date	May 27, 1950 (1950-05-27)
Running time	6:39
Language	English

Ventriloquist Cat is a 1950 animated short film directed by Tex Avery and produced by Fred Quimby for MGM Cartoons. The film was released in the US with the movie The Big Hangover on May 27, 1950, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The short stars Spike and Blackie the Cat.

Plot

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 of ventriloquism, Blackie plays a series of practical jokes on the bulldog. Ultimately, the jokes backfire on Blackie after he discards the device.

Voice cast

Tex Avery as Spike
Tex Avery and Red Coffey as Blackie the Cat

Remake as Cat's Meow

Cat's Meow
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tex Avery
Story by	Rich Hogan
Produced by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Starring	Tex Avery Red Coffey
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Walter Clinton Michael Lah Grant Simmons
Backgrounds by	Don Driscoll
Production company	MGM Cartoons
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Loew's Incorporated
Release date	January 25, 1957 (1957-01-25)
Running time	6:39
Language	English

Ventriloquist Cat was later remade in CinemaScope as Cat's Meow, which was released on January 25, 1957. It was one of two Avery MGM cartoons to have been reworked in the widescreen format (the other was the 1949 Droopy cartoon Wags to Riches, which was redone as Millionaire Droopy); as Avery himself was long gone from MGM at the time of these remakes, the new versions were worked on by the Hanna-Barbera unit, despite having Avery's name credited on the title card.

References

^ "AVERY…. Vol. 2??? WELL, IMAGINE THAT!". cartoonresearch.com. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 146–147. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Ventriloquist Cat (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 25 January 2020.
"The Vault". www2.boxoffice.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
"Tex Avery Filmography". www.texavery.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.

External links

Ventriloquist Cat at IMDb
Cat's Meow at IMDb

Films directed by Tex Avery

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Characters

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Series	Flip the Frog Willie Whopper Happy Harmonies The Captain and the Kids Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog One-shots Barney Bear The Bear Family The Bookworm and the Raven Tom and Jerry (filmography) Homer Flea Droopy Red Ol' Doc Donkey Screwy Squirrel George and Junior Butch Spike and Tyke
People	Tex Avery Joseph Barbera Preston Blair Scott Bradley Friz Freleng William Hanna Hugh Harman Rudolph Ising Ub Iwerks Gene Deitch Chuck Jones Michael Lah Dick Lundy Fred Quimby
Related	List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical animated feature films Associated Artists Productions DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Hanna-Barbera MGM Animation/Visual Arts Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation Warner Bros. Animation Turner Entertainment Co. Iwerks Studio The Pink Panther

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