Pizzicato Pussycat

1955 film
  • January 1, 1955 (1955-01-01)
Running time
7:20LanguageEnglish

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

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

  • "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

  1. ^ 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.
  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

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Friz Freleng
1920s
  • Fiery Fireman (1928)
  • Weary Willies (1929)
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s