Underplayed Gems

A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)

A Tale of Two Kitties poster
Directed by
Bob Clampett
Genre
family film
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

A baby bird named Tweety is chased by two hungry cats in a cartoon. The cats use tricks to try to catch the bird, but the bird outsmarts them.

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What happens

A Tale of Two Kitties is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. It was released on November 21, 1942. The short is notably the first cartoon to feature the character Tweety, who would later appear in a series of shorts paired with Friz Freleng's Sylvester the Cat. The short features the debut of Tweety, originally named Orson until his second cartoon, who delivers the line that would become his catchphrase: "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" The short entered the public domain in 1970, due to United Artists, the holder of the short at the time, failing to renew the copyright by that year. This means Tweety's first design is in the public domain in accordance with his debut in this short under American copyright law. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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