1929 Mickey Mouse cartoon
When the Cat's Away
is a
Mickey Mouse
short animated film first released on May 3, 1929, as part of the
Mickey Mouse
film series. It was directed by
Walt Disney
and animated by
Ub Iwerks
and
Ben Sharpsteen
.
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It was the sixth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the third of that year.
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In this cartoon, Mickey and
Minnie
are the size of regular mice, and Tom Cat is the size of a person.
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Plot
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After
Tom Cat
leaves his house, drunk on hooch to go hunting, Mickey organizes all his mice friends to break into the cat's house. Once inside, Mickey and Minnie play the piano by dancing on the keys and, later, others play some of the cat's musical instruments and records (using themselves as the speaker and stylus). In the end, Mickey and Minnie successfully kiss each other.
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Production
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The cartoon is a loose remake of Disney's 1925 film
Alice Rattled by Rats
, from the
Alice Comedies
series.
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This is the last time Mickey is portrayed as the size of a mouse, although he remains fairly small in his next cartoon,
The Barnyard Battle
.
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The cat signs his name "Tom Cat", which was briefly used as a name for the character who was shortly afterwards identified as
Peg-Leg Pete
.
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In an early script, the cartoon ended with the pet parrot calling the police, causing the mice to scurry away.
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Voice cast
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Reception
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Motion Picture News
(June 8, 1929): "This is one of the series of the Mickey Mouse cartoons. It is synchronized for sound, which brings the greater part of the laughs. The cat a-hunting goes and the mice play while the cat's away. They play everything from the piano, right down the line of musical instruments."
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The Film Daily
(July 28, 1929): "Amusing. Mickey and his relatives crash their way into the cat's home while the latter is hunting. The results is a music festival which proves genuinely amusing. As usual in this Disney series, the cartoon work is well thought out and intelligently and divertingly presented. Sure-fire for any audience."
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Home media
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The short was released on December 7, 2004, on
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two: 1929-1935
.
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It was released to
Disney+
on October 6, 2023.
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See also
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References
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- ^
a
b
c
d
e
Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018).
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History
. Cologne:
Taschen
. pp. 39?40.
ISBN
978-3-8365-5284-4
.
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a
b
c
Grob, Gijs (2018). "When the Cat's Away".
Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse
. Theme Park Press.
ISBN
978-1683901235
.
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Lenburg, Jeff (1999).
The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
. Checkmark Books. pp. 108?109.
ISBN
0-8160-3831-7
. Retrieved
June 6,
2020
.
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"Opinions on Pictures: Sound Shorts"
.
Motion Picture News
: 1969. June 8, 1929
. Retrieved
February 23,
2020
.
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"Short Subjects"
.
The Film Daily
: 9. July 28, 1929
. Retrieved
February 23,
2020
.
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"Mickey Mouse in Black & White Volume 2 DVD Review"
.
DVD Dizzy
. Retrieved
February 19,
2021
.
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The D23 Team (June 19, 2023).
"Disney+ to Debut 28 Restored Classic Walt Disney Animation Studios Shorts"
.
D23
. Retrieved
June 19,
2023
.
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