Monday, 18 June 2018

Doghouse Battle

Solid Serenade’s highlight is Tom singing “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?” but there are other things to enjoy in this 1946 MGM cartoon. (We outlined some in this post).

At the end, Tom and a bulldog get into a fight inside a doghouse. The audience can’t see most of the fight, but parts of it are revealed when the doghouse comes apart. Some nice expressions by Tom here. All of this is by Pete Burness, who isn’t credited on the version of the cartoon in circulation now.



And the doghouse is as animated as anything else during the fight.



Mike Lah, Ken Muse and Ed Barge are the credited animators, though Ray Patterson handled some scenes as well.
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4 comments:

  1. top_cat_james18 June 2018 at 15:18

    Is Killer actually wooing the female cat at the end, or was it solely a means to humiliate Tom in front of his woman?

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    1. Jonathan Wilson18 June 2018 at 20:05

      Why not both?

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    2. top_cat_james19 June 2018 at 15:50

      Just nine cartoons later (The Truce Hurts), a neighborhood mutt attempts to EAT(!) poor Tom. Therein lies the dichotomy of canine / feline relationships in the T&J universe: You could be a potential mate--or a potential meal.

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    3. C.L. Young22 June 2018 at 13:17

      It's more the latter than the former.

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