Anyway, the string on the balloon the pups were playing with catches fire and slowly works its way to the balloon. The cat realises something’s happening, turns around, and....
Whoever animated this makes the cat look like it’s in pain. Here are some of the drawings as it somersaults in mid-air. You can see the paw splotches for speed. You can also see some absolutely horrible DVNR which really hurts action scenes shot on ones in this cartoon.
No animators are listed in the credits, just Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising. No, I don’t know who is voicing the cat, but I know it’s not Clarence Nash.
MGM seemed to have a thing about giving cats Donald's voice, since it shows up again in "The Alley Cat" (the cartoon Hanna-Barbera pretty much mined for all their secondary characters in the Tom & Jerry series), and then a decade later by Avery for "Ventrilquist Cat" which then was re-colored and stretched for CinemaScope six years later.
ReplyDeleteDonald cat voice also shows up in Bob Allen's Chips off the Old Block ("Well!....I'll be doggone").
ReplyDeleteIt's Harry E.Lang (I think.).
ReplyDeleteYes, J.L. This is one of those actors that Keith Scott hasn't been able to pin down definitely. One book has made some claims, repeated here and there.
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