Three Part Harmony

There was a time when Disney cartoons had little bits of impossible fun in them.

Here’s a scene from Alice Rattled by Rats, a 1925 silent Alice comedy. A rat is playing the piano but apparently wants extra harmony. He splits into three.



The gag’s laughs having subsided in the theatre, the rat reassembles, using the same drawings in reserve. They’re pretty stiff but it is 1925 after all.



The short features Disney’s Felix knock-off. Julius tips his ears and detaches his tail just like Felix. Where are the Sullivan corporate lawyers?!?