Thursday 13 April 2023

Cat Smears

A Sylvester-like cat zips behind a chair in Catch As Cats Can, a 1947 release from the Art Davis unit.

Check out the dry-brush work.



He pops his head up.



Off he goes again. How about the stretch in-between in the first frame?



Multiple eyes are left behind as the cat zooms behind the couch.



More multiples as the cat pops up in a flower vase and zips into a corner.



No doubt this is the work of Don Williams. Basil Davidovich, Bill Melendez and Herman Cohen are the other credited animators; Cohen left the studio again after this cartoon. Dave Monahan came up with the story, but Bill Scott remembers he and Lloyd Turner worked on it as well. Monahan ended up at Screen Gems and then went into live action directing.

Director Davis used the Sylvester design in two of his shorts. In this one, Mel Blanc supplies a dopey voice, pretty similar to the original Barney Rubble voice.

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