Tin Pan Alley Cats
1943 Merrie Melodies cartoon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tin Pan Alley Cats is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Bob Clampett.[1] A follow-up to Clampett's successful Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, released earlier in 1943, Tin Pan Alley Cats focuses upon contemporary themes of African-American culture, jazz music, and World War II, and features a caricature of jazz musician Fats Waller as an anthropomorphic cat.[2][3] The short's centerpiece is a fantasy sequence derived from Clampett's black and white Looney Tunes short Porky in Wackyland (1938).
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Directed by | Bob Clampett |
Story by | Warren Foster |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
Starring | Mel Blanc The Four Dreamers Four Spirits of Rhythm Zoot Watson (all uncredited) |
Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
Animation by | Rod Scribner Robert McKimson (unc.) Art Babbitt (unc.) Manny Gould (unc.) Virgil Ross (unc.) |
Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas (uncredited) |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Running time | 7 min |
Language | English |
Like Coal Black, Tin Pan Alley Cats focuses heavily on stereotypical gags, character designs, and situations involving African-Americans. As such, the film and other Warner Bros. cartoons with similar themes have been withheld from television distribution since 1968, and are collectively known as the Censored Eleven.