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Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.
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- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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- TriviaWas the focus of a short and bitter flurry of allegations between Warner Brothers and MGM of plagiarism over similarities between this film and WB's Rhapsody Rabbit (1946). The controversy began when raw film from "Rhapsody Rabbit" was sent to be processed at a central film lab which serviced both Warners and MGM. By accident, the finished negatives were sent to MGM, who eventually returned them, but Friz Freleng (the director on "Rhapsody Rabbit") suspected that Hanna and Barbera or others at MGM may have viewed the film before sending it on to Warner Bros. Hanna and Barbera counter-charged that Freleng had somehow overheard their ideas for "The Cat Concerto" and acted on it.
- GoofsThe promotional poster depicts the cat-and-mouse duo wearing pants and shoes alongside with their tailcoats with dress shirts underneath and bowties; but in the actual short, don't wear pants or shoes at all.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977)
- Soundtracks24 Preludes, Op. 28//xxiv D min
(uncredited)
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Played during the opening credits
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An excellent mix of classical music and animation-and a good Tom and Jerry cartoon as well!
Cartoon studios have been blending animation with music probably since the start of animation. Particularly classical and also jazz. Every major studio has done at least a few cartoons where the animation is done to the beat of the music. This is one of the best of the MGM efforts. One of the few times when my sympathies have been with Tom more than with Jerry. While Rhapsody With Rivets is the best short to blend classical with animation (Sliphorn King of Polaroo was tops for jazz!), this cartoon, with several other Tom and Jerry shorts, does very well indeed and won an Oscar. Highly recommended.
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- llltdesq
- Apr 16, 2001
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- The Cat's Concerto
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- Runtime8 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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