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A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)
Two alley cats, Babbitt and Catsello, decide to make a meal out of Orson as he sleeps in his nest atop a telephone pole. The gullible (and loud) Catsello is repeatedly gulled into trying to "get the bird," earning a variety of thrashings from the casually murderous little canary. Catsello finally resorts to an air strike (with a pair of wooden boards for wings), but it's wartime, and Orson has the cat blasted out of the sky by anti-aircraft guns.
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aspectratio.1-37-1
Production companies: Leon Schlesinger Studios
Country: United States
Languages:
English
Runtime: 8 min.
Released: Nov. 21, 1942
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 7+
