Catch as Cats Can (1947)

12/05/1947 (US) • 7m

Animation

Overview

An emaciated canary, singing like Frank Sinatra, is getting on the nerves of a pipe-puffing parrot, who speaks like Bing Crosby. The parrot spots Sylvester, foraging through the trash. Telling the cat he needs more vitamins (which the canary has been swallowing in bulk), he lures the cat inside to snare the canary. The straightforward approach fails (the canary bops him in the nose). He carves a female canary from soap, lures Frankie there; the birds slide down a greased counter, into the sink, and down the drain, but only the soap bird goes through the pipe and down Sylvester's throat. A trail of birdseed into the garage seems to work, but Frankie jacks Sylvester's mouth open. Sylvester laces the vitamins with buckshot; like all cartoon magnets, his attracts everything metal in sight except his prey.

Top Billed Cast

Mel Blanc

Sylvester (voice)

Richard Bickenbach

Bing Crosby Parrot (voice) (uncredited)

Dave Barry

Frank Sinatra Canary (voice) (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

short film

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