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Playing the Pied Piper (1941) [N/A]

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Featuring:
Mel Blanc

Written by:
Lou Lilly

Directed by:
Lou Lilly


Release Date:
August 8, 1941

Original Title:
Playing the Pied Piper

Genres:
Animation

Ratings / Certifications:
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Runtime: 7

Overview from TheMovieDB

A dopey Pied Piper cat tries to catch a mouse, partly by reading "How to Be a 'Pied Piper in 10 Easy Lessons."

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Overview from Open Movies

A dimwitted cat believes he can catch mice just like in the story of the pied piper of Hamlin. He goes to his attic where a tough Brooklyn-voiced mouse proceeds to destroy Cat's horn. So without the Piper premise, we go into a straight series of gags where the cat sets traps that are instantly overcome and a huge mallet is wielded by mouse on cat's cranium multiple times. At one point shadows of the theatre audience talk to the characters, and later they speak out to them. A running gag where the cat keeps falling through a trapway is part of the conclusion.

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Production

Director:
Lou Lilly

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