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The Owl and the Pussycat

The Owl and the Pussycat

1939Short⏱️ 7m
AnimationShort
6.1
IMDB Rating
24 votes

In his first cartoon, Sourpuss has bright colored fur. He romances an Owl and takes her out on his boat, like the nursery rhyme has it. She seems mesmerised by him just as long as he strums his guitar. Her real boyfriend is so dej...

Director
N/A
Writers
John Foster, Donald McKee, Tom Morrison
Stars
Arthur Kay
Release Date
January 31, 1939
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Arthur Kay
as George (aka Sourpuss)

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Production
Terrytoons

🏷️ Keywords

boatguitarweddingowlsourpuss

🎯 Categories

AnimationShort

⭐ Featured Review

The Owl and the Pussycat Went to Sea in a Beauitful Pea-green Boat
by boblipton2012-07-27
4/10

"Sourpuss -- doing as exact an impression of Jimmy Durante as the uncredited voice artist could manage -- steals the affections of his lady-love from another owl doing an Ed Wynn impression using the mystical powers of his guitar. There's a brief interlude as the two head to a Justice of the Peace before the two owls are reunited. There's nothing of Edward Lear's poem in this Paul Terry cartoon aimed squarely at the kiddy market, with nothing for the adult caught in the theater except that it's in Technicolor ... The copy I looked at had very poor preservation on the color ..."

📖 Synopsis

In his first cartoon, Sourpuss has bright colored fur. He romances an Owl and takes her out on his boat, like the nursery rhyme has it. She seems mesmerised by him just as long as he strums his guitar. Her real boyfriend is so dej...