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When the Cat's Away

19297 minUnited States
AnimationComedy
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
English
This copy runs
6:32
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

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Wikimedia Commons · Walt Disney / Ub Iwerks / Carl W. Stalling · Public domain

Synopsis

When a cat leaves home, Mickey organizes a gathering of mice inside the empty house. Instruments, piano keys and records become the basis of a musical party that ends with a moment for Mickey and Minnie.

DirectorsWalt Disney

Behind the scenes

The cartoon loosely revisits material from Disney's Alice Rattled by Rats. Mickey is still depicted at ordinary mouse size, allowing household objects to become oversized performance spaces.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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