The Cat Came Back (1936)

[Blindsharingan1]

WHY DID ALL THE EYES IN CARTOONS HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT!!!!!! THEY USED TO SCARE THE SHIT OUTA ME! (they still kinda do...)

[AlexMoby]

The mama cat is really vindictive.

[Hotshotter3000]

OMG! She kicked him right where he sits down! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

[fromthesidelines]

Disney had the exclusive rights to film his cartoons in "three-strip" Technicolor until the end of 1935. This left other studios to use Cinecolor, or "two-strip" Technicolor.

[Ivanatis]

great cartoon, no idea why it's so little-known

[pigscanfly522]

The beginning reminded me of the stories of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s childhood stories, where they wouldn't let their kids play with other races.

[cam7z7]

If only South and North Korea could get along like they did...

[Eveco1000]

Fuck logic

[swallin19]

It is often not realised that although shot through 2 colour filters it gives a near full range of colours, just very variable., which Dr Land of Polaroid exploited as well. The process was red/green or red/blue as needed, and extra colours could be contrast dyed in. There are films like Whoopee that are red/green but show good blue as it was contrast masked and added. They are two strip, not two colour films. Technicolor had a legion of tricks to exploit the 2 strip limitations.

[heine71]

What is 2 strip Technicolor?

[SteveCarras]

@heine71

Technicolor with no blue, but there is some here. Compare Cinecolor.

[swallin19]

@SteveCarras Cinecolor used the same 2 color principles, just a different camera approach with a bi-pack film, at one point Technicolor printed the multicolor negs for the Multicolor company, before Cinecolor developed the duplication of the bi-pak for screening. Multicolor and Cinecolor could print cheaper than Technicolor later on, but not the quality. The Cinecolor did yield a good white, which Technicolor failed on., and used ordinary cameras and lenses, a great advantage in theory.

[GoblinXXX]

@2000rubs Just remember-- KIDS didn't make any of these old classic cartoons, and they were made to be shown to grown up movie audiences. Maybe you can end up creating Looney Tunes for the 21st century.

[GoblinXXX]

@2000rubs Kid, I'm 46, and I'm sitting here watching these cartoons.

[yocuzz100]

Everything was great until the mother cat rememberd getting poked in the eyes by the mother mouse.

[Enchonida]

such a violent ending >_<

sooo sad

[GoblinXXX]

@Enchonida The Israeli-Palestinian situation played out in cartoon form.

[SteveCarras]

The water scene at 4:55 thru the rest is similair to "The Little MOle" at MGM, in the suggested sidebar.

[ParamountCartoons]

Norman Spencer was credited for the score...

Hmm... Look at the color of the cat. It's blue... And, 2-strip Technicolor-processed cartoons COULDN'T have blue hues, no matter how much they faded. This, the end titles (end music instead of the jester ending), the cartoon being reissued TWICE and the cartoon relased after TWO cartoons in 3-strip, makes me believe that this was actually filmed and processed in 3-strip Technicolor. Could Beck and Friedwald be wrong (again)? What do you think?

[FlukeDogg08]

I remember this when I was little.

[Urilious]

Wonder what the opening graphics looked like on the original release (considering its 2/strip and it was released between I WANNA PLAY HOUSE and PAGE MISS GLORY)

[Shilohalexander]

Oh, technicolor.

[djphlange]

omf that was cute

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

The 1954 reissue of this short had a still "That's All, Folks!" ending. I believe that was chosen as it had allegedly fit the length of the original 1936 closing title sequence (which remained intact on the original 1944 reissue).

[ClassicTVMan81]

This cartoon was twice reissued as a Blue Ribbon: once on July 15, 1944 and again on June 5, 1954.

[dnm728part3]

@ClassicTVMan81 This particular print is the 1954 reissue.

[ClassicTVMan81]

@dnm728part3

I know. But if they cannot find the original 1936 issue I am still hoping they may find the original 1944 reissue should this cartoon ever be considered for restoration on DVD.

[Joemamma69000]

i remember watching this on cartoon network in 2003 they cut the scenes with the plunger mousetraps and eye poking

[antoniod]

This reissue must have been awkward technically-2 strip re-processed in the 3-strip era.

[ClassicTVMan81]

@antoniod

But that didn't stop it from being reissued twice.

[431516020205]

great one!! thanks buddy!!