Alice Rattled by Rats
About Alice Rattled by Rats
While Alice is out, her cat chases a rat, shoots a hole in the floor, and drops into a vat of home-brew. The rats dance, sing, and then play in the bathtub. He sobers up in a cactus and tries to bomb them. They plant the bomb on him, and the blast takes him, Alice, and several trees.
Cast & crew
More about Alice Rattled by Rats
It premiered on 9 October 1925 at the Apollo Theatre in Los Angeles and was released on 15 November 1925, with Margie Gay as Alice. Ub Iwerks, Rollin Hamilton, Thurston Harper, Hugh Harman, and Rudolf Ising animated it. Walt Disney directed, and M.J. Winkler distributed it states-rights.
Themes
Making
Alice is out for the bathtub stretch, so the rats have the house, and she is back in time for the explosion.
Music
Silent on the November 1925 release. The filmography dates a sound version 1 May 1931, the late end of the Raytone reissue run.
Preservation
A print exists at Kit Parker Films (the Raytone sound version). Public domain in the United States.
Notes
- The Apollo preview is more than a month before the 15 November general date.
- Kit Parker Films holds the Raytone synchronized-sound reissue.
- Two home-video editions name it: Inkwell's Alice in Cartoonland – The Original Alice Comedies by Walt Disney, and Technicolor Dreams - And Black & White Nightmares.
- The hole in the floor is from the cat's own shot.
Scenes
- The cat falls through his own bullet hole into the brew.
- The rats stick the bomb on him, and the trees go up with the blast.
Also available
- Alice in Cartoonland – The Original Alice Comedies by Walt Disney (DVD)
- Technicolor Dreams - And Black & White Nightmares
