Feline Follies
About Feline Follies
Master Tom, the black cat later called Felix, serenades a white cat in Pussyville and says he will give her his nine lives. Mice eat the food at home. His owner throws him out. He moves in with the white cat, finds a large litter that is theirs, and goes to the gasworks, where he inhales coal gas and dies.
Cast & crew
More about Feline Follies
Paramount asked the studio for an extra short in 1919. In later interviews Otto Messmer said Pat Sullivan handed him the job and that he animated it alone at home. Wikidata lists the length as 4 minutes.
Themes
Look
Otto Messmer is the animator credited on Wikidata as director. He said he was the only animator on the short.
Music
Silent cartoon.
Preservation
The short survives.
Notes
- The studio's earlier cat short, The Tail of Thomas Kat (1917), is lost. Its cat was called Thomas Kat.
- Messmer's claim to have created Felix sits beside the same kind of dispute as Ub Iwerks and Mickey Mouse, or Grim Natwick and Betty Boop.
- Paramount distributed the short.
Scenes
- Mice strip the kitchen while Tom is out courting.
- Tom walks into the gasworks and breathes coal gas.
Influenced by
- The Tail of Thomas Kat (1917)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (FelixTheCat-1919-FelineFollies silent.ogv)
