Puss in Boots
About Puss in Boots
Jack, a commoner, loves the king's daughter Susie. His black cat Julius loves James, the king's white dog, who drives the royal car. The king throws them off the grounds. At a picture show they watch a Rodolph Vaselino bullfight. Julius says Jack can win Susie the same way if he buys the cat a pair of boots. A hypnotic machine is supposed to hold the bull. The fight turns into a brawl, and Jack still wins. The king offers Susie to the masked fighter, then finds the commoner under the mask. Jack, Susie, Julius, and James get away in the royal automobile. The king runs after them and stops.
Cast & crew
More about Puss in Boots
Walt Disney directed the Laugh-O-Gram short in Kansas City. A timed copy runs 10 minutes 59 seconds. Julius is the male black cat. The bullfight plan is borrowed from a film the characters watch, billed on the screen as Rodolph Vaselino.
Themes
Making
Disney's Kansas City short keeps the cat and the boots and drops the rest of the Perrault plot for a bullfight and a getaway car.
Look
Red Lyon photographed the Laugh-O-Gram short.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Susie is the princess. James is both chauffeur and the cat's sweetheart.
- Julius's first plan is a radio hypnotizing machine. The bull does not stay hypnotized.
- The short ends with the car driving off, not with a wedding.
- The boots are the price Julius charges for the plan.
Scenes
- Jack and Julius watch the Vaselino bullfight.
- The king offers Susie to the masked fighter.
- The four of them leave in the royal car.
Influenced by
- Charles Perrault's Puss in Boots
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Puss in Boots (1922).webm)
