The Haunted Mouse
About The Haunted Mouse
A starving cat follows a sign for Ma's Place and runs into a town marked as a ghost town of 100 ghosts. Inside the empty diner, the ghost of a mouse who hated cats in life starts a chase the cat cannot win. The mouse sets the cat's foot on fire. The cat jumps out a window and dies. He comes back as a ghost, turns on the mouse, and chases him out of town. The population sign drops to 99.
Cast & crew
More about The Haunted Mouse
Tex Avery directed it for Leon Schlesinger. Michael Maltese wrote the story. Carl W. Stalling wrote the music. Warner released it on February 15, 1941. A timed print runs 7 minutes 45 seconds.
Themes
Music
Carl W. Stalling wrote the score.
Preservation
A restored copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- It is the first Looney Tune built without an already established character, on the model of the Merrie Melodies.
- It is the first cartoon with a major story contribution from Michael Maltese.
- Mel Blanc and Walter Tetley are the billed voices.
- The cat dies in the gag and returns as one more ghost.
Scenes
- The cat runs past the sign that says the town has 100 ghosts.
- The mouse lights the cat's foot and the cat leaps out the window.
- The new cat ghost chases the mouse, and the population sign reads 99.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Tex Avery - Looney Tunes - Haunted Mouse, The (1941) (restored HD version).webm)
