''The Counterfeit Cat'' is a 1949

animated short film Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...

directed by

Tex Avery Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, animation director, director, and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American a ...

and produced by

Fred Quimby Frederick Clinton Quimby (July 31, 1886 – September 16, 1965) was an American animation producer and journalist best known for producing the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon series, for which he won seven Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Films ...

for

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. Distributed by

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, the short was released on December 24, 1949, and stars Blackie the Cat,

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, a yellow canary and a woman.

Synopsis

Blackie the Cat steals the headpiece of a dog to deceive Spike and to catch and eat the yellow canary he is guarding.

Voice cast

and Bill Thompson as

* Colleen Collins as Lady

References

External links

* * Films directed by Tex Avery 1949 animated films 1949 short films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short films 1940s animated short films 1940s American animated films Animated films about cats Films scored by Scott Bradley 1949 films Animated films about dogs Films produced by Fred Quimby Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio short films 1940s English-language films {{1940s-short-animation-film-stub