The Haunted Mouse

The Haunted Mouse is a 1941 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Tex Avery.[1] This film was the first cartoon written by Michael Maltese. The short was released on February 15, 1941.[2]

The Haunted Mouse
Title card
Directed bySupervision:
Fred Avery
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Story byMichael Malteze
StarringMel Blanc (cat, uncredited)
Walter Tetley (mouse, uncredited)
Music byMusical direction:
Carl W. Stalling
Orchestration:
Milt Franklyn (uncredited)
Edited byTreg Brown (uncredited)
Animation bySid Sutherland
Uncredited animation:
Charles McKimson
Robert McKimson
Virgil Ross
Rod Scribner
Rev Chaney
Effects animation:
A.C. Gamer (uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • February 15, 1941 (1941-02-15)
Running time
7:45
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A starving cat sees a sign that says "Ma's Place/Home Cooking/3 Miles." He rushes into town at once, but neglects to read the part that says that the town is full of 100 ghosts. One of the ghosts happens to be a mouse, who wants revenge on cats for tormenting him all his life. The mouse decides that the cat would make a perfect target for torment, and sets out to ruin his life. However, the cat is killed, turning him into a ghost, and the mouse flees the town.

Notes

  • This is the first Looney Tunes cartoon to be a one-shot cartoon, as prior to that all one-shot cartoons were reserved for the Merrie Melodies series.

References

  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 112. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.


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