The Cuckoo Clock (1950)

A cat is driven up the wall by the inhabitant of the cuckoo clock, so he spends the film trying to catch him...

Director:

Tex Avery

Writer:

Rich Hogan (story)

Stars:

William Hanna, Daws Butler

Cast

Credited cast:
William Hanna	...	Cat Scream (voice)

Storyline

While this could very well be a germ-of-an-idea parody of an Edgar Allan Poe story, The Tell-Tale Heart, there is no way on this earth that Mr. Poe, credited or uncredited, had anything to do with this cartoon, in spite of the fact somebody has given him an (uncredited) as a writer. Bottom line, a cat is more than a bit annoyed at the cuckoo in a clock, and sets out to get rid of it, but ends up getting blown to the hereafter while the clock plays an fitting tune.

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Plot Keywords:

animal foot | foot | walking on toes | dumbbell | parody | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Short | Family

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Certificate:

Passed

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Symphony in Slang (1951)

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Soundtracks

Aloha Oe
(uncredited)
Music by Queen Liliuokalani

User Reviews

Typical Avery, with the germ of an idea used more fully in a later short.

This short is typical Avery, with lots of sight gags and a hilarious premise. But Avery plays around with a series of gags that take expressions of speech and depict them literally in visual gags, an idea he would use to base an entire short on later with Symphony in Slang. Cute cartoon, not terribly innovative, but enjoyably watchable nonetheless. Worth watching and recommended.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 June 1950 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cuckoo Murder Case

Company Credits

Production Co:

Loew's, MGM Cartoon Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min

Sound Mix:

Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (re-release) Mono (Western Electric Sound System) (original release)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1