Life with Feathers is a 1945 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Friz Freleng.[4] The short was released on March 24, 1945, and is the first cartoon to feature Sylvester the Cat.[5]
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Directed by | I. Freleng |
Story by | Tedd Pierce[1] |
Produced by | Edward Selzer (unc.) |
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Edited by | Treg Brown (unc.) |
Music by | Carl W. Stalling Milt Franklyn (unc.) |
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Backgrounds by | Paul Julian (unc.) |
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Running time | 7:41 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The title is a play on the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway, Life with Father (the title being the only connection between the two works). Warner Bros. would produce a film version in 1947.
A lovebird decides to commit suicide after his wife Sweetypuss kicks him out of their nest. The bird wants Sylvester to eat him, but the cat thinks the bird is poisonous and refuses. For the rest of the cartoon, the lovebird attempts to get Sylvester to eat him many times. The cartoon ends with the lovebird getting a telegram saying Sweetypuss is moving out, so he escapes from Sylvester in order to keep himself from being eaten. When he gets home, he finds out she has decided to stay, and he starts looking for Sylvester again in order to get himself eaten.
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