Feed the Kitty

1952
8.1| 0h7m| NR| en
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A bulldog adopts an adorable kitten, but he can't let his owner know.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Linkshoch Wonderful Movie
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Hitchcoc A Warner Brothers bulldog finds a little kitten one day. He tries to intimidate the little guy, but the cat doesn't react at all. Soon the dog begins to be attracted to the kitten and takes him on like a child. The problem is that he has already overstepped his bounds in the house and is under close scrutiny from his master. His efforts to maintain a position in the house are quite humorous as he does things that are totally uncharacteristic of tough Bulldogs. The lady of the house thinks he is going crazy, acting so weirdly as he works to keep the kitten from being discovered. This has that quick animation of Chuck Jones and a clever, touching plot.
phantom_tollbooth Chuck Jones's 'Feed the Kitty' is one of the undisputed classics of animation. It runs the gamut of moods from sweet to horrifying, hilarious to tear-jerking. The short made such an impression on director Joe Dante that he regularly pays tribute to it in his full length features. Starring a soft-hearted bulldog named Marc Anthony and a doe-eyed kitten named Pussyfoot, 'Feed the Kitty' forsakes the usual anarchic mayhem of Warner Bros. cartoons for a disarmingly heartwarming tale of one dog's adoration for a cat. Jones knows better than to revisit the Disney-esquire cuteness of his dull early work and neatly sidesteps this by mixing the sweetness with plenty of laughs and an extremely dark sequence in which Marc Anthony thinks Pussyfoot has been chopped up and baked to death! 'Feed the Kitty' subverts the usual setup for cartoons in which a big character causes chaos while trying to catch and eat a little character by making the motive for the chaotic antics the big character's desire to protect the little character. Marc Anthony goes to extreme lengths to hide Pussyfoot's presence from the owner he is sure will eject the kitten from the house. In doing so, Marc Anthony undoubtedly steals the cartoon. Cute and accurately kitten-like as Pussyfoot is, he is basically a prop. Marc Anthony, on the other hand, became world famous for his performance in this cartoon by virtue of his plethora of amazing facial expressions. Much has been made of the facial expressions Jones coaxes out of his characters and 'Feed the Kitty' is the prime example of his genius with a reaction. Marc Anthony snaps instantaneously from ferocious to confused to adoring to desperate to stern to relieved etc. The saggy, bloodshot look of total devastation that he adopts when he believes Pussyfoot has been killed is the most jaw-dropping element of 'Feed the Kitty'. It is so heart-wrenchingly accurate in its depiction of a soul who has lost all hope that it is simultaneously unbearably sad and hilarious in its extremity. It's unlike any expression you've seen in a cartoon before and writer Mike Maltese pushes this grim gag one step further when he has Marc Anthony take the freshly baked effigy of his beloved pet and place it lovingly on his back. Of course, this deeply sad material is also very, very funny because the audience is in on the joke and knows that Pussyfoot is OK and we are rewarded with a happy ending. The cartoon ends on a quiet note instead of the usual crash of an anvil or straight to camera wisecrack, further highlighting what an unusual piece of work 'Feed the Kitty' is. Jones used Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot in several other shorts but never to such incredible effect as in this classic treasure of a film.
tavm This short is about a bulldog named Marc Anthony who, despite himself, falls for a cute little kitten who likes to rest on his back. But his female master has had enough of his mess he makes around the house and threatens to throw him out if he brings another thing inside. Most of the humor concerns the dog's attempts to keep the kitten from his master's sight. There's a mix-up involving the cat's fate in the middle but all ends happily and when the short ends, it's not on a laugh as usually done on these Warner shorts but a cute coda. It shouldn't surprise anyone that this was done by Chuck Jones since he initially made Disney-like cartoons early in his Warner Bros. directing career. Anyway, I highly recommend Feed the Kitty.
amidalasky This cartoon marks the first appearance of a very popular Looney Toons duo: Marc Anthony, the seemingly tough bulldog, and Pussyfoot, the eternally calm kitten. It's often cited by Looney Toons fans as a favorite, and watching it, one can easily see why. Marc Anthony is like a little kid, hiding his new kitten from his owner, who has scolded him about bringing in his ratty toys and scattering them all over the house. It makes for some hilarious misbehavior, and even more hilarious facial expressions from Marc Anthony as he fakes his owner out each time she almost finds the kitten.The most memorable part is when Marc Anthony, who mistakenly believes the kitten got mixed in with the cookie batter his owner is making up (as we saw, but he didn't, the kitten jumped out of the bowl and went off to clean itself), watches at the window as the batter is rolled out, cut into cookies, and put in the oven, fainting each time. He then starts howling in grief, until his owner lets him back in. Noting his "long face," she gives him a cookie...and it's shaped like a kitten! But as if this isn't heartbreaking enough, Marc Anthony takes it with a trembling paw, then puts it on his back like he carried the kitten before he starts howling in grief again.Boy, they milk every single bit of pathos out of that scene before the kitten finally comes up and mews.