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| The Fifth-Cavalcade Mouse | |
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| Directed past | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Ken Champin |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Product | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English language |
The Fifth-Cavalcade Mouse is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies blithe cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The short was released on March six, 1943.[two]
The cartoon features a band of mice who appoint in state of war against a cat. This a wartime propaganda film, with the cat symbolizing the Axis powers. A single mouse represents the fifth column, working for the cat and suggesting an appeasement policy.
Plot [edit]
The short film begins with a pleasant group of brownish mice who are - to the tune of "Ain't We Got Fun?" - enjoying diverse water sports and other fun activities in and effectually a kitchen sink. Lurking merely outside the house is a sinister true cat; afterwards he gets inside he gains the confidence of a dim-witted grey mouse who has already underestimated the predator. The cat persuades the hands manipulated rodent - via a promise of cheese, "all you want" - to impress upon the brown mice that he, the true cat, is there to save them when, in actuality, he will enslave them.
The grey mouse follows the cat'due south orders and convinces his compatriots to appease. The brown mice indeed become slaves to the cat, fulfilling his every desire. Finally, he openly states that he wants to eat "a dainty, fat, tender mouse". The brown mice flee; the grey mouse runs to join them when the true cat turns his appetite toward him. The newly formed brown mouse united alliance prepares for war, constructing a 'underground weapon' to even the upcoming battle: a mechanical bulldog. The ensuing chase forces the cat from the business firm subsequently beingness shaved about bald. As the dark-brown mice gloat the victory, the grey mouse tries to claim partial credit (quoting Ruby Skelton'south famous line "I Dood it"); in response, he is immediately pied.
References to Globe State of war Ii [edit]
The cat is treated as the enemy and symbolizes the Centrality. Later on the true cat whispers his program within the dim-witted mouse's ear the true cat'due south face briefly mimics that of a stereotypically caricatured Japanese, while Japanese sounding music is briefly heard. When the mouse agrees to fulfill the program, he gives the true cat a Nazi salute. The gray mouse represents the policy of appeasement, and the overall theme of the brusk is that the policy does not work against the Axis and will atomic number 82 to ruin. When the cat's fur is shaved off, the first four notes of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony" are played; these notes were used past the Allied Forces as a symbol for "Five" (for "victory") in Morse lawmaking; also, when shaved iv tufts of hair are left on the cat's dorsum - three short and one long tuft - equivalent to the Morse Code dit-dit-dit-dah - which is the letter "V".
Virtually the finish of the cartoon, the brown mice sing "We did information technology earlier and We tin can do it again", a patriotic chant that was often used in American films during World War Two. The song was co-written in 1941 by Can Pan Alley songwriter Charles Tobias (who also co-wrote the Merrie Melodies theme some years earlier) as a response to the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. During the vocal, a mouse version of the "Buy State of war Bonds and Stamps" poster can be seen.
Home media [edit]
The Fifth-Column Mouse was released on Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989), and afterward on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume vi DVD set.[three] The cartoon is now in the public domain.
See also [edit]
- List of World War II short films
References [edit]
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 138. ISBN0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Lambert, David (August 31, 2008). "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy 60 minutes - Official, Complete Press Release for Looney Tunes Gilt Collection Vol. 6". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on February eight, 2009. Retrieved 2013-07-15 .
External links [edit]
- The Fifth-Cavalcade Mouse at IMDb
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth-Column_Mouse
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