Cat Feud

{{short description|1958 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Cat Feud

|image = LT CatFuedTC.png

|caption =

|director = Chuck Jones

|story = Michael Maltese

|animator = Abe Levitow
Richard Thompson
Ken Harris
Ben Washam
Harry Love

|layout_artist = Maurice Noble

|background_artist = Philip DeGuard

|starring = Mel Blanc

|music = Milt Franklyn

|producer = John W. Burton

|studio = Warner Bros. Cartoons

|distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation

|released = {{Film date|1958|12|20}}

|color_process = Technicolor

|runtime = 5:52

|language = English

}}

Cat Feud is a 1958 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Chuck Jones featuring Marc Antony and Pussyfoot{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=312}} It was released on December 20, 1958.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312 |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/102 102]}} The title is a pun on cat food.

Plot

Marc Anthony, guarding a construction site, encounters Pussyfoot, a small kitten. Initially wary, Marc Anthony softens when he sees Pussyfoot's fearlessness. He offers her a sausage, but they're interrupted by an alley cat wanting the snack. Marc Anthony fights to protect Pussyfoot and the sausage. In the end, the cat is defeated, and Marc Anthony sings to Pussyfoot as they both fall asleep, relieved and content.

Censorship

The original cartoon depicted a car throwing the bag into a trash can at the construction site, explaining how Pussyfoot ended up in both the bag and the trash can. However, this scene has been removed from all versions of the cartoon since the late 1980s.

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