A Tale of Two Kitties
| A Tale of Two Kitties | |
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| Directed by | Supervision: Robert Clampett |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Tedd Pierce (both uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Rod Scribner Uncredited Animation: Robert McKimson Sid Sutherland Rev Chaney Virgil Ross |
| Layouts by | Michael Sasanoff (uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas (uncredited) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7 minutes (one reel) |
| Language | English |
A Tale of Two Kitties is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. It was released on November 21, 1942. The short is notably the first cartoon to feature the character Tweety, who would later appear in a series of shorts paired with Friz Freleng's Sylvester the Cat.
The short features the debut of Tweety, originally named Orson until his second cartoon, who delivers the line that would become his catchphrase: "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" The short entered the public domain in 1970, due to United Artists, the holder of the short at the time, failing to renew the copyright by that year. This means Tweety's first design is in the public domain in accordance with his debut in this short under American copyright law.
- 1942 films