It's Got Me Again!

It's Got Me Again!

May 14, 1932 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

Studio
A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

When the cat's away, the mice will play! An early mouse-in-the-house sound cartoon.

Characters

Cat, Mice

Credits

Directing

Director
Rudolf Ising

Producing

Producer
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising

Music

Music
Frank Marsales

Animation

Animator
Isadore Freleng (as Friz Freleng), Thomas McKimson

Sound

Sound Recordist
Bernard B. Brown (uncredited)

Production notes

The first Warner Bros. cartoon nominated for an Academy Award.

Soundtrack: "It's Got Me Again," Music by Bernice Petkere, Lyrics by Irving Caesar; "Yankee Doodle," Traditional; "The Girl I Left Behind Me," Traditional; "The Sailor's Hornpipe," Traditional; "'Valse des rayons' from 'Le Papillon'" (aka "Valse chaloupée"), Music by Jacques Offenbach.

Awards

Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Subject (Cartoon), 1933

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