Tin Pan Alley Cats
| Tin Pan Alley Cats | |
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| Directed by | Bob Clampett |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Based on | Porky in Wackyland by Bob Clampett |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Mel Blanc The Four Dreamers Four Spirits of Rhythm Zoot Watson (Leo Watson) (all uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Rod Scribner Robert McKimson (unc.) Art Babbitt (unc.) Manny Gould (unc.) Virgil Ross (unc.) |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas (uncredited) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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Running time | 7 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tin Pan Alley Cats is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Bob Clampett. A follow-up to Clampett's successful Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, released earlier in 1943, Tin Pan Alley Cats focuses upon contemporary themes of African-American culture, jazz music, and World War II, and features a caricature of jazz musician Fats Waller as an anthropomorphic cat. The short's centerpiece is a fantasy sequence derived from Clampett's black and white Looney Tunes short Porky in Wackyland (1938).
Like Coal Black, Tin Pan Alley Cats focuses heavily on stereotypical gags, character designs, and situations involving African-Americans. As such, the film and other Warner Bros. cartoons with similar themes have been withheld from television distribution since 1968, and are collectively known as the Censored Eleven.