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The Cat Concerto

1947 film directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Movie animated_short_film Q887569
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Summary

The Cat Concerto is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of animated short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,679 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3]
  • Director: William Hanna[4], Joseph Barbera[5]
  • Screenwriter: Joseph Barbera[6], William Hanna[7]
  • Composer: Scott Bradley[8], Franz Liszt[9], Harry Warren[10]
  • Genre: musical film[11]
  • Producer: Fred Quimby[12]
  • Part of the series: Tom and Jerry[13]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[14]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio[15]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[16]
  • Color: color[17]
  • Country of origin: United States[18]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1947[19]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[20]
  • Described by source: The 200 films to see before you almost grow up[21]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[22]
  • Title: The Cat Concerto[23]
  • Duration: 8 minutes[24]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[25]
  • P14449: 109953[26]

Why It Matters

The Cat Concerto has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

What awards did The Cat Concerto receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Related Entities

Franz Liszt Henry Hallett Dale Joseph Barbera Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Museum of Modern Art United States William Hanna

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q117078425. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 26
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 109953
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  3. 22w ago · Einar Myre · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The 200 films to see before you almost grow up
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    Publication date → +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
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