Gay Purr-ee (1962)


Gay Purr-ee
Release Date24 October 1962
TaglineVive La Fun!... Vive La Joy!... Vive La Judy!...
GenreAnimation, Family, Musical, Romance, Comedy
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeAnimated
Film ClassAnimated Musical
ThemesKidnapping
TonesBright, Light
TagsCat, Friendship, Kidnap, Rescue

Gay Purr-ee is an animated film musical produced by United Productions of America and released by Warner Bros. in 1962. It features the voice talent of Judy Garland and was Garland's first and only animated voice role. According to the production notes on the DVD edition, it was Garland who suggested that her Wizard of Oz songwriters, Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, should write and compose the songs for Gay Purr-ee.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Mewsette

Jaune-Tom

Robespierre

Meowrice

Mme. Rubens-Chatte

Narrator

Julie Bennett

Bulldog

Joan Gardner

Thurl Ravenscroft
Singer "The Money Cat"

Director

Abe Levitow
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Writer

Dorothy Jones

Producer

Lee Orgel
associate producer

Henry G. Saperstein
executive producer

Original Music

Editor

Earl Bennett
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Sam Horta
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Production Designer

Ray Aragon
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Corny Cole
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Ed Levitt

Ernie Nordli

Bob Singer

Dick Ung

Art Director

Victor Haboush
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Production Manager

Earl Jonas
production manager

Camera and Electrical Department

Roy Hutchcroft
camera operator

Duane Keegan
camera operator

J. Dan Miller
camera operator

Jack Stevens
camera operator

Animation Department

Hal Ambro
animator

Arthur Davis
animator

Phil Duncan
animator

Ken Harris
animator

Robert Inman
color stylist

Volus Jones
animator

Dick Kelsey
color stylist

Don Lusk
animator

Fred Madison
animator

Grace McCurdy
checking supervisor

Phill Norman
color stylist

Ray Patterson
animator

Don Peters
color stylist

Grant Simmons
animator

Hank Smith
animator

Irven Spence
animator

Harvey Toombs
animator

Ben Washam
animator

Gloria Wood
color stylist

Editorial Department

Ted Baker
editorial supervisor

Music Department

Wayne Hughes
music editor

Joseph J. Lilley
music arranger: vocals

Mort Lindsey
conductor, music arranger

George Probert
music editor

Other Crew

Steve Clark
sequence director

John Hitesman
titles

Production Company

United Productions of America (UPA)
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

CBS Television

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Vídeo