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- 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 in her only animated-film role, as well as Robert Goulet in his first feature film.
- Gay Purr-ee is an 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 in her only animated-film role, as well as Robert Goulet in his first feature film.
- Gay Purr-ee is a 1962 animated feature, produced by UPA but distributed by Warner Bros. This continental story of French felines in Paris was scripted by legendary Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones (with wife Dorothy) and directed by Jones' veteran animator Abe Levitow. The musical tale features the voices of Judy Garland, Robert Goulet (as Jaune Tom), Red Buttons (as Robespierre), Paul Frees (as Meowrice), Hermione Gingold (as Madame Rubens-Chatte), and Mel Blanc (in various bits). The movie also spawned an unusual amount of merchandise for a non-Disney animated feature at that time, including a soundtrack album, puzzles, and toys.
- The story is set in 1895 France and takes place predominantly in Paris. However, it begins on a farm in rural Provence. The lovely housecat Mewsette and the accomplished but shy mouser Jaune Tom are in love, but the former is frustrated with his plebeian ways (and those of the farm), to the point of calling him a "clumsy country clod". Inspired by the human Jeanette's stories of the glamour and sophistication of Paris ("Take my Hand, Paree"), Mewsette runs away by taking a train to the big city, where she encounters the slick con-cat Meowrice, Paul Frees. Taking advantage of the country kitty's naivete, he puts her in the care of the sultry Madame Henretta Reubens-Chatte, who promises to turn Mewsette into a dainty debutante known as "The Belle of all Paris". Unbeknownst to Mewsette, Meowr
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