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Release Date: 1962

Cast: Morey Amsterdam, Paul Frees, Red Buttons, Judy Garland, Mel Blanc, Robert Goulet, Hermione Gingold

Categories: Movies, Family, Animated Musical, Comedy, Romance Film, Drama Film, Animation, Music, Children'S, Musical

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 first and only animated-film role. The story is set in 1895 France and takes place predominantly in Paris. However, it begins on a farm in Provence, where the lovely cat Mewsette is frustrated with her beau (Jaune Tom, an accomplished but shy mouser) after calling him a "clumsy country Claude". Inspired by the human Jeanette's stories of the glamour and sophistication of Paris ("Take my Hand, Paree"), Mewsette runs away... MORE

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 first and only animated-film role. The story is set in 1895 France and takes place predominantly in Paris. However, it begins on a farm in Provence, where the lovely cat Mewsette is frustrated with her beau (Jaune Tom, an accomplished but shy mouser) after calling him a "clumsy country Claude". 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 ("The Money Cat"). 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, Meowrice is grooming her to be the mail-order bride of a rich American cat in Pittsburgh known as "Mr. Henry Phtt" . Meanwhile, Jaune Tom and his sidekick Robespierre arrive in Paris, searching for Mewsette. Training does not go well. Just as Mewsette is about to give LESS