The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat (1971)

Everyone Loves This World Famous Cat Who Pulls Magic And Music Right Out Of His Hat!

In a marvelously animated version of one of the most beloved of all Dr. Seuss tales, two youngsters find themselves at home with nothing to do on a rainy afternoon. But when the magical, mischievous Cat in the Hat arrives on the scene, they're all cat-apulted into a day of rousing, romping, outlandish antics they - and you - will never forget!

Date of release
1971-03-10
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (56)
Runtime
24m
Genres
TV Movie, Animation, Family
Director
Hawley Pratt

Casting

Interesting facts

The Cat in the Hat is an American animated musical television special originally broadcast March 10, 1971 on CBS. It was based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss children's story of the same name, and produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. With voices by Allan Sherman and prolific vocal performer Daws Butler, this half-hour special is a loose adaptation of the book with added musical sequences.

Production

The production began at Chuck Jones' MGM Animation/Visual Arts in the late 1960s after the studio had finished The Phantom Tollbooth and another Dr. Seuss special, Horton Hears a Who!. After MGM stopped animation production and closed down its animation department for good around 1970, along with Seuss being dissatisfied with Jones' style in the previous TV specials, production was moved to DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (marking the company's first…

Although Chuck Jones and his staff were retained by DePatie–Freleng in the production of the special, as a storyboard artist and the producer along with Ted Geisel, Jones left the studio and did not work on any other Seuss projects after The Cat in the Hat. Other staff members that had worked with Jones, such as Dean Elliott and Maurice Noble, eventually stopped working on Seuss projects also.

DePatie–Freleng animated a new Cat in the Hat Productions logo for this special, which would be used in the next three specials. The pace and rhyming sequences of several of the songs (particularly "Calculatus Eliminatus") led many to believe that they were composed by Sherman, since they closely resemble his earlier song parodies; however, only Seuss is credited.

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