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Gay Purr-ee Overview:

Gay Purr-ee (1962) was a Animation - Family Film directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Henry G. Saperstein and Lee Orgel.

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A Gata dos meus Sonhos / Gay Purr-ee (1962)

By Lê on Jun 10, 2018 From Critica Retro

A Gata dos meus Sonhos / Gay Purr-ee (1962) Eu AMO animação. E esta é a razão pela qual eu não escrevo críticas de filmes de animação com frequência: eu fico tão maravilhada, impressionada e imersa neste tipo de filme que eu seria capaz de apenas elogiar quase todas as animações q... Read full article

Gay Purr-ee (1962)

By Beatrice on Aug 4, 2017 From Flickers in Time

Gay Purr-ee Directed by Abe Levitow Written by Chuck and Dorothy Jones 1962/USA United Productions of America/Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix Rental When I put together my list I was surprised never to have heard of this Disney animated feature.  Might be because it’s not Disney. Mewset... Read full article

Gay Purr-ee

By RBuccicone on May 21, 2012 From MacGuffin Movies

Gay Purr-ee (1962) At some point when I was a kid, my parents recorded off the TV some animated movie about cats in Paris. The VCR recording cut off the beginning of the movie and since we did not know the title, it was merely labeled “Cat Robespierre” on the cassette. I am not sure at w... Read full article

A Gata dos meus Sonhos (1962) / Gay Purr-ee (1962)

By Lê on Nov 30, -0001 From Critica Retro

A Gata dos meus Sonhos (1962) / Gay Purr-ee (1962) Eu AMO animação. E esta é a razão pela qual eu não escrevo críticas de filmes de animação com frequência: eu fico tão maravilhada, impressionada e imersa neste tipo de filme que eu seria capaz de apenas elogiar quase todas as anima... Read full article

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Gay Purr-ee Quotes:

Jean Tom: Oh, it's such a big ocean, Robespierre... Bigger than the whole world...
Robespierre: You gotta look at it differently, Jean Tom. Why, it's only little drops...
Jeanette: [to her sister] But darling, think of Paris! Lovely, gay Paris! Have you forgotten the sidewalk cafés and how we sipped champagne?
Mewsette: Champagne? That must be what they call catnip in Paris. How nice!
Jeanette: ...the button champignons sautéed in butter with tiny shreds of herbs...
Mewsette: I know what they are - mushrooms! And delicious, too!
Jeanette: And oh, my dear, the Champs-Elysées!
Mewsette: Champs-Elysées? I wonder what they taste like.
Meowrice: As they say, evil is the root of all money... money trees, that is! Big, green money trees.
Bartender: What'll ya have?
Jean Tom: Er, uh... milk.
Bartender: Uh... milk?
Robespierre: No, no, no! C'mon Jean Tom, let's live it up! STRAIGHT CREAM!
Meowrice: No, no, no, Robespierre. Here we have a little something called champagne.
Robespierre: Jean Tom, do we have to keep doing this? I think we should stop. We could get killed on this track!
Jean Tom: But I'm not going to stop until I find Mewsette.
Robespierre: Fine. You look for Mewsette. I'm gonna look for trains.
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Gay Purr-ee Facts
Chuck Jones had been under an exclusive contract with Warner Bros., and worked on this film in violation of his contract. After Warner Bros. picked up the film from UPA for distribution, they discovered his work on the film and fired him, resulting in his departure for MGM.
Mme. Rubens-Chatte is a overweight cat. Artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens was noted for painting large women so often that the term "Rubenesque" basically means overweight. Chatte is French for cat.
Golden Books' children's division published a "Little Golden Books" version of "Gay Purr-ee" to coincide with the original theatrical release of the film.
"Juane" is French for "yellow", thus Juane-Tom's name translates to "Yellow Tom", a common name for a male, yellow-orange striped cat.
When Judy Garland was approached about doing this film, it was she who reportedly suggested that her two good friends (and The Wizard of Oz collaborators) Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg provide the music and lyrics, respectively. It was to be both men's last full-length score for any medium.
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