Chat c'est Paris!

Original title: Gay Purr-ee

1962
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1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

2.3K

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Judy Garland in Chat c'est Paris! (1962)

A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite.

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A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite.A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite.A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Judy Garland

Mewsette
(voice)

Robert Goulet

Jaune-Tom
(voice)

Red Buttons

Robespierre
(voice)

Paul Frees

Meowrice
(voice)
…

Hermione Gingold

Mme. Rubens-Chatte
(voice)

Mel Blanc

Bulldog
(voice)
…

Morey Amsterdam

Narrator
(voice)

Joan Gardner

Lady From Provence
(voice)

Julie Bennett

Lady From Provence
(voice)

Bill Cole

Singing Hench Cat
(uncredited)

Frank Lachapelle

Various
(uncredited)

Bill Lee

Singing Hench Cat
(voice)
(uncredited)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Singing Hench Cat
(uncredited)

Max Smith

Singing Hench Cat
(uncredited)

User reviews35

Featured review

9/10

Well I DID like it

seriously, I thought "Gay Pur-ree" is up there on par with Disney's greatest productions, even surpassing some of them. Sure it's no blockbuster, nor is it planned to be one. But it does manage a certain kind of epic magic, more akin to the impressionist style it emulates than to the "MTV video feel" behind most of today's standard animation works.

Gay Pur-ree (which aired in my country as "La Fair Mewsette", to my mind a MUCH better title) is a throwback to an age of innocence (corny as this may sound) in more than one sense; in those days, a simple, humane story was all the charm a story needed (my, that DID sound corny indeed). The movie had that special feel, in spades. And to me (a very impressionable 8-year old at the time), it was a true saga. I was taken to another world, cried for the characters, memorized their names and the song. And I dreamed of it for a month after watching it. I felt the magic. I felt as they said you should feel after watching an animated movie.

*sigh*

Maybe not a must see, but certainly a must remember. Watch it, and cherish the memory.

fandoreth
Jun 10, 2002
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Trivia
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 instead of Columbia, they discovered his work on the film and fired him, resulting in his departure for MGM.

Goofs
Jaune-Tom and Robespierre set off from a station in Provence signed "Moustier St Marie". It is a real place but spelled "Moustiers Ste. Marie"; the Virgin Mary is after all always in the feminine.

Quotes
Meowrice: If you ever decide to marry, boys, marry for love... of money.

Crazy credits
The opening credits include colorful drawings of the movie's main stars, which then change into their cartoon characters. Although John Hitesman is credited with the title artwork, the caricatures appear to be the work of Ronald Searle.