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Alice Rattled by Rats
While Alice is away, her cat is guarding the house. He chases one pesky rat inside the house, and shoots a hole in the floor, which he falls through, into a vat of home-brew. With the cat thus away, the rats play, at first dancing and singing, and later playing in the bathtub. The cat eventually sobers up (after he lands in a cactus), and tries to blow up the rats (and house!) with a bomb, but the rats plant the bomb on the cat, who blows up himself, Alice, and several nearby trees.
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Plot Summary
In this early Alice Comedies short, Alice finds herself in a precarious situation involving a swarm of mischievous rats. As she navigates the chaos, her animated world takes on a surreal and often challenging dimension. The short humorously depicts her attempts to outsmart or escape the rodent infestation.
Critical Reception
As one of Walt Disney's earliest animated efforts, 'Alice Rattled by Rats' is primarily of historical interest for animation scholars and Disney enthusiasts. Contemporary reviews, if they existed in a widely accessible format, would likely have focused on the novelty of combining live-action with animation, a hallmark of the Alice Comedies series. Modern reception acknowledges its place in the developmental stages of Disney's animation techniques.
What Reviewers Say
A notable early example of Walt Disney's pioneering animation.
Showcases the unique blend of live-action and animation characteristic of the Alice Comedies.
Primarily appreciated for its historical significance in the evolution of animation.
Google audience: Information on specific Google user reviews for 'Alice Rattled by Rats' from 1925 is not available. As an early silent short, it predates widespread digital review platforms. General audience appreciation would have been through theatrical exhibition and word-of-mouth.
Fun Fact
The Alice Comedies were Walt Disney's first major animation series, created between 1923 and 1927, before the advent of Mickey Mouse. They combined a live-action girl with an animated world, a technique that was groundbreaking for its time.
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