accused each other of plagiarism, after both films were submitted for the 1947 Academy Awards ceremony. Both shorts used near identical gags, the same piece by Franz Liszt, and had similar endings. released a very similar Bugs Bunny cartoon called Rhapsody Rabbit, directed by Friz Freleng, with Bugs against an unnamed mouse. The same year MGM produced The Cat Concerto, Warner Bros. Reception Critical response įilm critic The Chiel of Australian newspaper The Age declared The Cat Concerto to be the best film of 1947, above Odd Man Out and Brief Encounter, stating that "in conception and animation I think that short reaches the highest level of screen fantasy and humor." Plagiarism dispute The audience then applauds for the performance, and Jerry takes the praise for himself as a spotlight shines on him. Jerry constantly increases the tempo of his playing, causing Tom to collapse in exhaustion at the end of the rhapsody, the sleeves of his tuxedo jacket now hanging around his wrists. Eventually, Jerry emerges in a very angry mood, breaks off some felts and, using them as drumsticks, plays the finale of the rhapsody in one last retaliation. The felts start bashing Jerry about, spanking him, and squashing him to and fro. Now completely fed up, Tom stuffs Jerry into the felts and then goes crazy on the piano. Jerry then crawls out of an opening and manipulates the seat's controls, cranking it up and sending it crashing down, causing Tom to land on the keys. Tom then plays a chord where Jerry is bounced repeatedly, while making insulting faces at the cat with each bounce, Tom eventually catches Jerry and throws him into the piano stool. As Tom gets back down on his seat, Jerry dances around on the felts, momentarily changing the tune (" On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"). Jerry prances up and down on the piano, upon which Tom climbs onto the piano in pursuit, continuing to play with his feet. Tom plays the keys on either side for a few seconds, but eventually his finger gets caught in the trap. After six misses, Jerry substitutes a mousetrap for the white keys just below it. In retaliation, Jerry slams the piano keyboard lid onto Tom's fingers and then pops out on the far right of the piano to attempt to cut Tom's finger with a pair of scissors as he plays a very high note. To quiet him, Tom whacks Jerry with a tuning tool. When Tom lifts his fingers, the piano continues playing by itself, with Jerry manipulating the felts from inside. Tom plays tremolo on this key, hammering Jerry's head with it, and then unsuccessfully tries to smash the mouse beneath the keys. Tom flicks Jerry off the piano and continues playing.
Jerry, living and sleeping inside the piano, is rudely awakened, then sits on top of the piano to mock the cat by "conducting" him. In a formal concert, Tom, in a tuxedo as the soloist, is performing a piano version of Franz Liszt's " Hungarian Rhapsody No.
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