Directed by: Dave Fleischer
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: Bimbo the Rag Man makes his musical rounds in Betty Boop’s neighborhood, collecting rags and trash for resale.
Cartoon Cats: A woman is hanging her wash (along with several other odd items) on her clothesline. She grabs her cat and hangs him with a clothespin by the tail to the line. The cat meows in protest and in tune.
Bimbo is on the other side of the line collecting the items. When the cat arrives, he watches as the kitty is pulled through the pully and heads back again, meowing lowly in tune.
Later a group of cats jump onto Bimbo’s cart.
There they dance with sardines (presumably from the sardine cans Bimbo has been collecting). One cat catches the sardines between slices of bread and hands them out to other cats.
When Bimbo returns and wheels away the cart, the sardines continue to dance while the cats beat out rhythm with their tails.
One cat gets up and blows a solo on a horn.
The horn then shoots bullets, for some odd reason.
As a crowd gathers to watch Bimbo sell his gathered goods, a cat tries to pick the pocket of a spectator.
When he pulls his hands out they are handcuffed. Turns out his victim was a police officer!
Final Mewsings: Cats love the rag man and rag music!
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