Dinky Doodle’s Bed Time Story (1926)

Directed by: Walter Lanz

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: In this Bray Studios short, Dinky Doodle and his dog Weakheart sit with creator Walter Lanz to tune in to some fairy tale bed time stories on the radio.

Cartoon Cat: Lanz takes the screen off the speaker of the radio and is surprised when an animated feline jumps out.

Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat after jumping out of radio

The narrator calls the cat Molly the Mouser and she is soon followed by five kittens who also jump out and land on her back. She then leaps away.

Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat with kittens jumping out of radio
Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat with kittens jumping out of radio
Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat with kittens on back
Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat with kittens jumping out of radio animated gif

Lanz is finally able to tune in the proper station which is playing Hey Diddle Diddle. The cat is playing the fiddle with the plate and spoon dancing nearby.

Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat playing fiddle with plate and spoon
Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat playing fiddle with plate and spoon
Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat playing fiddle with plate and spoon
Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat playing fiddle with plate and spoon dancing animated gif

The narrator also refers to this cat as Molly and everyone dances to her playing, which she does in different ways.

Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat playing fiddle with plate and spoon
Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat playing fiddle with plate and spoon

Molly even manages to fry eggs in her fiddle.

Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat flipping fried egg on fiddle with plate and spoon

Finally Molly serenades the cow, encouraging her to jump over the moon.

Dinky Doodle's Bedtime Story - cartoon cat playing fiddle with cow jumping over moon

Final Mewsings: When cats become musicians they don’t fiddle around!

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