Tweetie Pie

1947 0h 7m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 61

AnimationComedy

Synopsis

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Thomas the cat finds Tweetie in the snow, warming himself by a cigar butt. Thomas's mistress rescues the little yellow bird before her cat can devour him, but Thomas doesn't give up.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mel Blanc
Tweetie / Thomas (voice) (uncredited)
Bea Benaderet
Woman (voice) (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Friz Freleng
Writers: Tedd Pierce, Michael Maltese
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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79 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carl W. Stalling. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Treg Brown shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Mel Blanc and Bea Benaderet carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0039923 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 61 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Friz Freleng directs. Carl W. Stalling scores. Treg Brown cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
279 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Carl W. Stalling. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Treg Brown shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Mel Blanc and Bea Benaderet carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0039923 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 61 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score: Carl W. Stalling
Editing: Treg Brown
Runtime: 7 min · 0h 7m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Tweetie Pie (1947)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

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Friz Freleng

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-01-30
★ 7/10
I didn't like "Tweety Pie". He was a nasty and manipulative little critter who used all his butter-wouldn't-melt tactics to thwart the perfectly reasonable efforts of "Thomas" to do what cats do. Eat him! This time, it's a very snowy garden that finds these two "playing", but as ever it's their owner who saves the feathers! She's determined that her two favourite pets are going to learn to play nice - but what chance, eh? Tom constructs ever elaborate plans to get the bird from it's cage but is consistently outwitted, usually quite painfully, but his scrawny nemesis. Why did he bother though? There's no meat on the thing, anyway! This is good fun with loads of action, a few quite fun contraptions used and by the end of this, I hated that bird even more!

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