This is a weird one from Disney, a Silly Symphony about a black cat who encounters some very strange stuff, from running into a bird that changes in size to a walking scarecrow to oversized spiders. The poor cat been through a lot everything in this Halloween-theme scary. And, scary that it is more on the weird side, definitely one that might scare the kids away. Grade C+

This is an early short in the Silly Symphonies series produced by Disney. There will be spoilers ahead:This is an atmospheric short with something of a plot, which wasn't typical for the early Silly Symphonies. The cat is put out (along with the milk bottle) and the short starts out slowly, in a most conventional manner, with the cat meowing on a fence and shoes being thrown.But the short turns on a dime when the cat stalks a bird on a weather vane, falls, hits the ground and nine cat ghosts begin to float skyward. The cat manages to wrestle the ninth soul back. That's when things go *BANG*! The cat is accosted by the bird, grown much larger, which then multiplies.Things simply get stranger from here, with scarecrows, bats, spiders and dead trees all in a competition to see which can make the cat's night the most disturbing. Finally, with dawn, things settle down, the cat wakes up and all ends mostly well. The end is very good.This short is available on the Disney Treasures More Silly Symphonies DVD set and both the short and the set are worth getting. Recommended.

"The Cat's Out" is a black & white Silly Symphony--a short from Disney that featured lots of music to accompany the otherwise silent film. This particular example is different from most of the films in this series up until this time because that is a much greater emphasis on story. Most of the other films just feature characters mostly dancing about doing nothing in particular. In this case, however, it's about the adventures the cat has when he's outside--and some of them are a bit scary for the creature. In fact, one even includes the poor thing losing one of his 9 lives! There also is a scene that looks like a homage to the much-heralded "Skeleton Dance" (also a Silly Symphony and one of the very best they made). Overall, one of the best shorts on the second volume of the Silly Symphonies from the Walt Disney Treasures Collection--it has a better story and a lot of nice laughs (as well as animal torment--though it all turns out well in the end). Sweet and clever.

Here is a "Silly Symphony" that I thought has an eerie appeal for a Halloween cartoon. Well this short is not as eeire as in The Skeleton Dance, but still great to watch on Halloween; it's also another favorite black-&-white Silly Symphony cartoon.Also known as "The Cat's Nightmare," this short is about a cat, who was put out for the night, was trying to catch a bird that was on top of a barn, but falls of the barn in the attempt. Unconscious from the fall, he has a nightmare that the bird has grown and begin to extract its revenge, along with creepy things too. I don't have any particular scene I like, because I love this cartoon from beginning to end.And for you cat-lovers like me, as you watch this cartoon you feel sorry for the cat until the ending that is. And one thing I didn't get is why they would put "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" as a title theme huh?