Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Several 1929 Mickey shorts were re-released by Columbia in 1930, including When the Cat’s Away. It’s not known how many of those were given new titles (this is the only one I have), but perhaps they were the same ones that later got “burlap” titles in the 1950s. I’ve kept the original soundtrack in this case, even though it’s in a terrible condition, to show that if this short once had an opening theme, it was already gone by 1930. Somewhere along the way, there was some censorship applied to whatever print this 16mm print was sourced from; you can see that the whole opening sequence with Tom Cat getting drunk on moonshine is missing.
Several 1929 Mickey shorts were re-released by Columbia in 1930, including When the Cat’s Away. It’s not known how many of those were given new titles (this is the only one I have), but perhaps they were the same ones that later got “burlap” titles in the 1950s. I’ve kept the original soundtrack in this case, even though it’s in a terrible condition, to show that if this short once had an opening theme, it was already gone by 1930. Somewhere along the way, there was some censorship applied to whatever print this 16mm print was sourced from; you can see that the whole opening sequence with Tom Cat getting drunk on moonshine is missing.
