Tin Pan Alley Cats

Tin Pan Alley Cats

Tin Pan Alley Cats

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Tin Pan Alley Cats

1943

0h 7m

5.2(15 votes)

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A jazz cartoon involving a "Fats Waller"-like cat who leaves the "Uncle Tomcat Mission" for the local jazz club. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

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