Bad Luck Blackie
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Bad Luck Blackie is a 1949 MGM animated short film directed by Tex Avery, featuring a black cat who brings comically exaggerated misfortune to a bullying bulldog whenever summoned by a kitten.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MGM cartoon
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animated short film ⓘ |
| animationStudio | MGM cartoon studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Tex Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| era | post-war American animation ⓘ |
| featuresAnimalCharacter |
cat
ⓘ
dog ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
black cat
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bulldog ⓘ kitten ⓘ |
| featuresGagType |
cartoon violence
GENERATED
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falling objects GENERATED ⓘ |
| featuresObject | whistle ⓘ |
| genre |
animated comedy
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ slapstick ⓘ |
| hasAnimationType | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSupernaturalElement | cursed black cat ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comeuppance for bullies
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reversal of fortune ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Tex Avery’s earlier MGM shorts ⓘ |
| intendedFormat | theatrical short ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | false ⓘ |
| isColor | true ⓘ |
| mainPlotElement |
black cat brings bad luck
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bullying bulldog is punished ⓘ kitten summons black cat with whistle ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | running gag of escalating misfortune ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Tex Avery style humor
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exaggerated visual gags ⓘ timed slapstick violence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 7 ⓘ |
| setting | urban environment ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| usesTrope | bad luck black cat superstition ⓘ |
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