The Ballad of Rita the Cat

The Ballad of Rita the Cat is a 1975 American animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions and Buena Vista Distribution. It is the last Tom and Jerry musical film in the series but unlike The Cat Above and the Mouse Below and Cat and Dupli-cat, Tom and Jerry are both silent in this film rather than sing. This film marks the debut of Rita the Cat who will later appear in the WB animated show Animaniacs. The film uses a mix of plots of the four musical shorts are the WB cartoons Back Alley Oproar, Long Haired Hare, and One Froggy Evening and the MGM Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry cartoon The Cat Above and the Mouse Below.