When the Cat's Away (film)

For works with similar titles, see When the Cat's Away.

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When the Cat's Away (1929)
directed by Walt Disney

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This Mickey Mouse film is loosely remade from the Alice Comedies film Alice Rattled by Rats (1925).

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Cast and Crew
Crew
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures
Distributor	Columbia Pictures, Disney+
Director	Walt Disney (d. 1966)
Producer	Walt Disney
Composer	Carl W. Stalling (d. 1972)
Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1972, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 52 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States.

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Disney Cartoons
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Mickey Mouse
Sound Cartoon

When
the Cat's
Away

A Walt Disney Comic
by Ub Iwerks
Recorded by Powers Cinephone System
Copyright MCMXXIX

Gone
for
the
day

Tom Cat

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Kat Nipp

Hahaha!

Kat Nipp

Hahaha!

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A Walt Disney Comic

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.

Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:

The principal director
The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue
The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound)
The cinematographer
By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot

The longest-living of these authors died in 1980, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 44 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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