The Aristocats (1970)

20130122:
I've seen this movie so many times as both a kid and an adult. In fact, I own the DVD! But watching the film on Netflix is convenient and I realized I can take a screenshot or two to fill the page.

Marie (Liz English), Toulouse (Gary Dubin), and Berlioz (Dean Clark)

I love the music in this movie and I love the classic Disney animation.

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20190102 Comment:
I previously wrote the following (with some minor edits):

The movies shares plot elements with Disney's Lady and the Tramp (1955), except replacing dogs with cats. With that being said, the romance between the protagonists is more straightforward and doesn't happen over the course of a love song.

However, the statement is misleading (and arguably wrong). In particular, it was almost as if I was saying that The Aristocats is a rip-off of Lady and the Tramp.

Instead, it is a fact that the protagonists in The Aristocats are cats (with dogs appearing in the movie as well) and the protagonists in Lady and the Tramp are dogs (with cats appearing in the movie as well). Furthermore, the movies as a whole are dissimilar.

Thomas O'Malley (Phil Harris) and Toulouse

Short Plot Summary to The Aristocats: A mother cat named Duchess and her three children are abducted. An alley cat named Thomas O'Malley helps them return home. Along the way, the two fall in love.

Short Plot Summary to Lady and the Tramp: A dog named Lady is framed for misbehavior and she's brought to the pet shop to get a muzzle put on. She runs away and a stray dog named Tramp helps her out. They begin to fall in love.

Thus, the only similarity between the two movies is that the protagonists are (non-anthropomorphic) animals (true for many Disney movies) and romance (also true for many Disney movies).

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20211016:
While on vacation, I watched this with Ada and Ben.

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Instant Comments:
2: Disney Plus has a warning about the racial depictions
1: "Could we take the elevator this time sir?"
1: He kisses Duchess's tail.
2: So silly thinking of Edgar... what a fool
1, 2: "Because I'm a lady, that's why." "You're not a lady, you're nothing but a sister."
1: Ha. "Mama, he did it again."
1: Oh I don't think I ever noticed how Toulouse finishes one of Berlioz's musical phrases.
1: I like the occasional scratchiness around the edges when a character is in motion.
1: "Wait a minute, I'm the leader..."

Duchess (Eva Gabor)

1: Hehe, I love that chase scene.
1: Abraham de Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley
1: Toulouse really gets into O'Malley's song.
1: "Aloha, auf wiedersehen, bon soir, sayonara, and all those good bye things."
1: These geese... haha. "Don't do that!"
1: "Don't worry about form." "It'll come later."
1: Ha. "Hiya chicks." "We're not chickens, we're geese." "No... I thought you were swans."
1: "Yes dear, think goose."
1: "Warm... and cozy." Ha.
2: I fell asleep after the scene where Edgar makes away with the evidence
1: "Everybody wants to be a cat."
1: "Fortune cookie always wrong."
1: "Groovy momma, groovy."
1=20130122, 2=20210902

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Watched several times before.
Watched 20130122 (Netflix, Instant, HD)
Watched first three fourths 20210902 (Disney Plus)
The Aristocats (1970) Wolfgang Reitherman. 78 min

Scat Cat (trumpet, Scatman Crothers), Shun Gon (piano, Paul Winchell), Hit Cat (guitar, Lord Tim Hudson), Peppo (accordion, Vito Scotti), Billy Bass (bass, Thurl Ravenscroft)

Relevant Links:
The AristoCats (IMDb.com)
The Aristocats (RottenTomatoes.com)
The Aristocats (Wikipedia.org)