A Mouse Divided
| A Mouse Divided | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer John W. Burton |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet |
| Edited by | Treg Brown |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Arthur Davis Manuel Perez Virgil Ross Ken Champin |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Irv Wyner |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
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Running time | 6:30 |
| Language | English |
A Mouse Divided is a 1953 Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on January 31, 1953, and stars Sylvester. The title is a pun on Lincoln's House Divided Speech.
In the film, Sylvester and his wife receive their first son from a drunken stork, and this son is a mouse. Sylvester struggles between his desire to eat the mouse and his protective feelings about his son.