A Mouse Divided

A Mouse Divided
Directed byI. Freleng
Story byWarren Foster
Produced byEdward Selzer
John W. Burton
StarringMel Blanc
Bea Benaderet
Edited byTreg Brown
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byArthur Davis
Manuel Perez
Virgil Ross
Ken Champin
Layouts byHawley Pratt
Backgrounds byIrv Wyner
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • January 31, 1953 (1953-01-31) (USA)
Running time
6:30
LanguageEnglish

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.