Smiling Exit

Cute gag in “Casanova Cat” (1951) where Tom gets a rival cat out of the scene so he can make time with Toodles.

He ties a flagpole to the end of the black cat’s tail.



Then the pole pulls the cat out of the room, briefly leaving its smile behind.



The usual Hanna-Barbera unit animators get credited: Ken Muse, Ed Barge, Ray Patterson and Irv Spence.