Felix the Cat Hits the Deck

In this 1928 silent-era curiosity, Felix the Cat attempts to master the art of card manipulation, only to have the deck turn the tables on him. What begins as a mundane practice session with a pack of cards quickly devolves into a surrealist nightmare where the physical laws of the ink-and-paint world are dictated by the suits and ranks of the deck. Felix is transported into a kingdom where the King, Queen, and Jack are not merely illustrations but sentient, often aggressive, rulers of a two-dimensional realm. The film serves as a meta-commentary on the animator's tools, as Felix must navigate a landscape where a spade can be a shovel and a club can be a weapon, all while trying to find his way back to the three-dimensional reality of his living room.