In the plot the play "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is the "melodrama" that is being presented, thus the title.
The Black Cat appears again in "Mickey's Mellerdrammer" from 1933.
Rarely seen in recent years due to the use of blackface by the characters. Though, of course, this was common practice at the time.
Rare among Mickey's early films in that his frequent costars, Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow, have speaking parts. Horace's voice is provided by Billy Bletcher, who also played Mickey's nemesis, Pete.
Debut of the voice of Elvia Allman., voice that was in more than a hundred cartoons,