Spooks is a 1930 animated short subject produced by Walter Lantz and stars Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
[2] First glimpsed stalking through a cemetery, a phantom is seen, wearing a hat, mask and coat (who, being magical, will later be shown to be able to fly as well as pass through small openings).
Speaking unintelligibly, the cat tells him she desperately wants to sing at the audition and possibly make it to concerts.
To assist his love interest, the phantom places a phonograph in the cat's skirt so she may lip sync as a record plays a song.
The record repeats a line many times and slows down, but the studio staff watching don't seem to mind.
As she removes the mask of her captive, the cat is surprised to find out that the phantom's face has no skin or flesh, and is therefore a skeleton in garments.
The short is available on The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection DVD box set.