US television prints cuts out Mammy Two-Shoes due to racially insensitive subject matter. Jerry plays tricks to scare the fur off of Tom. Also the first cartoon where Tom and Jerry both win. First cartoon to have William Hanna provide vocal effects for Tom. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subjects, Cartoons. Tom gets to know the spirit of giving when he begins to feel guilty after blockading the front door, trapping Jerry outside in the cold on Christmas Eve. Re-released with Perspecta Stereo in 1958. Jerry attempts to outsmart Tom so he can get a snack from the refrigerator.įirst time Tom and Jerry are referred to by those names. First Tom and Jerry cartoon nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoon. Tom (here named Jasper) tries to stop the mouse Jerry (here named Jinx) from breaking plates and glasses before Mammy Two Shoes can kick the cat out.įirst appearances of Tom Cat (as Jasper), Jerry Mouse (as Jinx), and Mammy Two Shoes. Because of the 1965 MGM vault fire, all original film of pre-September-1951 MGM cartoons are lost, but luckily the backup prints is still (in spite of the altered reissue prints), although some production artwork relating to the missing material has survived, like pencil sketches. MGM also reissued its cartoons before the introduction of Perspecta Sound. Many pre-1952 cartoons were reissued with Perspecta Sound, which was introduced in 1954. Like the other studios, MGM reissued and edited its cartoons when re-released to theaters. Finally, 19 cartoons were produced in widescreen CinemaScope format only. Four cartoons were produced for both Academy Ratio and CinemaScope formats (2.55:1, later 2.35:1). Most of these cartoons were produced in the standard Academy ratio (1.37:1). Quimby retired in 1955 and from 1955 to 1957, Hanna and Barbera produced the shorts until MGM closed the cartoon studio in 1957, and the last cartoon was released in 1958.

Rudolf Ising was the producer of Puss Gets the Boot subsequent cartoons were produced by Fred Quimby through 1955.

All cartoons were released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The following 114 cartoons were directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in Hollywood, California.

4.3 2021: Tom and Jerry Special Shorts cartoonsġ940–1958: Hanna-Barbera/MGM Cartoons.

4.1 2001: Hanna-Barbera Productions/Turner Entertainment cartoon.

3 1963–1967: Chuck Jones/Sib Tower 12 cartoons.

2 1961–1962: Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films cartoons.

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