Now you can get them! The Tom and Jerry cartoons on DVD complete and unexpurgated

"Made in Hollywood, USA"



William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer

The Golden Years: 1939-1959
An audible cheer went up in the audience when they came on. - Ira Landgarten

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When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer needed a head for their animation department, they gave the job to Fred Quimby, an accountant who did not know a thing about animation. Maybe luckily so, as he let Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera do their thing, only taking care of the logistics. This resulted in the most satisfying series of cartoons ever made. (I know about guys like Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Walt Disney and many great others. But, after all, HB cartoons did get awarded with 7 Oscars; one per every three MGM years.)




obligatory clowning-around publicity still
Rumor has it Quimby totally lacked any sense of humor, but I doubt if such a human being could exist. No matter. Under his leadership, many good solid cartoon characters were developed like Barney Bear and Droopy Dog. Characters like Spike & Tyke and Little Quacker made their debut in Tom and Jerry, but grew so popular they went on as stars in their own series. Too bad so few of Preston Blair's Screwball Squirrel cartoons have been made.


Un-cute Skwoil
When MGM closed down their cartoon department by 1959, Hanna-Barbera developed a new animation technique for television. They had a lot of trouble finding an interested studio; MGM turned them down as well. Finally they ended up at Columbia and started turning out weekly half-hour shows like Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear. Even though there hardly was any color television around, they shot all their shows in color anyway, so they could re-release them as brand new some years later. (All of these are now available on DVD - who's that said farsighted?.) They finally hit on The Flintstones and the rest is another history.
Within a few years, MGM started turning out Tom and Jerry cartoons again, but they are really not that fine. At all. Which also goes for those Hanna-Barbera themselves directed for MGM later.


Hanna-Barbera and Associates
The time for this swinging kind of animation had irrevocably passed. Like stained-glass windows came with religion, the art of animation really belonged to the epoch of frame-by-frame making of motion pictures. Sure, you can record those frames on a video-tape or a hard drive, but that special close physical interaction between technique and creativity is lacking, and it shows. Now, there is more animation around then ever, but who cares? The Disney feature animation studio (in Orlando, Florida - no kidding) was closed in January 12 2004.


Just a hint: Oxberry animation compound
I can hardly believe now that my good friend Paul Walboom and I once home-built a working thing like that.

The best thing about Tom and Jerry is that there's hardly any dialogue: No cute talking animals, these. Such texts as are needed come out of radios and such or are delivered by humans sticking their heads out of the screen. This also is a pretty sure-fire way to recognize the originals from the ersatz that followed later: The characters became much more chatty. Before then, Tom's agonized shrieks were supplied by Bill Hanna.


"Plunk, Toot and Whistle"
American cartoons always were the best in the world, for a large part because of their sound-tracks. Apart from the great sound effects, taken care of by Jim Faris, Scott Bradley's music was among the best in the industry. You have to know that, before you start animating at all, the music has been written, recorded, and worked out to cue sheets. All animation timing thus depends on the music. For animation, MGM went in for pretty luxurious spending: Their orchestra consisted of 16 to 30 musicians, sometimes expanded to 45.


Scott Bradley

This is not a history page.
For that, buy T.R. Adams' book TOM AND JERRY: Fifty Years of Cat and Mouse .
It's good, even if there are some inconsistencies.



This is not a course in animation, either.
For that, buy Preston Blair's book CARTOON ANIMATION . It's even better!
I got a CD-ROM version with a graphics tablet from Computer Gate. Such a nice surprise.

The Animator's Survival Kit
A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators
by Richard Williams
A much more modern book. One recommendation given for it is that it covers dialogue much better than Preston Blair does.
You know, I liked the old cartoons for being pure ballet, and detest that incessant chatting going on all the time now. Uugh.
(But don't you mind just me)

original versions
complete and unexpurgated

of 140 Academy Format Tom and Jerry cartoons listed below.
Best of all, this 3-DVD set contains all the incorrect jokes cut from other versions.
Get 'em now! In the UK, Tom may not even smoke any more. Where will this foolishness stop?
Give in to that blackmail and you will end up with a characterless character - like Lucky Luke.

good quality copies - all regions - US$50

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Frankly, I do not even know, nor do I care much, if these are legal or not. As long as MGM does not take the trouble to release them themselves, I am quite prepared to defend this act, and will stop as soon as conditions change.

Warner Bros have released another set—alas, not complete:
The Spotlight Collection (two volumes)
These have, alas, been corrected for correctness,
but as far as I know they do show the movies in their original aspect ratio.
On Volume 1 also several hard-to-get items like the Gene Kelly and Esther Williams sequences.



Tom And Jerry: Spotlight Collection
The Premiere Volume DVD
They've been playing cat-and-mouse games for over 60 years, picking up millions of fans and seven Academy Awards along the way.
Follow the onscreen evolution of Tom (did you know he was originally called Jasper?) and Jerry in this two-disc set featuring 40 of their funniest cartoons,
including "The Zoot Cat," Solid Serenade," "Kitty Foiled," "Heavenly Puss," "Touche Pussy Cat," and more. 5 1/2 hrs. total.
Standard: Soundtrack: English mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary on selected shorts; documentaries; bonus footage; more.



Tom And Jerry: Spotlight Collection
Volume 2 DVD
Thirty-eight more classic cartoons featuring the dueling duo are collected in this two-disc set. Includes "Saturday Evening Puss," "The Night Before Christmas," "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Mouse," "The Midnight Snack," their first short "Puss Gets the Boot," and many more. 5 1/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary on selected episodes; "making of" documentary; featurettes; more.

Tom And Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vols. 1 & 2 DVD


Tom And Jerry's Greatest Chases DVD
Yankee Doodle Mouse, Zoot Cat, Tee for Two, Mouse in Manhattan,
Solid Serenade (featuring Tom's rendition of  "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?"),
Johann Mouse, Salt Water Tabby, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse, Cat Concerto, Jerry's Diary
plus the "Worry Song" from Anchors Aweigh with Gene Kelly & Jerry Mouse.
89 min.

Tom And Jerry: Whiskers Away! DVD
Million Dollar Cat, Cat Fishin', Cat and the Mermouse, Texas Tom,
Tom and Jerry at the Hollywood Bowl, Cruise Cat, The Two Mousketeers,
Neapolitan Mouse, Posse Cat, Mucho Mouse.
74 min.

=Tom And Jerry: Hijinks And Shrieks DVD
The animated antagonists have their paws full in this collection of Tom and Jerry's most thrilling cartoon capers, including "The Flying Cat," "The Missing Mouse," "Two Little Indians," "Touche Pussy Cat," "The Flying Sorceress," "Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?," and "The Haunted Mouse." 45 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; biographies; trailers; more.


Joseph Barbera, Gene Kelly and Bill Hanna

Human being?
Even Adolf Hitler had his moments of humor: When watching a teutonic ritual SS ceremony, he remarked sotto voce
"It will never replace Christmas".

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Tom and Jerry also made appearances (and not cameo, either) with stars
like Gene Kelly and Esther Williams.


Anchors Aweigh (1945) and Dangerous When Wet (1953)

For more complete credits than given below, check Adams' book.
Around 1954, Quimby retired and Hanna-Barbera took over production;
format changed from Academy to CinemaScope in Pet Peeve, 1954.
Release dates are not necessarily in order of production.





Complete list of all early Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry cartoons.

title	year	length	DVD-#
Puss Gets the Boot	1940	9'15"	1-1
The Midnight Snack	1941	8'15"	1-2
The Night Before Christmas	1941	8'15"	1-3
Fraidy Cat	1942	8'11"	1-4
Dog Trouble	1942	7'57"	1-5	introduces Spike (as Butch)
Puss 'n' Toots	1942	7'48"	1-6
The Bowling-Alley Cat	1942	8'00"	1-7
Fine Feathered Friend	1942	7'43"	1-8
Sufferin' Cats	1943	7'50"	1-9	introduces Meathead
The Lonesome Mouse	1943	8'07"	1-10
The Yankee Doodle Mouse	1943	7'23"	1-11	Oscar award
Baby Puss	1943	7'51"	1-12
The Zoot Cat	1944	7'04"	1-13
The Million Dollar Cat	1944	7'10"	1-14
The Bodyguard	1944	7'21"	2-1
Puttin' on the Dog	1944	7'02"	2-2
Mouse Trouble	1944	7'21"	2-3	Oscar award
The Mouse Comes to Dinner	1945	7'18"	2-4
Mouse in Manhattan	1945	8'06"	2-5
Tee for Two	1945	7'00"	2-6
Flirty Birdy	1945	7'13"	2-7
Quiet Please	1945	7'43"	2-8	Oscar award
Springtime for Thomas	1946	7'37"	2-9
The Milky Waif	1946	7'58"	2-10	introduces Nibbles
Trap Happy	1946	7'08"	2-11
Solid Serenade	1946	7'21"	2-12
Cat Fishin'	1947	7'54"	2-13
Part Time Pal	1947	7'50"	2-14
The Cat Concerto	1947	7'49"	2-15	Oscar award
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse	1947	7'24"	2-16
Salt Water Tabby	1947	7'16"	3-1
A Mouse in the House	1947	7'49"	3-2
The Invisible Mouse	1947	8'42"	3-3
Kitty Foiled	1948	7'20"	3-4
The Truce Hurts	1948	7'59"	3-5
Old Rockin' Chair Tom	1948	7'39"	3-6
Professor Tom	1948	7'47"	3-7
Mouse Cleaning	1948	7'23"	3-8
Polka Dot Puss	1948	7'38"	3-9	(no relation)
The Little Orphan	1949	7'50"	3-10	2 Oscar awards (1948)
Hatch Up Your Troubles	1949	7'50"	3-11
Heavenly Puss	1949	7'48"	3-12
The Cat and the Mermouse	1949	7'49"	3-13
Love That Pup	1949	7'55"	3-14	introduces Tyke (as Pup)
Jerry's Diary	1949	6'43"	4-1
Tennis Chumps	1949	6'49"	4-2
Little Quacker	1950	7'07"	4-3	introduces Quacker
Saturday Evening Puss	1950	6'18"	4-4
Texas Tom	1950	6'34"	4-5
Jerry and the Lion	1950	7'13"	4-6
Safety Second	1950	7'07"	4-7
Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl	1950	7'22"	4-8
The Framed Cat	1950	7'11"	4-9
Cue Ball Cat	1950	7'02"	4-10
Casanova Cat	1951	7'04"	4-11
Jerry and the Goldfish	1951	7'21"	4-12
Jerry's Cousin	1951	6'39"	4-13
Sleepy-Time Tom	1951	7'05"	4-14
His Mouse Friday	1951	7'11"	4-15
Slicked-Up Pup	1951	6'19"	4-16
Nit-Witty Kitty	1951	6'33"	5-1
Cat Napping	1951	6'52"	5-2
The Flying Cat	1952	6'44"	5-3
The Duck Doctor	1952	7'03"	5-4
The Two Mouseketeers	1952	7'21"	5-5	Nibbles becomes Tuffy; Oscar award
Smitten Kitten	1952	7'49"	5-6
Triplet Trouble	1952	7'09"	5-7
Little Runaway	1952	7'04"	5-8
Fit to Be Tied	1952	6'49"	5-9
Push-Button Kitty	1952	6'33"	5-10
Cruise Cat	1952	7'02"	5-11
The Dog House	1952	6'39"	5-12
Jerry and Jumbo	1953	7'13"	5-13
The Missing Mouse	1953	6'33"	5-14
Johann Mouse	1953	7'57"	5-15	Oscar award
That's My Pup	1953	7'23"	5-16
Just Ducky	1953	7'57"	*
Two Little Indians	1953	6'49"	6-1
Life with Tom	1953	7'49"	6-2
Puppy Tale	1954	7'03"	6-3
Posse Cat	1954	6'28"	6-4
Hic-cup Pup	1954	6'17"	6-5
Little School Mouse	1954	7'50"	6-6
Baby Butch	1954	7'09"	6-7
Mice Follies	1954	6'49"	6-8
Neapolitan Mouse	1954	7'15"	6-9
Downhearted Duckling	1954	6'42"	6-10
Pet Peeve	1954	6'35"	6-11
Touche, Pussy Cat	1954	6'45"	6-12
Southbound Duckling	1955	6'15"	6-13
Pup on a Picnic	1955	7'04"	6-14
Mouse for Sale	1955	6'48"	6-15
Designs on Jerry	1955	6'46"	6-16
Titles below produced in CinemaScope
Tom and Cherie	1955	6'19"	8-9
Smarty Cat	1955	6'50"	7-9
Pecos Pest	1953	6'35"	8-7
That's My Mommy	1955	6'03"	8-1
The Flying Sorceress	1956	6'40"	7-8
The Egg and Jerry	1956	7'50"	*	remake of Hatch Up Your Troubles, 1949
Busy Buddies	1956	6'15"	*
Muscle Beach Tom	1956	6'45"	10-9
Downbeat Bear	1956	6'22"	7-3
Blue Cat Blues	1956	6'48"	8-3
Barbecue Brawl	1956	6'34"	8-8
Tops with Pops	1957	7'55"	*	remake of Love That Pup, 1949
Timid Tabby	1957	6'49"	7-1
Feedin' the Kiddie	1956	7'40"	*	remake of The Little Orphan, 1949
Mucho Mouse	1957	7'04"	8-2
Tom's Photo Finish	1957	6'19"	*
Happy Go Ducky	1958	6'24"	*
Royal Cat Nap	1958	6'45"	*
The Vanishing Duck	1958	7'04"	9-8	last Quacker
Robin Hoodwinked	1958	6'15"	10-8
Tot Watchers	1958	6'28"	7-7
Following titles produced later:	1961-1962		Gene Deitch
	1963-1967		Chuck Jones
	1965-1967		Abe Levitow Jack Pabian Tom Ray Ben Washam
Switchin' Kitten	1961	8'40"	*	Gene Deitch
Down and Outing	1961	6'49"	*	Gene Deitch
It's Greek to Me-Ow	1961	6'46"	*	Gene Deitch
High Steaks	1962	6'21"	*	Gene Deitch
Mouse into Space	1962	6'34"	*	Gene Deitch
Landing Stripling	1962	6'18"	*	Gene Deitch
Calypso Cat	1962	7'50"	*	Gene Deitch
Dicky Moe	1962	7'05"	*	Gene Deitch
The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit	1962	6'28"	*	Gene Deitch
Tall in the Trap	1962	7'49"	*	Gene Deitch
Sorry Safari	1962	7'17"	*	Gene Deitch
Buddies Thicker than Water	1962	8'58"	*	Gene Deitch
Carmen Get It!	1962	7'38"	*	Gene Deitch
Penthouse Mouse	1963	7'08"	10-3	Chuck Jones
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below	1964	6'27"	7-11	Chuck Jones
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?	1964	7'13"	7-4	Chuck Jones
Much Ado About Mousing	1964	6'38"	10-2	Chuck Jones
Snowbody Loves Me	1964	6'38"	7-5	Chuck Jones
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse	1964	6'45"	10-3	Chuck Jones
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life	1965	6'45"	*	Chuck Jones
Tom-Ic Energy	1965	6'40"	8-4	Chuck Jones
Bad Day at Cat Rock	1965	6'15"	8-5	Chuck Jones
The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off	1965	6'27"	8-6	Jack Pabian
Haunted Mouse	1965	6'49"	9-2	Chuck Jones
I'm Just Wild About Jerry	1965	6'39"	8-10	Chuck Jones
Of Feline Bondage	1965	6'17"	8-11	Chuck Jones
The Year of the Mouse	1965	7'23"	8-12	Chuck Jones
The Cat's Me-Ouch	1965	6'14"	9-7	Chuck Jones
Duel Personality	1966	6'09""	7-6	Chuck Jones
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary	1966	7'17"	9-5	Chuck Jones
Jerry Go-Round	1965	6'22"	*	Chuck Jones
Love Me, Love My Mouse	1966	6'34"	9-4	Chuck Jones
Puss N Boats	1966	6'39"	9-1	Abe Levitow
Filet Meow	1967	6'15"	9-10	Abe Levitow
Matinee Mouse	1966	6"07"	10-11	Tom Ray
The A-Tom-Inable Snowman	1967	6'39"	9-6	Abe Levitow
Catty Cornered	1966	6'18"	9-11	Abe Levitow
Cat and Dupli-Cat	1967	6'45"	9-12	Chuck Jones
O-Solar-Meow	1967	6'46"	10-4	Abe Levitow
Guided Mouse-Ille	1967	6'45"	7-10	Abe Levitow
Rock 'n' Rodent	1967	6'22"	10-5	Abe Levitow
Cannery Rodent	1967	6'22"	10-6	Chuck Jones
The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.	1967	6'47"	9-3	Chuck Jones
Surf-Bored Cat	1967	6'38"	10-1	Abe Levitow
Shutter Bugged Cat	1967	6'48"	*	Tom Ray
Advance and Be Mechanized	1967	6'33"	10-12	Ben Washam
Purr-Chance to Dream	1967	6'05"	10-10	Ben Washam

* (these titles not on DVD - back)

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