The Zoot Cat is a 1944 American Technicolor one-reel animated short and is the 13th Tom and Jerry short.[4] It was released to theatres on February 26, 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1]
| The Zoot Cat | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Bill Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Story by | Jerry Mann |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby[1][2] (uncredited on original issue) |
| Starring | Bill Hanna Jerry Mann Sara Berner |
| Edited by | Fred MacAlpin[2] |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Ray Patterson Ken Muse Irven Spence Pete Burness[1][2] Assisted by: Tony Ligerra Barney Posner[3] |
| Layouts by | Harvey Eisenberg[2] |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1][2] |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:03[1] |
| Language | English |
Plot
Tom prepares a Valentine's Day surprise for Toots, complete with a gift box containing a note from Jerry. Despite his efforts to impress her with music, dance, Toots rejects Tom's advances, calling him, "corny", and leaving him humiliated. After Tom hears from Toots' radio of the latest style, he dons a homemade zoot suit to impress her. Jerry, seizing the opportunity, teases Tom relentlessly, eventually outsmarting him and stealing the spotlight in the stylish suit.
Voice cast
- Jerry Mann as Tom and the Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- Sara Berner as Jerry and the Girl Cat[3]
- Additional Voices by Billy Bletcher[1] and Dick Nelson[2]
Availability
- VHS
- Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Classics 2[5]
- Laserdisc
- DVD
- Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 1
- Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 1, Disc One
- Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume One, Disc One
- Blu-ray
- Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume One, Disc One
- iTunes
- Tom and Jerry Vol. 1[8]
- Streaming
- Boomerang App
Censorship
Because of the United Kingdom's ban of TV characters smoking, Tom smoking a cigar and a cigarette and Jerry putting the cigarette on Tom's nose is faded out.[9]
References
External links
- The Zoot Cat at IMDb
