The Zoot Cat
| The Zoot Cat | |
|---|---|
 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 |
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]
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
- ^ a b c d e f "The Zoot Cat (1944)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900–1999) (Second ed.). McFarland & Company Inc. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
- ^ a b Baxter, Devon (6 December 2017). "Tom & Jerry in "The Zoot Cat" (1944)". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ "..:: The Tom and Jerry Online :: An Unofficial Site : TOM AND JERRY DVD/VHS::." www.tomandjerryonline.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "LaserDisc Database – Art of Tom & Jerry, The: Volume I [ML102682]". www.lddb.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Simon, Ben (14 July 2003). "The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume One – Animated Views". Animated Views. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Tom and Jerry, Vol. 1". iTunes. 25 September 1965. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Films in Review » The Zoot Cat". filmsinreview.lib.byu.edu. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
External links
- The Zoot Cat at IMDb
- 1944 films
- Tom and Jerry short films
- Short films directed by Joseph Barbera
- Short films directed by William Hanna
- 1940s American animated films
- 1944 romantic comedy films
- 1944 musical comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- Films scored by Scott Bradley
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short films
- 1940s English-language films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
- Films produced by Fred Quimby
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio short films
- American animated short films
- Animated films about cats
- Animated films about mice
- 1950s American films
- English-language comedy short films
- English-language action comedy films
- English-language romantic comedy films
- English-language musical comedy films
- 1944 animated short films
- American musical short films