Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM)

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American animated series animated short film series slapstick comedy series

Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) is a classic American animated series of slapstick comedy cartoons featuring a cat-and-mouse duo, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Tom and Jerry 9
Tom and Jerry franchise 3
Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American animated series ⓘ
animated short film series ⓘ
slapstick comedy series ⓘ
academyAwardCategory Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
academyAwardsWon 7 ⓘ
animationTechnique traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ
basedOnCharacters Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Joseph Barbera ⓘ
William Hanna ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1940 ⓘ
firstShortReleaseDate 1940-02-10 ⓘ
firstShortTitle Puss Gets the Boot ⓘ
format theatrical animated short ⓘ
genre animated comedy ⓘ
slapstick comedy ⓘ
influenced later television Tom and Jerry series ⓘ
lastReleaseYear 1967 ⓘ
mainCharacter Jerry Mouse ⓘ
Tom Cat ⓘ
musicBy Scott Bradley ⓘ
notableAward ranked among greatest cartoons of all time ⓘ
notableShort Mouse Trouble ⓘ
Quiet Please! ⓘ
The Cat Concerto ⓘ
The Little Orphan ⓘ
The Yankee Doodle Mouse ⓘ
numberOfOriginalMGMShorts 114 ⓘ
originalDirectors Joseph Barbera ⓘ
William Hanna ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalRunEnd 1958 ⓘ
originalRunStart 1940 ⓘ
originalStudioHead Fred Quimby ⓘ
parentFranchise Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tom and Jerry franchise
productionCompany MGM Animation ⓘ
surface form: MGM cartoon studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
revivalProducer Chuck Jones ⓘ
Gene Deitch ⓘ
revivalRunEnd 1967 ⓘ
revivalRunStart 1961 ⓘ
setting various domestic and urban locations ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
family ⓘ
typicalPlotElement chase between cat and mouse ⓘ
slapstick violence ⓘ

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Simon & Garfunkel → alsoKnownAs → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Boomerang → notableProgramming → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Turner Entertainment → catalogIncludes → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) → parentFranchise → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Golden Age of American animation → hasPart → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Golden Age of American animation → notableWork → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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William Hanna → notableWork → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Joseph Barbera → knownFor → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Joseph Barbera → coCreatorOf → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Joseph Barbera → workedOn → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Joseph Barbera → workedOn → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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MGM Animation → usesProperty → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Berny Wolf → notableWork → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi → basedOnFranchise → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Tom & Jerry (2021 film) → basedOn → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Tom & Jerry (2021 film) → basedOn → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tom and Jerry animated series
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Dangerous When Wet → features → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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TV Comic → featuredCharacter → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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Warner Animation Group → notableWork → Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
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