Puss Gets the Boot

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Puss Gets the Boot is a 1940 animated short film that introduced the cat-and-mouse duo later known as Tom and Jerry, launching one of the most famous cartoon series in cinema history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American animated film
Tom and Jerry short
animated short film
academyAwardsYear 13th Academy Awards NERFINISHED
animationStudio MGM cartoon studio NERFINISHED
animationType traditional hand-drawn animation
basedOn original story by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
colorProcess Technicolor
copyrightHolder Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
directedBy Joseph Barbera NERFINISHED
William Hanna NERFINISHED
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED
era Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED
featuresAnthropomorphicAnimals true
featuresCharacter Jasper NERFINISHED
Jerry (later name of Jinx) NERFINISHED
Jinx NERFINISHED
Mammy Two Shoes NERFINISHED
Tom (later name of Jasper) NERFINISHED
firstInSeries Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts NERFINISHED
genre comedy
slapstick
hasFormat theatrical short
hasSetting household interior
hasSpeciesOfMainCharacter cat
mouse
introducedCharacter Jasper NERFINISHED
Jinx NERFINISHED
Mammy Two Shoes NERFINISHED
isBlackAndWhite false
languageOfTitle English
musicBy Scott Bradley NERFINISHED
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) NERFINISHED
notableFor first film featuring the cat-and-mouse duo later known as Tom and Jerry
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Tom and Jerry NERFINISHED
producedBy Fred Quimby NERFINISHED
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1940-02-10
releaseYear 1940
runtimeMinutes 9
soundFilm true
soundtrackComposer Scott Bradley NERFINISHED
targetAudience general audiences
title Puss Gets the Boot NERFINISHED
usesDialogue limited

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