The Mouse Comes to Dinner
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Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | May 5, 1945 |
Run time | 7:26 |
Starring | William Hanna Sara Berner |
Producer(s) | Fred Quimby |
Music composed by | Scott Bradley |
Screenplay by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Animation | Irven Spence Kenneth Muse Pete Burness Ray Patterson |
Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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The Mouse Comes to Dinner is the eighteenth animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on May 5, 1945. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by series creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
Tom asks Toots out when he takes advantage of the prepared dinner made by his owner, and forcibly gets Jerry to act as a waiter.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Tom: Hey, What's cooking?
Toots: You are, stupid.
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Wolf pacifier
Vehicles
- None
Production
Development
Filming
There was also a redubbed version made with Thea Vidale as the voice of Mammy Two Shoes.
Music
The music was composed by Scott Bradley.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: May 5, 1944; January 19, 1952 (reissue)
Behind the scenes
- The MPAA certificate number is 9698.
- Compared to Toot's previous appearance in Puss n' Toots, in which she is depicted as a small kitten, she is redesigned in this short as a fully grown adult, despite her short size.
- Tom and Jerry talk in this short.
- It is the last short to be released before May 8, 1945, also known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day.
- In airings on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, the scenes of Mammy setting up the dinner table and Jerry sneaking across the table while pretending to be a Native American are cut. For the former scene, it cuts to Tom popping out of a potted plant.
- The original titles for the short were found on eBay in September 13, 2023 on a 16mm black and white print.[1]
Errors
Legacy
- Jerry is reminded of this short in another subsequent short Smitten Kitten.
In popular culture
- E.T. watches the scene where Tom's tail is set on fire in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 25, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection: Vol. 2 on DVD.
- February 12, 2008: Warner Home Video releases Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection on DVD.
- October 25, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.
- October 25, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Golden Collection: Volume 1 on Blu-ray Disc.
- In France:
- November 23, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Golden Collection: Volume Un on DVD.
References
- ^ "THE MOUSE COMES TO DINNER WITH THE RARE ORIGINAL TITLES" (Sep 11, 2023). YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2024.