Baby Puss (theatrical short)

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Baby Puss
Theatrical poster.
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	December 25, 1943
Run time	8:01
Starring	William Hanna Sara Berner Harry E. Lang Jack Mather
Producer(s)	Fred Quimby
Music composed by	Scott Bradley
Screenplay by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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Baby Puss is the twelfth animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on December 25, 1943. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by series creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Thanks to Jerry, Tom gets teased by some alley cats after a girl dresses him up as her baby.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Girl	Sara Berner
Tom Cat	William Hanna
Jerry Mouse	Sara Berner
Butch	Harry E. Lang
Meathead	Harry E. Lang
Topsy	Jack Mather (singing voice) Harry E. Lang

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Mammy Two Shoes's residence

Objects

• Castor oil

Vehicles

• None

Production

1950 reissue poster.

Music

The music was composed by Scott Bradley.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• December 25, 1943; July 29, 1950 (reissue)

Behind the scenes

• It's only implied that the house is presumably the one Mammy Two-Shoes lives in since she is most certainly only the maid, while the girl is likely intended as the daughter of Mammy Two-Shoes's employers.
• While this is the first appearance of Butch in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, he had previously appeared in MGM's non-Tom and Jerry short, The Alley Cat.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 19, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection 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.