Baby Puss (theatrical short)
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| Baby Puss | |
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| 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 |
| Story by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Animation | Kenneth Muse Ray Patterson Irven Spence Pete Burness |
| 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 a group of alley cats after a girl dresses him up as her baby.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Girl: You are a bad, bad, bad, naughty little baby! Running away from your Mama like that. Now, you come out of there, or I'll get my hairbrush and I will spank you right on your little diapie!
Girl: If you get out one more time, I will hold your little nose and I'll put castor oil in your mouth, and it will taste awful bad, and that ain't good!
Topsy: Hey look! I'm daaacin', I'm daaancin'!
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Milk bottle
- Castor oil
Vehicles
- None
Production
Filming
The film was copyrighted in 1943 (MCMXLIII).
Music
The score was composed by Scott Bradley.
Songs
- "Rock-a-bye Baby" - Ken Darby and the King's Men
- "The Fountain in the Park" (or "While Strolling Through the Park One Day") - Ken Darby and the King's Men
- "Mamãe eu quero" - Ken Darby and the King's Men, Jack Mather
Release
Dates are in order of release:
Behind the scenes
- The certificate number is 8885.
- 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 Two-Shoes' 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.
- "Mamãe eu quero", the song Butch and the gang use to mock Tom, was originally composed by Vincent Paiva and Jararaca in 1937. It was later popularized internationally by Brazilian singer Carmenen Miranda in her debut in Broadway and the 1940 film Down Argentine Way.
Errors
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.
