Springtime for Thomas

Springtime for Thomas
Theatrical poster.
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 30, 1946
Run time	7:46
Starring	William Hanna Frank Graham
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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Springtime for Thomas is the twenty-third animated theatrical short of the Tom and Jerry series. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on March 30, 1946. It was produced by Fred Quimby, and written and directed by series creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Tom and Jerry's usual cat and mouse routine is interrupted by Tom's infatuation with the opposite sex, so Jerry schemes to get another cat involved.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jerry Mouse	William Hanna
Tom Cat	William Hanna
Toodles Galore	N/A
Cupid	N/A
Jerry's bad conscious	Frank Graham
Butch	Frank Graham
Girl mouse	N/A

Locations

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

Objects

• Har-Puss Bazaar

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Scott Bradley.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• September 22, 1945; November 7, 1953 (reissue)

Behind the scenes

• While this is Toodles's first appearance in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, an early version had previously appeared in the non-Tom and Jerry short, The Alley Cat. An early version of Butch was also a protagonist in the latter and had also been previously transferred into the Tom and Jerry series with Baby Puss.
• Butch hums "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", a song from the MGM musical The Wizard of Oz.
• Har-Puss Bazaar is a parody of Harper's Bazaar.

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.