The following list is a filmography of all

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short subjects distributed by the

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(MGM) motion picture studio through Loew's Incorporated between 1930 and 1958 and between 1961 and 1967. Between 1937 and 1957, MGM ran an in-house cartoon studio which produced shorts featuring the characters ''

Barney Bear ''Barney Bear'' is an American series of animated cartoon short subjects produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. The title character is an anthropomorphic cartoon character, a sluggish, sleepy bear who often is in pursuit of nothing but ...

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Droopy Droopy is an animated character from the golden age of American animation. He is an anthropomorphic white Basset Hound with a droopy face; hence his name. He was created in 1943 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro- ...

'', '' Red Hot Riding Hood & The Wolf'', ''

Screwy Squirrel Screwy Squirrel (also known as Screwball Squirrel) is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic squirrel created by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is generally considered the wackiest and outright most antagonistic of the screwball c ...

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George and Junior ''George and Junior'' are cartoon characters, two anthropomorphic bears created by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. All of the George and Junior shorts were directed by Tex Avery in the 1940s. They appeared in four cartoons: '' Henpecked Hoboes ...

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Spike and Tyke ''Spike and Tyke'' is a short-lived theatrical animated short subject series, based upon the American bulldog father-and-son team from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons. The characters first appeared in the ''Tom and Jerry'' seri ...

'', and their best-known work, ''

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series c ...

''. Outside producers included

Ub Iwerks Ubbe Ert Iwwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks ( ), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Iwerks grew up with a contentiou ...

(1930-34), Hugh Harman and

Rudolf Ising Rudolf Carl Ising (August 7, 1903 – July 18, 1992) was an American animator best known for collaborating with Hugh Harman to establish the Warner Bros. and MGM Cartoon studios during the early years of the golden age of American animation. I ...

(1934–38), William L. Snyder (1961–62), and Chuck Jones (1963–67, via

MGM Animation/Visual Arts MGM Animation/Visual Arts was an American animation studio established in 1962 by animation director/producer Chuck Jones, producer Les Goldman and animator Ken Harris as Sib Tower 12 Productions. Its productions include the last series of ''Tom ...

Ub Iwerks Studio films (1930–1934)

''Note: None of the shorts has credited directors.''

Harman-Ising Studio films (1934–1938)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Studio films (1938–1958)

Rembrandt Films (1961–1962)

MGM Animation/Visual Arts (1963–1967)

References

Bibliography

* Iwerks, Leslie and Kenworthy, John. (2001): The Hand Behind the Mouse. Disney Editions. * Maltin, Leonard (1987): Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. Penguin Books. * Lenburg, Jeff (1993): The Great Cartoon Directors. Da Capo Press. * Moritz, William (2004): Optical Poetry: The Life and Work of Oskar Fischinger. John Libbey Publishing. {{Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoons Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio MGM Animation/Visual Arts Rembrandt Films Lists of animated cartoons