short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
released by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o ...
.Jeff Lenburg, ''Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators''.
Applause Books
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, 2006. . p. 129. Directed by
Hugh Harman
Hugh Harman (August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982) was an American animator. He was known for creating the Warner Bros. Cartoons and MGM Cartoons and his collaboration with Rudolf Ising during the golden age of American animation. Career
He ...
Toodles Galore
This is a list of characters in the ''Tom and Jerry'' animated short series, given in the order of the era they first appeared in.
Main Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse
Tom (originally called "Jasper") is an adult bluish grey and white domestic s ...
, and Spike the Bulldog, who were subsequently integrated as recurring characters into the
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 ...
series of shorts (start in ''
Baby Puss
This is a complete list of the 164 shorts in the ''Tom and Jerry'' series produced and released between 1940 and 2014. Of these, 162 are theatrical shorts, one is a made-for-TV short, and one is a 2-minute sketch shown as part of a telethon.
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'' (1943)).
Plot
Butch is a black male alley cat who is instantly smitten with Toodles, a white, elegant female cat he sees on the balcony of her wealthy family's
penthouse apartment
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on
Park Avenue
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. He serenades her, but the butler sends the family's
bulldog
The Bulldog is a British breed of dog of mastiff type. It may also be known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is of medium size, a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose."Animated Film: Warner Brothers and MGM Animated Shorts"
Moffitt Library
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...