''The Yankee Doodle Mouse'' is a 1943 American one-reel
animated cartoon
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in
Technicolor
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Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...
. It is the eleventh ''
Tom and Jerry
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''
short
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produced by
Fred Quimby
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, and directed by
William Hanna
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and
Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by
Scott Bradley and animation by
Irven Spence
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,
Pete Burness
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,
Kenneth Muse
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and
George Gordon.
Jack Zander
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was credited on the original print, but his credit was omitted in the 1950 reissue.
[ It was released to theaters on June 26, 1943 by ]Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
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.
The short features Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse chasing each other in a pseudo-warfare
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style, and makes numerous references to World War II
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, represented by clever uses of common household items. ''The Yankee Doodle Mouse'' won the 1943 Oscar
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for Best Animated Short Film
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, making it the first of seven ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons to receive this distinction.
This is the first ''Tom and Jerry'' short to be animated by Ray Patterson, who arrived from Screen Gems
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. Patterson would continue to work for Hanna and Barbera until the 1980s.
Crew
*Directed by: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
*Story: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
*Animation: Irven Spence, Pete Burness, George Gordon, Kenneth Muse
*Additional Animation: Jack Zander, Ray Patterson
*Assistant Animation: Barney Posner
*Effects Animation: Al Grandmain, Stan Quackenbush
*Layout: Harvey Eisenberg
*Music: Scott Bradley
*Co-Producer: William Hanna
*Produced by: Fred Quimby
Missing sequence
The short was reissued in 1950. A gag involving ration stamps was removed in the reissue print. In the sequence where Jerry hits Tom with a board four times, as Jerry attempts to run off, the sequence fades to black. In the original missing sequence, Tom follows him, only to get his head stuck in Jerry’s hole. Jerry then uses Tom’s tongue to lick a war bond stamp. The second war communique reads: "Enemy gets in a few good licks! Signed, Lt. Jerry Mouse".[
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Availability
;VHS:
*''Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Classics''
;Laserdisc:
*''Tom & Jerry Classics''
*''The Art of Tom & Jerry'' Vol. 1, Side 2
;DVD:
*''Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection
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'' Vol. 1, Disc 1
*'' Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection'' Disc 1
*''Tom and Jerry Golden Collection
''Tom and Jerry Golden Collection'' is a series of two-disc DVD and Blu-ray sets, produced by Warner Home Video. It was expected to be collecting the 161 theatrical ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon shorts released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from the 1940s thr ...
'' Vol. 1, Disc 1
;Blu-ray:
*''Tom and Jerry Golden Collection
''Tom and Jerry Golden Collection'' is a series of two-disc DVD and Blu-ray sets, produced by Warner Home Video. It was expected to be collecting the 161 theatrical ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon shorts released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from the 1940s thr ...
'' Vol. 1, Disc 1
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1943 films
1943 animated films
1943 short films
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1940s animated short films
1943 comedy films
American World War II propaganda shorts
Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
Short films directed by Joseph Barbera
Short films directed by William Hanna
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short films
Tom and Jerry short films
Films scored by Scott Bradley
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Films produced by Fred Quimby
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio short films
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