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Dominican Rep. Puss Gets the Boot (S)
- Original title
- Tom & Jerry: Puss Gets the Boot
- Year
- 1940
- Running time
- 9 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Animation
- Music
- Cinematography
- Animation
- Producer
- Genre
- Animation. Comedy | Cats. Rodents. Tom & Jerry. Short Film (Animated)
- Synopsis
- Puss Gets the Boot is a one-reel animated cartoon and is the first Tom and Jerry short, although not billed as such in the cartoon. It was produced in 1939 and released to theaters on February 10, 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Rudolf Ising (who had virtually nothing to do with the entire production) and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, their first collaboration which would last for more than half a century, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Carl Urbano, Tony Pabian, Jack Zander, Pete Burness and Bob Allen.
The only screen credit on this film was "a Rudolf Ising Production." The short is notable for featuring the first appearances of the characters who would later be christened Tom and Jerry, who would go on to appear in over 110 more short cartoons, seven of which won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. As such, Puss Gets the Boot gave the animated duo their first Oscar nomination, though the short lost out to another Rudolf Ising MGM cartoon, The Milky Way. In the short, Tom's name is Jasper and Jerry is not given a name, but is unofficially known as Jinx. This serves the Tom and Jerry series premiere.
- Rankings Position
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- #46 ranking_tomjerry
- Awards
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1940: Oscar: Nominated for Best Animated Short Film
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