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Puss Gets the Boot is a 1940 American animated short film and the first short in what would become the Tom and Jerry cartoon series, though neither are yet referred to by these names. [1] It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Rudolf Ising. It is based on the Aesop's Fable, The Cat and the Mice. As was the practice ...
It is the second of the Tom and Jerry films, returning to the basic premise of the previous film, Puss Gets the Boot, following that cartoon's Academy Awards nomination. [ 2 ] This cartoon features the second appearance of Tom and Jerry, and is the first in which the characters are given their familiar names; the first cartoon, Puss Gets the ...
Puss Gets the Boot: February 10, 1940 Tom and Jerry's first cartoon. Tom (here named Jasper) tries to stop the mouse Jerry (here unnamed) from breaking plates and glasses before the maid can kick Jasper out. First appearances of Tom (as Jasper), Jerry (as the unnamed mouse), and the housekeeper (never given a name).
Boxoffice reviewed the short on December 12, 1948, saying, "This is a repeat performance of a common film cartoon gag but amusing nevertheless." [3] Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin praised the short saying it "... typifies the development of this series taking the same story idea as Puss Gets the Boot and playing it in modern Tom-and-Jerry fashion, with hilarious gags, razor-sharp ...
2010 marked the 70th anniversary of the release of the first Tom and Jerry cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot. To mark the occasion, Warner Home Video released a new DVD featuring 30 shorts. It was released in the UK on the June 1, 2010 and in the US on June 22, 2010.
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