Dastardly & Mutley In Their Flying Machines
#WilliamHanna #JosephBarbera
https://youtu.be/uxo5g_xn2oc

You share your #birthday with... The Immortal Cartoon Man... #WilliamHanna #press

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William Hanna, Joseph Barbera and Hoyt Curtin:
🎵 The Jetsons

#WilliamHanna #JosephBarberaandHoytCurtin

70 years ago:
Johann Mouse (US)
At the home of Viennese composer Johann Strauss lived Johann Mouse. Whenever the composer played his waltzes, the mouse would dance to the music, unable to control himself. One day, when Strauss was away, the house cat played his master's music. When word got out about a piano-playing cat and a danc...
1953-03-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/68986
#JohannMouse #WilliamHanna #HansConried #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm

71 years ago:
The Two Mouseketeers (US)
Tom, a castle soldier in 16th century France, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table. Jerry and a smaller mouse companion, two wandering "mouseketeers", make the situation miserable for Tom as they abscond with (and occasionally eat) all the food they can.
1952-03-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/46852
#TheTwoMouseketeers #WilliamHanna #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm

76 years ago:
Part Time Pal (US)
Tom is given the task of guarding the fridge during the night by Mammy-Two-Shoes, but as soon as he has started he is tricked by Jerry into falling into the basement, where he lands in a barrel of cider. Now drunk, Tom staggers around in the house getting up to no good with Jerry.
1947-03-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/40370
#PartTimePal #WilliamHanna #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm

73 years ago:
Texas Tom (US)
Tom is a cowboy boot-wearing cat at a Texas dude ranch. When a beautiful female cat comes for a visit, Tom takes time from his regular torturing of Jerry to use the mouse as a way to impress the dame. Naturally, Jerry gives Tom his comeuppance.
1950-03-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/90912
#TexasTom #WilliamHanna #PhilHarris #MGM #Western #Animation #Film

72 years ago:
Jerry and the Goldfish (US)
Tom, whose appetite was whetted by a radio cooking program, wants to make a meal out of the pet goldfish. Jerry, who is friends with the fish, does what he can to thwart their feline foe.
1951-03-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/68622
#JerryandtheGoldfish #WilliamHanna #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

71 years ago:
The Duck Doctor (US)
Tom is duck hunting, and he wings a little duckling that can't quite keep up with the flock. Jerry gets to the fallen duck before Tom, bandages his wing, and shelters him from Tom as he keeps running out to join his flock.
1952-02-26
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/55533
#TheDuckDoctor #WilliamHanna #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

75 years ago:
Make Mine Freedom (US)
This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
1948-02-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/124846
#MakeMineFreedom #WilliamHanna #DawsButler #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

76 years ago:
Cat Fishin' (US)
Spike is guarding a private fishing hole - in his sleep. Tom sneaks in to do some fishing - with Jerry as bait. But one particularly vicious fish turns out to be more than Tom or Jerry bargained for, particularly when he wakes up Spike.
1947-02-22
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/39860
#CatFishin #WilliamHanna #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

Today in 1940, #TomAndJerry chased each other into movie theaters for the first time in #PussGetsTheBoot!

#WilliamHanna and #JosephBarbera’s MGM short was nominated for an Oscar — and animation icons were born.

#OnThisDay #ClassicFilm #HannaBarbera #ClassicCartoons

83 years ago:
Puss Gets the Boot (US)
Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".
1940-02-10
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/40372
#PussGetstheBoot #WilliamHanna #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

75 years ago:
Kitty Foiled (US)
Tom subjects Jerry to his usual harassment; but the cat finds a new enemy, and the mouse finds a new friend, in the canary of the house.
1948-02-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/40362
#KittyFoiled #WilliamHanna #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

69 years ago:
Puppy Tale (US)
Jerry rescues a bag of puppies from the river. Most of them run away as soon as Jerry releases them, but one stays behind. Jerry tries to get rid of it, but ultimately takes pity and invites the frisky pup inside, where he has to hide it from Tom, who keeps throwing it out.
1954-01-23
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/76009
#PuppyTale #WilliamHanna #MGM #Animation #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film