| The Zoot Cat | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Story by | Jerry Mann |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby[1][2] (credited on original issue) |
| Starring | William Hanna Jerry Mann Sara Berner |
| Edited by | Fred MacAlpin[2] |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Ray Patterson Kenneth Muse Irven Spence Pete Burness[1][2] Assisted by: Tony Ligerra Barney Posner[3] |
| Layouts by | Harvey Eisenberg[2] |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1][2] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 7:03[1] |
| Language | English |
The Zoot Cat is a 1944 American Technicolor one-reel animated short and is the 13th Tom and Jerry short.[4] It was released to theatres on February 10, 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[5]
Plot
Tom prepares a Valentine's Day surprise for Toots, complete with a gift box containing a note from Jerry. Despite his efforts to impress her with music, dance, Toots rejects Tom's advances, calling him, "corny", and leaving him humiliated.
After Tom hears from Toots' radio of the latest style, he dons a homemade zoot suit to impress her. Jerry, seizing the opportunity, teases Tom relentlessly, eventually outsmarting him and stealing the spotlight in the stylish suit.
Voice cast
Note: All voice actors are uncredited
- Jerry Mann as Tom (both his regular voice and him impersonating Charles Boyer) / The Radio Announcer [6]
- William Hanna as Tom's yells (archival audio) [6]
- Sara Berner as Jerry (with a "What's Cooking?" catchphrase) / Toots [6][3]
Availability
- VHS
- Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Classics 2[7]
- Laserdisc
- DVD
- Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 1
- Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 1, Disc One
- Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume One, Disc One
- Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology, Disc One[10]
- Blu-ray
- Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume One, Disc One
- Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology, Disc One[10]
- iTunes
- Tom and Jerry Vol. 1[11]
- Streaming
- Boomerang App
Censorship
Because of the United Kingdom's ban of TV characters smoking, Jerry smoking a cigar and a cigarette and Jerry putting the cigarette on Tom's nose is faded out.[12]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "The Zoot Cat (1944)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900–1999) (Second ed.). McFarland & Company Inc. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
- 1 2 Baxter, Devon (December 6, 2017). "Tom & Jerry in "The Zoot Cat" (1944)". Cartoon Research. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ↑ "The Zoot Cat - Earliest Known Date". The Atlanta Constitution. February 9, 1944. p. 4. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
- 1 2 3 Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices: of the Golden Age, 1930-1970 - Volume Two: Selected Filmographies with Voice Credits. Orlando: BearManor Media. pp. 127–128. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
- ↑ "..:: The Tom and Jerry Online :: An Unofficial Site : TOM AND JERRY DVD/VHS::." www.tomandjerryonline.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ↑ "LaserDisc Database – Art of Tom & Jerry, The: Volume I [ML102682]". www.lddb.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ↑ Simon, Ben (July 14, 2003). "The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume One – Animated Views". Animated Views. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- 1 2 Milligan, Mercedes (September 9, 2025). "Iconic Cartoon Duo 'Tom and Jerry' Coming to 'Golden Era Anthology' Set in December". Animation Magazine. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
- ↑ "Tom and Jerry, Vol. 1". iTunes. September 25, 1965. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Films in Review » The Zoot Cat". filmsinreview.lib.byu.edu. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
External links
- The Zoot Cat at IMDb