Smarty Cat
| Smarty Cat | |
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| Tom and Jerry series | |
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| Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Story by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voices by | Daws Butler |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by |
Irven Spence Kenneth Muse Ed Barge Michael Lah Additional animation: Ray Patterson (uncredited) |
| Layouts by | Richard Bickenbach |
| Backgrounds by | Vera Ohman |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6:50 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Tom and Chérie |
| Followed by | Pecos Pest |
Smarty Cat is the 95th one reel animated Tom and Jerry short, created in 1955, and released on October 14, 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cartoon was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. Smarty Cat was animated by Kenneth Muse, Michael Lah, Ed Barge and Irven Spence, with backgrounds by Vera Ohman and the layouts by Richard Bickenbach. It integrates footage from previous shorts into the plot. The name is the pun on the phrase "smarty pants." While most Tom and Jerry cartoons end with their ending titles, it is the only Tom and Jerry cartoon to not end with its ending title but with an MGM cartoon ending title.
Tom's feline friends, Butch, Topsy and Lightning, peek over a fence and then Butch whistles. Tom shows them a sign with "Nobody home" written on it. The felines run to the house, sneaking while passing a sleeping Spike.
Tom lets them in then Butch says: "I got the pictures, Tom! These are the funniest home movies I ever took. Wait till you see what happened to these dumb dogs. Boy do you make a monkey out of them. They don't know whether they are coming or going. (the cats laugh) Okay, douse the lights. (Lightning is about to shut the lights off.) Hold it!" Butch points to Jerry, who merely intends to watch the film with the cats. But the cats won't allow him to. So, Tom kicks Jerry out of the house and he lands in Spike's mouth. Jerry then pops out from Spike's nose, looking angry. Back at the house, Butch says: "OK boys, here we go!" The movie starts. The movie's title is: "Tom the Terrific Cat Starring Tom". Then first part starts and its title is "Lover Boy!".
This part starts with a zoom into a house and to a doghouse labeled "KILLER" with Spike in it (from the 1946 cartoon Solid Serenade). More scenes from that picture followed. After the cartoon Butch laughs and says: "Lover boy" while mimicking Tom, but then sees Jerry again. Tom kicks Jerry out of the house again. Jerry lands in Spike's mouth again. Jerry opens Spike's eyelid like a curtain and frowns.
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