Casanova Cat

Casanova Cat
Tom and Jerry series

Title Card
Directed by William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Produced by Fred Quimby
Story by William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music by Scott Bradley
Animation by Irven Spence
Ray Patterson
Ed Barge
Kenneth Muse
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)
  • January 6, 1951 (1951-01-06) (U.S.)
Color process Technicolor
Perspecta (reissue)
Running time 7:04
Language English
Preceded by Cue Ball Cat
Followed by Jerry and the Goldfish

Casanova Cat is a 1951 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 55th Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby.

Summary

A newspaper headline announces that Toodles has inherited a million dollars. Tom heads to her home to woo her with flowers, dragging Jerry, tied to a bow, with him. Tom winds Jerry into a doll and forces him to roll on a ball, impressing Toodles. Tom then blackens Jerry's face with a cigar smoke and forces him to tap-dance on a hot metal plate. Tom then gives Jerry as a present to Toodles, but asks for a kiss in return. Just as Tom and Toodles are about to kiss, Jerry jams Tom's tail into an automatic ashtray, causing Tom to scream.

Jerry spots Butch in a nearby alley and launches the newspaper headline towards Butch. Tom and Butch proceed to fight each other to win Toodles' heart, while Toodles, sitting on the couch, watches them. Butch slaps Tom into a fishbowl, but Tom ties Butch's tail to a pole. Toodles then tosses sweets into Tom's mouth, but Butch drops a bowling ball into Tom. Butch kisses Toodles' arm, but Tom places a mousetrap onto her arm to trap Butch's mouth. Tom then traps Butch between two doors and kisses Toodles' cheek. Butch then grabs Toodles and goes to kiss her, but Tom also turns around to also kiss Toodles, and the two kiss each other instead.

Jerry then kisses Toodles on the cheek, causing her to take an interest in Jerry. Tom and Butch chase Jerry, but Jerry hides in a vent, ties Butch and Tom's tails into a knot, and pulls their tails to make them pull each other into the wall repeatedly. Butch then runs forward, squeezing Tom through the vent. Tom then pops out of the vent as a cube and bangs into Butch. Now, they untangle themselves. They looked on the couch for Toodles, then they heard a noise outside. They run to the window to see what is going on and see a car leaving. Jerry and Toodles are in the back seats, after Jerry has put down the car's shade , he and Toodles share a passionate kiss.

Censorship and Bans

Airings of this short on United States television (particularly on Cartoon Network) edit the part after Jerry lands in the goldfish bowl where Tom blackens his face with cigar smoke and forces him to dance on a hot metal plate, followed by Jerry feeding Tom's tail to an ashtray causing the cat to humiliate himself in front of Toodles before realizing that Jerry has escaped. The edited TV version shows Jerry sneaking to the window ledge immediately after landing in the goldfish bowl. This cartoon and "Mouse Cleaning" were both banned from the final Spotlight Collection volume due to politically incorrect content. Boomerang (EMEA) retains the scene.

Availability

VHS

DVD

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/tom-jerry-on-blu-ray.html
  2. ↑ Lambert, David. "Tom and Jerry - Episode List for 'Golden Collection Volume 2'...Guess What's Missing?". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved February 6, 2013.

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