| Tom and Jerry (MGM)
Tom & Jerry title card from the 1940sTom and Jerry were an animated
cat (Tom) and mouse (Jerry) team who formed the basis of a massively successful
series of theatrical short cartoons created, written, and directed by
animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (later of Hanna-Barbera fame),
and produced by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer from 1940 to 1958. MGM later had more
Tom & Jerry cartoons produced by outside studios in the 1960s (Gene
Deitch's Rembrandt Films from 1961 to 1962, and Chuck Jones' Sib Tower
12 Productions from 1963 to 1967). Tom and Jerry later resurfaced in TV
cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions (1975-1977; 1990-1993)
and Filmation Studios (1980 - 1982). The original Hanna and Barbera shorts
are notable for having won seven Academy Awards, tying it with Walt Disney's
Silly Symphonies as the most-awarded theatrical cartoon series.
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