#William Hanna

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Tom and Jerry: The Cat Concerto Directors: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Studio: MGM | USA, 1947

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William Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001)

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Progression of Tom and Jerry from 1940-2023. 🐱🤎🐭

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Tom and Jerry is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna (14 July 1910 – 22 March 2001) and Joseph Barbera (24 March 1911 – 18 December 2006).

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Rough painting of concept illustration for “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007.

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Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

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Tot Watchers (1958; dir. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera)

Tot Watchers was the 114th and final Tom and Jerry theatrical short film under both William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Barbera would return to co-direct one more theatrical Tom and Jerry short in The Karate Guard (2005; by then, the pre-May 1986 MGM library had been purchased by Ted Turner and, later, acquired by Warner Bros.). Tot Watchers was shot in CinemaScope, as were a handful of the late Hanna Barbera Tom and Jerry shorts.

The Tom and Jerry series would resume for thirteen more installments from 1961-1962 under the Czechoslovak studio Rembrandt Films, founded by Gene Deitch. All of Deitch's Tom and Jerry films were released to theaters by MGM.The series would later be picked up by Chuck Jones' Sib Tower 12 Productions in 1963 for another thirty-four shorts. Sib Tower would be purchased by MGM the following year.

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Hanna-Barbera style

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Ko-Fi

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To Spring (MGM, 1936) - dirs. William Hanna & Paul Fennell

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Tom and Jerry: Tee for Two Directors: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Studio: MGM | USA, 1945

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Animator William Hanna was born on July 14, 1910 #botd

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Considering Bill Hanna's interest in Scouting, and considering further that Camp Fire Girls (now simply Camp Fire) is basically a variant of Scouting, I assume this might be apropos in its own way:

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I made this life size Christmas decoration of Jerry Mouse as he appeared in “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007. With an interchangeable hand he can be shown brandishing a sword or pointing the way to the mysterious “Toy Maker.”