Gene is not having this nonsense, guys! 😉 A "No Dancing Law"!!! This cannot stand. 🤨 It looks like there's only one solution...Jerry the Mouse is gonna have to learn how to dance. I know that sounds hard, but don't worry...Gene's been doing this for years. I'm confident that he can teach that cartoon mouse to boogie. 🤭 Aside from being wildly entertaining, this number was quite the technological feat, in it's day. Although the concept was originally turned down by Disney, Gene persisted...approaching "Tom & Jerry" creators, Hanna & Barbera, who agreed to help. After Gene's dance was filmed, the animators used a technique called rotoscoping (in which they transferred images from a live action film, to another film). This allowed them to painstakingly match the animated character's movement to Gene's, even down to creating the shadows on the floor. I think it's worth noting that the entire animation for this sequence was the work of three men...Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson and Ed Barge. What talented individuals. 🙌 It's also interesting to note, that Gene had to work quickly to finish this film, because he was about to leave for his service in the U.S. Navy (he enlisted in 1944). It's a real credit to all those involved, that this number is just as magical today, as it was almost 80 years ago. 🥰 "Jerry The Mouse" & Gene Kelly, in "Anchors Aweigh" (1945). 💕