The Night Before Christmas (1941)
- Directed by
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Genre
- fantasy film, comedy film, comedy drama, family film, Christmas film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 93 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
On Christmas Eve, Tom tries to stop Jerry from getting into the Christmas tree and goodies. The two get into a series of escalating fights with holiday decorations and traps.
whimsicalplayfulchaoticslapstickfestivelightheartedfast-pacedmildly tense
What happens
The Night Before Christmas is a 1941 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the third Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby and animated by Jack Zander, George Gordon, Irven Spence and Bill Littlejohn. It was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, but lost to the Mickey Mouse short film Lend a Paw, making it the only Tom and Jerry cartoon to lose to a Disney film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Babes in Toyland (1934)
Santa's Workshop (1932)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.