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Mouse Trouble (1944)

Mouse Trouble poster
Directed by
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Genre
comedy film, family film
Country
United States
Runtime
8 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 81 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Tom tries to catch Jerry using a variety of traps and tricks. The mouse always outsmarts the cat in this cartoon short.

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What happens

Mouse Trouble is a 1944 American one-reel animated cartoon short and is the 17th Tom and Jerry short produced by Fred Quimby. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with music direction by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, and Pete Burness. Mouse Trouble won the 1944 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, the second consecutive award bestowed upon the series. It was released in theatres on November 23, 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and reissued on December 12, 1951. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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