The M-G-M Cartoon Studio[1] (also known as the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, MGM Cartoons, the M-G-M Cartoon Dept.[2] and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Cartoon Department[3]) was the studio responsible for the Tom and Jerry cartoons by Hanna-Barbera, plus shorts produced by Tex Avery, Michael Lah, and Harman and Ising. Friz Freleng was also involved with the studio during the late 1930s, having previously worked with the Warner Bros. cartoon studio (then known as Leon Schlesinger Productions); Friz later left and returned to Warner Bros.
MGM closed the studio in 1957, finding enough cartoons made for the foreseeable future.
List of released Tom and Jerry/MGM Cartoons[]
1939[]
- June 10: The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (Barney Bear's first appearance)
1940[]
- February 10: Puss Gets the Boot (Tom and Jerry's first appearance)
1941[]
- July 19: The Midnight Snack
- December 6: The Night Before Christmas
1942[]
- January 17: Fraidy Cat
- March 28: The Bear and the Beavers
- April 18: Dog Trouble
- May 30: Puss N' Toots
- July 18: The Bowling Alley-Cat
- August 22: Blitz Wolf
- August 29: The Early Bird Dood It!
- October 10: Fine Feathered Friend
1943[]
- January 16: Sufferin' Cats!
- March 20: Dumb-Hounded (Droopy's first appearance)
- May 8: Red Hot Riding Hood (Red's first appearance)
- May 22: The Lonesome Mouse
- June 19: Who Killed Who?
- June 26: The Yankee Doodle Mouse
- October 9: War Dogs
- November 27: What's Buzzin' Buzzard?
- December 25: Baby Puss
1944[]
- February 28: The Zoot Cat
- May 6: The Million Dollar Cat
- July 22: The Bodyguard
- July 22-October 20: Bear Raid Warden
- October 21: Big Heel-Watha (Buck of the Month)
- October 28: Puttin' on the Dog
- November 23: Mouse Trouble
1945[]
- January 13: The Screwy Truant
- February 17: The Unwelcome Guest
- March 3: The Shooting of Dan McGoo
- April 7: Jerky Turkey
- May 5: The Mouse Comes to Dinner
- July 7: Mouse in Manhattan
- July 21: Tee for Two
- September 22: Flirty Birdy
- December 22: Quiet Please!
1946[]
- March 9: Lonesome Lenny
- March 30: Springtime for Thomas
- May 18: The Milky Waif
- June 15: The Hick Chick
- June 29: Trap Happy
- August 3: Northwest Hounded Police
- August 31: Solid Serenade
- October 26: Henpecked Hoboes (George and Junior's first appearance)
1947[]
- February 22: Cat Fishin'
- March 15: Part Time Pal
- April 12: Hound Hunters
- April 26: The Cat Concerto
- May 3: Red Hot Rangers
- June 14: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
- July 12: Salt Water Tabby
- July 19: Uncle Tom's Cabaña (censored)
- August 30: A Mouse in the House
- August 30-September 27: Slap Happy Lion
- September 27: The Invisible Mouse
1948[]
- January 31: The Bear and the Bean
- March 20: What Price Fleadom
- May 15: Little 'Tinker
- June 1: Kitty Foiled
- June 26: The Bear and the Hare
- July 17: The Truce Hurts
- August 7: Half-Pint Pygmy (censored)
- September 18: Old Rockin' Chair Tom
- October 9: Lucky Ducky
- October 30: Professor Tom
- December 11: Mouse Cleaning (censored)
1949[]
- January 8: Goggle Fishing Bear
- January 22: Bad Luck Blackie (Butch Dog's first appearance)
- February 26: Polka-Dot Puss
- April 6: Señor Droopy
- April 30: The Little Orphan
- May 14: Hatch Up Your Troubles
- June 11: The House of Tomorrow
- July 9: Heavenly Puss
- July 30: Doggone Tired
- August 13: Wags to Riches
- September 3: The Cat and the Mermouse
- September 17: Little Rural Riding Hood
- October 1: Love That Pup
- October 22: Jerry's Diary
- November 5: Out-Foxed
- December 10: Tennis Chumps
- December 24: The Counterfeit Cat
1950[]
- January 7: Little Quacker
- January 14: Saturday Evening Puss
- March 11: Texas Tom
- April 8: Jerry and the Lion
- May 27: Ventriloquist Cat
- June 10: The Cuckoo Clock
- July 1: Safety Second
- September 16: The Hollywood Bowl
- September 30: Garden Gopher
- October 21: The Framed Cat
- November 4: The Chump Champ
- November 25: Cue Ball Cat
- December 9: The Peachy Cobbler
1951[]
- January 6: Casanova Cat (censored)
- February 10: Cock-a-Doodle Dog
- March 3: Jerry and the Goldfish
- March 31: Daredevil Droopy
- April 7: Jerry's Cousin
- May 5: Droopy's Good Deed
- May 26: Sleepy-Time Tom
- June 16: Symphony in Slang
- July 7: His Mouse Friday (censored)
- September 8: Slicked-up Pup
- September 22: Car of Tomorrow
- October 6: Nit-Witty Kitty
- November 17: Droopy's Double Trouble
- December 8: Cat Napping
1952[]
- January 12: The Flying Cat
- February 9: Magical Maestro
- February 16: The Duck Doctor
- March 15: The Two Mouseketeers
- April 12: Smitten Kitten
- April 19: Triplet Trouble
- June 14: Little Runaway
- July 26: Fit To Be Tied
- September 6: Push-Button Kitty
- October 18: Cruise Cat
- November 29: The Dog House
1953[]
- January 10: The Missing Mouse
- February 21: Jerry and Jumbo
- March 21: Johann Mouse
- April 25: That's My Pup!
- September 5: Just Ducky
- October 17: Two Little Indians
- November 21: Life with Tom
1954[]
- Puppy Tale
- Posse Cat
- Hic-cup Pup
- Little School Mouse
- Baby Butch
- Mice Follies
- Neapolitan Mouse
- Downhearted Duckling
- Pet Peeve
- Touché, Pussy Cat!
1955[]
- Southbound Duckling
- Pup on a Picnic
- Mouse for Sale
- Designs on Jerry
- Tom and Chérie
- Smarty Cat
- Pecos Pest
- That's My Mommy
1956[]
- The Flying Sorceress
- The Egg and Jerry
- Busy Buddies
- Muscle Beach Tom
- Down Beat Bear
- Blue Cat Blues
- Barbecue Brawl
1957[]
- Tops with Pops
- Give and Tyke
- Timid Tabby
- Feedin' the Kiddie
- Scat Cats
- Mucho Mouse
- Tom's Photo Finish
1958[]
List of unreleased Tom and Jerry/MGM Cartoons[]
1938[]
- Lion Hunters with The Captain and the Kids
- Fly Story with Count Screwloose, directed by Milt Gross
1939[]
- Sheep Herders with Count Screwloose
- Little Lost Doggy
- The Bear Family by Hugh Harman
- No Dogs Allowed
- This Pill with Count Screwloose
- The Restaurant with Count Screwloose
- The Sandman with Count Screwloose
- Help Wanted
- Kitten's Revue
- Gray's Elegy
1940[]
- Man's Best Friend
- Court Justice
- Rookie's Day
1941[]
- Hypnotic Cat (directed by Hanna-Barbara, possibly a Tom and Jerry short)
- Refugee Dog
- Universal Subject
- Mexican Story
1942[]
- Goose Story by Tex Avery
1943[]
- The House of Tomorrow (original version, reworked in 1949)
1944[]
- Seaman Jones (Private Snafu)
1945[]
- Mop Up (directed by Hanna-Barbera, Private Snafu)
1946[]
- Quack Happy (reworked as Lucky Ducky and only a one-shot cartoon) (George and Junior)
1947[]
- Mountain Climbing Bear (Barney Bear)
- Elephant a la King
- Bear and Crow Story (Barney Bear)
- Droopy Dog Returns (Droopy)
- Holland Story
- Droopy's License (Droopy)
- Big Bad Babysitter
- Hark, Hark, the Bark
1948[]
1949[]
- Chicken Hearted
- Droopy's Serenade (Droopy, reworked as Caballero Droopy)
1950[]
- Billy the Kid by Dick Lundy (reworked as Billy Boy and only a one-shot cartoon) (Barney Bear)
1953[]
- Dog's Best Friend by Tex Avery
1955[]
- Lost and Hound (Droopy)
- Lionhearted Mouse
- Cowboy Cat
- Untitled Little Quacker CinemaScope remake
- Untitled Daredevil Droopy CinemaScope remake
1956[]
- Bird-Mouse
- Pick up Pups (Droopy)
References[]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmFCWf8ErPY&pp=ygUSTWdtIGFuY2hvcnMgYXdlaWdo
- ↑ https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/model-sheet/tom-and-jerry-butch-model-sheet-mgm-1955-/a/7086-96309.s
- ↑ https://auction.howardlowery.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2073578