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| Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection, Volume 2 | 
 enlarge | Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Rudolf Ising
Actor: Lillian Randolph
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 5527
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 320
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: WARD67324D
ISBN: 1419805983
UPC: 012569673243
EAN: 9781419805981
ASIN: B000ADS61M
Theatrical Release Date: June 29, 1946
Release Date: October 25, 2005
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Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/27/2008 Rating: Nr
Amazon.com
The second Spotlight Collection features both the first "Tom and Jerry" short and some of the last films in the series. In 1940, the cartoon unit of MGM was under pressure to produce more, so story man Bill Hanna and animator Joe Barbera were allowed to direct a cartoon. "Puss Gets the Boot" received an Oscar nomination, and introduced the duo that would become Tom and Jerry. (Tom was originally "Jasper.") The series ran for 15 years and won seven Oscars. Many of the cartoons follow the pattern set in "Puss Gets the Boot": Mammy Two-Shoes (Lilian Randolph) warns Tom that if he makes a mess or lets in any mice, he's out on his ear ("O-W-T, out!"). Jerry overhears the threat and makes trouble. The look of the characters changed more noticeably over the years than the storylines: their rounded designs didn't really suit the widescreen format, so they were drawn flatter and more angular. It's interesting to see how some of these cartoons prefigure the later work of Hanna and Barbera: the underwater antics in "The Cat and the Mermouse" anticipate Tom and Jerry's frolic with Esther Williams in Dangerous When Wet (1953); Yakky Doodle on The Yogi Bear Show (1961) was copied from Little Quacker. In several cartoons, Mammy Two-Shoes' voice has been redubbed, and the subtitles offer cleaned-up versions of her dialogue. In "Old Rockin' Chair Tom," she declares, "If you is a mouser, I is Lana Turner, which I ain't!" The subtitles read, "If you're a mouser…I'm Lana Turner, which I'm not." Whoopi Goldberg discusses the use of stereotypes in the introduction, and these later reworkings falsify history. (Unrated, suitable for ages 7 and older: cartoon violence, ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon
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 Classic cartoons January 7, 2009
I got these for my grandkids. I think they should learn of the "good old"
stuff, not this Japanese stuff.
Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection, Volume 2 December 3, 2008
My nephew who is 5 was home from school and watched tom and jerry cartoons all day long, easiest day of sitting we ever had.
Tom & Jerry dvd September 13, 2008
We have really enjoyed watching Tom and Jerry again afer all these years with my granddaughter. She is 2 and gets really tickled at these two on the screen. I think it's a great collection.
For my parents September 6, 2008
Bought these for the folks who are in there 80's and they love all of the Tom and Jerry collections.
Just like how i remembered it! July 25, 2008
Great collection! Got the 1st one too! My daughter loved it and so do i watching it over with her...
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