Tom and Jerry | 04 - Fraidy Cat (1942)

The short three-minute fragment from series is a 1942 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 4th Tom and Jerry short, produced by Fred Quimby for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

It was released in theaters on January 17, 1942 and re-issued in 1952 for re-release. This is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to have Tom yelp in pain, although he also screeches like a cat in this cartoon.


Interesting facts:

On Cartoon Network with all of the Mammy Two Shoes were carved, including the moment when Tom pounces on her.

In this series, Tom says the first time.


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