Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl
series = Tom and Jerry


caption = The re-issue title card of "Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl"
director = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
story_artist = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
animator = Kenneth Muse
Irven Spence
Ray Patterson
Ed Barge
voice_actor =
musician = Scott Bradley
producer = Fred Quimby
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
release_date = September 16, 1950
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 7 minutes 22 seconds
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0042569
preceded_by = Safety Second
followed_by = The Framed Cat

"Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl" is a 1950 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 52nd "Tom and Jerry" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The cartoon, as the title suggests, is set at the Hollywood Bowl in California, where Tom is conducting a large orchestra. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson and Ed Barge. The music was scored by Scott Bradley, making use of Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus.

Plot

Tom enters to the stage to rapturous applause. Tom bows down and starts conducting the cat orchestra to the overture "Die Fledermaus". Jerry emerges from a mouse hole which has a Hollywood Bowl-like exterior. Jerry rushes to the podium to conduct the orchestra alongside Tom. Tom notices Jerry and attempts to flatten him with his baton, until he sees Jerry continuing to conduct the music, from Tom's baton. Tom catapults Jerry from his baton, and Jerry lands safely on a harp, but as his eyes are closed while conducting, he doesn't realise where he is at first. When he does open his eyes, he glances angrily at Tom. He offers to dance with Tom, and the cat dances innocently with the mouse, until Jerry sends Tom spinning into a cello. Tom gets his revenge on Jerry by offering "him" a chance to dance. He pummels and wallops Jerry around the stage and hurls him into a tuba, where he is "squirted" by the blowing of one of the orchestra members into the instrument.

The attempts of both cat and mouse to get one up on each other continues, with Tom using his baton as a snooker cue to pot Jerry off the podium. When Jerry pleads and begs Tom to let him conduct the orchestra, Tom uses Jerry's baton as a toothpick and throws it away. Jerry retaliates by snapping Tom's baton in half and then throwing that away, only for Tom to produce a spare baton from his pocket. Jerry then hammers some wheels onto the podium and pushes the podium (with Tom still on it) out of the amphitheatre. Tom, unaware of what is going on, continues to conduct, as the podium travels out of town and into the road, where he is promptly flattened by a bus.

By now, Tom is furious. He returns, with his suit torn and his eyes blackened, and grabs Jerry by the coat-tails, and dangles him between two cymbals, which are bashed together, flattening Jerry. A flat and almost transparent Jerry floats down to the floor and pops back to his full size and structure. He grabs a saw and starts sawing underneath the floor of the orchestra, causing the feline members of the orchestra to suddenly disappear under the floor. Jerry disposes of the orchestra members, one by one, until only Tom is left to play all of the instruments while Jerry conducts and concert ends.

And of course, Jerry takes all applause and credit for himself, then he points to Tom, who is now very tired. Then Tom stands up, bows down (actually nods) ... and also falls down like the orchestra.

Trivia

*Many of the Tom and Jerry cartoons that we see on television today are reissued versions, and the original opening credits have been replaced with newer credits, as can be seen in this article. Here, we see the original title card with titles and credits superimposed over a pan down of the starry night time sky. The original title card was replaced by the newer blue background at the top of the page.

Link

* [http://thadkomorowski.com/2007/02/13/tom-jerry-in-the-hollywood-bowl/ first-issue print of "Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl"]