The Cat Concerto
"Poor Jerry! He's hiding inside a piano when Tom gives a concert!"
Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.
"Poor Jerry! He's hiding inside a piano when Tom gives a concert!"
Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.
William Hanna
Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.
Messrs. Chopin and Liszt make quite a contribution to this most enjoyable of "Tom and Jerry" cartoon as the former, attired in his best bib and tucker, takes centre stage to impress us all with his skills. Thing is though, his tiny nemesis is having a kip within the innards of his piano and irked by his rude awakening sets about making his presence felt. With "Tom" at the keyboard and "Jerry" on the internal strings, what now ensues in an entertaining duel in which defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory by both - but who will prevail. Well I don't suppose that's ever in jeopardy, but the ebbing and flowing of their contest is expertly drawn and presented making a really good fun eight minutes that might just be my favourite from my favourite cartoon characters. The audience certainly got their money's worth in the auditorium - and so do we. Great stuff.
At the home of Viennese composer Johann Strauss lived Johann Mouse. Whenever the composer played his waltzes, the mouse would dance to the music, unable to control himself. One day, when Strauss was away, the house cat played his master's music. When word got out about a piano-playing cat and a dancing mouse, they were commanded to perform for the emperor.
Mickey guest-directs a radio orchestra. The sponsor loves the rehearsal, but come the actual performance, Goofy drops all the instruments under an elevator, so they sound like toys. The sponsor hates it, but the audience loves it anyway.
Tom is conducting a symphony at the Hollywood Bowl when Jerry comes out to co-conduct.
Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".
Tom, a castle soldier in 16th century France, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table. Jerry and a smaller mouse companion, two wandering "mouseketeers", make the situation miserable for Tom as they abscond with (and occasionally eat) all the food they can.
Mammy steps out for the evening. While she's away, the cats - in this case Tom and three of his alley cat friends - play. Play and perform rollicking jazz, that is.
A moment after a bottle of white shoe polish pours on Jerry, Tom hears on the radio that a white mouse, having swallowed an explosive, has escaped from an experimental laboratory and that slightest jar of the mouse could cause it to explode and blow up the entire city. It is then that Tom notices now-white Jerry and concludes it's the escapee.
Tom invites Toots to an elegant dinner. However, he's made the mistake of trying to put Jerry to work, as a serving boy, a corkscrew, and other tasks. Jerry puts up with a little of this, but mostly gets revenge on Tom.
The popular cartoon cat and mouse are thrown into a feature film. The story has the twosome trying to help an orphan girl who is being berated and exploited by a greedy guardian.
Jerry and his diapered little mouse friend flood the kitchen, then use the freezer to turn it into a skating rink. Even though Tom finds a pair of ice skates, the mice have no problem outmaneuvering him.