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Film series
  
Tom and Jerry

Produced by
  
Fred Quimby

Cast
  
Lillian Randolph

Language
  
English

Music director
  
Scott Bradley

Genre
  
Childrens/Family

Duration
  

Saturday Evening Puss movie poster

Director
  
William HannaJoseph Barbera

Release date
  
January 14, 1950, 1957 (production re-release)

Directors
  
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera

Similar movies
  
Tom and Jerry movies

Tom and jerry saturday evening puss original 50s version youtube2


Saturday Evening Puss is a 1950 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 48th Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera who created the cat and mouse duo ten years earlier. The cartoon was produced by Fred Quimby, scored by Scott Bradley and animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence and Ray Patterson. It is notable for being the only cartoon in the entire series to feature Mammy's face on-screen, though only for a split second.

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Saturday Evening Puss movie scenes Mammy s face is revealed for the first and only time in the series The scenes featuring Mammy Two Shoes in Saturday Evening Puss

Plot

Saturday Evening Puss movie scenes A little girl makes Tom behave like a baby

Mammy leaves for her Saturday night bridge club. Tom then rushes to the window and signals to his three alley cat friends, Butch, Topsy, and Lightning that it's "ok for the party". They arrive and play loud jazz music. The noise disturbs Jerry, who is trying to go to sleep. He complains to Tom, who ignores him. Jerry tries to disrupt the party by tearing the needle off the phonograph, shutting Topsy in a drawer and slamming the piano lid shut on Butch's hands. The cats chase Jerry back into his mouse hole and resume their party.

Saturday Evening Puss movie scenes Tom and Jerry 048 Saturday Evening Puss

Jerry soon emerges again and the cats chase him. Tom eventually catches him and ties him up with windowsill string. Nevertheless, Jerry has had enough, so he is able to reach the telephone and calls Mammy, telling her about the party. Mammy races back home, during which scene her face is briefly shown for the one and only time. She confronts the cats. Tom tries to run but Mammy grabs him by the tail and unleashes her wrath, throwing all four cats out the front door. But to Jerry's dismay, she then decides to relax by playing the same jazz recording that the cats were playing, which leaves him no better off than before.

Voice cast

Saturday Evening Puss Mammy Two Shoes in a scene from the Tom Jerry short Saturday

Lillian Randolph as Mammy Two Shoes (1950 original version, uncredited)

Saturday Evening Puss Tom Jerry Saturday Evening Puss episode beginning with soundtrack

June Foray as White Teenage Girl (1966 re-animated version, originated from the 1966 Chuck Jones cartoon short, uncredited)

Thea Vidale as Mammy Two Shoes (1991 redubbed version, uncredited)

William Hanna as Jerry and Tom and his friends' screams (uncredited)

Edited versions

  • For 1960s TV airings, Mammy Two Shoes was redrawn as a white teenage girl (animation of the character recycled from the 1966 Chuck Jones cartoon short), and her night out at the Lucky Seven Bridge Club was redone as a night out dancing with her boyfriend (animation also recycled from the same 1966 Chuck Jones cartoon short). Her voice was provided by well-known voice actress June Foray. For reasons unknown, Jerry's voice when he complains to Tom about the noise is muted out. This changed version is found on The Art Of Tom & Jerry laserdisc release and The Very Best of Tom & Jerry VHS release both by MGM/UA Home Video in the 1990s.

    • Availability

    DVD:

  • Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 4
  • Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 2, Disc Two

    • References

    Saturday Evening Puss Wikipedia
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