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| Directed by | Bill Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Story by | Jerry Mann |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby[1][2] (uncredited on original issue) |
| Starring | Bill Hanna Jerry Mann Sara Berner |
| Edited by | Fred MacAlpin[2] |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Ray Patterson Ken Muse Irven Spence Pete Burness[1][2] Assisted by: Tony Ligerra Barney Posner[3] |
| Layouts by | Harvey Eisenberg[2] |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1][2] |
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Running time | 7:03[1] |
| Language | English |
The Zoot Cat is a 1944 American Technicolor one-reel animated short and is the 13th Tom and Jerry short.[4] It was released to theatres on February 26, 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1]
Tom prepares a Valentine's Day surprise for Toots, complete with a gift box containing a note from Jerry. Despite his efforts to impress her with music, dance, Toots rejects Tom's advances, calling him, "corny", and leaving him humiliated. After Tom hears from Toots' radio of the latest style, he dons a homemade zoot suit to impress her. Jerry, seizing the opportunity, teases Tom relentlessly, eventually outsmarting him and stealing the spotlight in the stylish suit.
Because of the United Kingdom's ban of TV characters smoking, Tom smoking a cigar and a cigarette and Jerry putting the cigarette on Tom's nose is faded out.[9]
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Hanna/Barbera Tom and Jerry shorts (1940–1958, 2001, 2005)
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See also: Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts (1961–1962) and Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry shorts (1963–1967) |
