Kitty Foiled
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| Kitty Foiled | |
| Tom and Jerry series | |
 Kitty Foiled title card. |
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| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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| Story by | William Hanna (unc.) Joseph Barbera (unc.) |
| Animation by | Irven Spence Kenneth Muse Irving Levene Ed Barge |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | June 1, 1948 |
| Format | Technicolor, 7 min 20 secs |
| Language | English |
| IMDb page | |
Kitty Foiled is an American animated short featuring Tom and Jerry. It was released in theaters across America on June 1, 1948. The cartoon was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with animation by Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Irving Levine and Ed Barge. The music was scored by Scott Bradley, and the cartoon produced by Fred Quimby. The cartoon's title is a parody of the 1940 movie Kitty Foyle, starring Ginger Rogers.
[edit] Synopsis
The film starts with a canary watching Tom chasing Jerry. The canary decides to intervene, and teams up with Jerry against Tom. The canary escapes from his cage by unlatching the base of the cage, which falls onto Tom, flattening his head. Tom pursues Jerry and the bird together, chasing them into Jerry's mousehole, into which Tom's face gets caught, elongating his nose. After some time, Jerry allows the canary to fly back to his birdcage, but Tom suddenly appears from behind a sofa, mouth wide open, and the bird flies into Tom's mouth. Jerry retrieves the bird by using a hammer to break Tom's teeth, freeing the bird from his prison. As Tom snatches Jerry in his hand, the canary traps Tom's tail under the floorboards. In pain, Tom leaps up, and smacks his head on the cage, causing it to fall down on his head and onto the floor. Jerry and the bird trick Tom by dressing as an Indian and later making him think he was shot (the canary grabs a gun, but the "shot" is performed by Jerry dropping a lightbulb.
Tom catches Jerry and ties him to a toy train track. The concerned canary drops a bowling ball from a bag, just before Tom hits Jerry with the toy train that he is riding. The bowling ball forms a deep hole through the railroad and the ground, in which the train plunges with Tom still aboard. The short ends with Jerry and the canary riding on the bird cage swing, whistling "My Blue Heaven."
[edit] Notes
- The final train scene was reused in 1952's "Life With Tom", albeit the music for it slightly slowed down and different sound effects were used.
