Blue Cat Blues
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| Blue Cat Blues
Tom and Jerry series |
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 The title card of Blue Cat Blues. |
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| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Story by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voices by | Paul Frees as Jerry |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Ed Barge Irven Spence Lewis Marshall Kenneth Muse |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | November 16, 1956 |
| Color process | Technicolor, CinemaScope |
| Running time | 6 minutes 48 seconds |
| Preceded by | Down Beat Bear |
| Followed by | Barbecue Brawl |
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Blue Cat Blues is a 1956 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The cartoon was animated by Ed Barge, Irven Spence, Lewis Marshall and Kenneth Muse, with music by Scott Bradley, layouts by Richard Bickenbach and backgrounds by Robert Gentle. Unusually for a Tom and Jerry short, Jerry speaks (in voiceover) in this cartoon. His voice was supplied by Paul Frees. This cartoon also marks the final appearance of Butch during the Golden Age of Hollywood animation.
[edit] Plot
A depressed Tom is sitting on the railroad tracks, pondering suicide. Up above, Jerry relives the story of a cat with a broken heart in his head.
He relates the events leading up to Tom's depression, beginning with Tom and Jerry as friends, until Tom found himself attracted to a female cat. However, Tom had a rival, Mr. Butch .. Tom tries to win his girlfriend over with presents, such as flowers,perfume, diamond rings, and a car, but Butch's presents are much bigger, more expensive, and outlandish. Having spent all of his savings, Tom overdoses on milk and ends up in the gutter, only to be saved by Jerry. Just when his misery could not get any worse, he learns that the love of his life has now married Butch, seeing the two driving off, with a Just married sign on the back of their car.
However, while Tom is suicidal, Jerry is content with his girlfriend and he knows that she loves him back. That is, until he sees her driving off with another mouse (Tuffy), with a Just married sign on the back of their car. Now that he has lost his girlfriend, a suicidal Jerry joins Tom on the tracks. They sit and wait for the train to come (which hoots in the distance as the cartoon closes).
