Mice Follies (1954 film)
| Mice Follies | |
|---|---|
| Tom and Jerry series | |
 Mice Follies title card. | |
| Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Story by |
William Hanna (unc.) Joseph Barbera (unc.) |
| Music by |
Scott Bradley Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| Animation by |
Kenneth Muse Ed Barge Irven Spence Ray Patterson |
| Backgrounds by | Robert Gentle |
| Studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6' 49" |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Baby Butch |
| Followed by | Neapolitan Mouse |
Mice Follies is the 85th one-reel animated Tom and Jerry short, created in 1953, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley (mainly incorporating Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty Waltz). The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Irven Spence and Ray Patterson with backgrounds by Robert Gentle. Mice Follies was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 4, 1954. For The Looney Tunes short see released in 1960 of the same name.
Plot
Jerry and Nibbles flood the kitchen and freeze the water, turning the room into a skating rink. The two mice go about their own business, skating and sliding across the frozen floor - until Tom is woken up and peeps through the wall. While Nibbles slips through the ice, he accidentally pulls off half of Tom's whiskers. Nibbles attempts a fix, but the whiskers fall off and Nibbles brushes them under the mat. Tom pursues the two mice, but is not as mobile on ice as he thought. However, as he skids across the "rink", he crashes into a closet and comes across a pair of ice skates. The chase resumes as Tom stumbles across many kitchen obstacles, including an ironing board, a door and some stools, before sliding up a table-come-ramp and falling down into the cellar.
Tom emerges from the cellar and just as he is about to catch Jerry, Nibbles defrosts the ice, causing Tom to slip over on the watery floor. Jerry climbs to higher ground as the soaking wet cat searches for him. Ready to squirt Jerry, who Tom has spotted hiding on a shelf, Nibbles sets the freezer to 'Quick Freeze', re-freezing the floor, with Tom frozen and just standing on the floor. Jerry and Nibbles resume their ice dancing, skating around the frozen cat who can do nothing but move his eyes around as the mice skate across the floor.
Availability
Laserdisc
- The Art of Tom and Jerry Vol. 2, Disc One, Side One[1]
DVD
- Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 1
- Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 1, Disc Two
Production
- Directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Animation: Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson
- Backgrounds: Robert Gentle
- Music: Scott Bradley
- Produced by Fred Quimby
References
- ↑ Ben Simon (July 14, 2003). "The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two - Animated Reviews". Retrieved October 17, 2016.