The Lonesome Mouse
The Lonesome Mouse is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 10th Tom and Jerry cartoon released. It was produced in Technicolor, released to theaters on May 22, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and reissued for re-release on November 19, 1949. It also the first instance where the cat and mouse duo speak for almost the entire film.
- Directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Produced by Fred Quimby. Story by William Hanna (uncredited) and Joseph Barbera (uncredited).
Dialogue
[edit]- Jerry: [whispering] Hey! You wanna get back in the house, don't you?
- Tom: Yeah.
- Jerry: [whispers] Okay then, I'll.... [whispers again]
- Tom: Uh-huh?
- Jerry: And you.... [whispers again]
- Tom: Oh...
- Jerry: And then we’ll both..... [whispers again]
- Tom: That's a Lulu!
- [During a pretend cat and mouse chase, where Tom is striking a knife on Jerry]
- Jerry: Hey! We’re still kiddin’, ain’t we?
- Tom: Sure.
- Jerry: Okay then.
- [When Tom gets his pie, Jerry asks for his share, but when Jerry is about to dive into the pie, Tom grabs it away and shoves Jerry off with his foot. When Tom is about to eat, Jerry makes a stinkeye and goes near to Tom’s back and kicks his bottom, causing Tom’s face to land on the pie, and sinks]
- Jerry: Why that dirty double-crossin’, good for nothin’, two-timin’...
Voice cast
[edit]- Lillian Randolph as Mammy-Two Shoes (uncredited)
- Thea Vidale as Mammy-Two Shoes (1990s redubbed version) (uncredited)
- Harry E. Lang as a voice heard offscreen (uncredited)
- William Hanna as Tom and Jerry (uncredited)
See also
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| Creators | William Hanna · Joseph Barbera | ||
| Characters | Tom Cat · Jerry Mouse | ||
| Feature films | Animated films | Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) | |
| Live action films | Tom & Jerry (2021) | ||
| Television series | Tom and Jerry | ||
| Short films | Tom and Jerry shorts | ||