The Great Depression has hit a rundown farm owned by an old farmer. As the old man sleeps on his porch, everything around him begin to break down…
Cartoon Videos for the ‘Tom and Jerry’ Character
Tom and Jerry were fictional characters that starred in a series of early sound cartoons produced by the Van Beuren Studios, and distributed by RKO. The series lasted from 1931 to 1933. When Official Films purchased the Van Beuren library in the 1950s, the characters were renamed Dick and Larry to avoid confusion with Tom and Jerry, the famous MGM cartoon series of the 40’s and 50’s. Today, animation historians refer to the characters as Van Beuren’s Tom and Jerry. All cartoons are in public domain because of missing copyright indication.
Interestingly, Joseph Barbera began his career as an animator and script writer on this series. In 1940, Barbera co-created with William Hanna another duo of cartoon characters using the same names: a cat and mouse named Tom and Jerry.
This short stars a Mutt and Jeff-like pair named Tom and Jerry, who came and disappeared before the more famous pair debuted for MGM somewhat later. This is one of their shorts-not one of their best, but also not one of their worst either.
AKA “Hook & Ladder Hokum”, AKA “Fire! Fire!”. The firemen go to work but fail to save the house.
Tom and Jerry are aboard a train making its way up a mountain in the Swiss Alps. When their train breaks down, they’re spotted by a very thin St. Bernard, who brings the engine some liquor…
Tom and Jerry (the human versions, not the cat and mouse) are on a raft in the ocean. After being attacked by an octopus and losing their raft, they wash up on the shores of Spain…
Arguably the most consistently inventive of all the Tom and Jerry cartoons, Rocketeers doesn’t let up for a second, from a telescope that wants to rebel and an octopus band next to fishing skeletons.