Tom & Jerry — [third episode] «The Night Before Christmas» (1941).mp4

«The Night Before Christmas» is a December 6, 1941 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the third Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby and animated by Jack Zander, George Gordon, Irven Spence and Bill Littlejohn. Based on the poem by Clement Clarke Moore (uncredited) Music by Scott Bradley (uncredited) Voice cast: Harry E. Lang and William Hanna as Tom Cat William Hanna as Jerry Mouse Frank Graham as Narrator Production company — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoons This third cartoon uses what has become the basic «cat stalks mouse» premise, but also hints at a softening in Tom Cat’s character: when Jerry is out in the freezing cold, Tom worries about him, indicating that the rivalry between them may not be entirely a fight to the death. The cartoon received an award from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.