GAC Exclusive! Contents of "Tom & Jerry: The Spotlight Collection"!

Thad · #1 09-10-2004, 05:51 PM

From a source well known to Golden Age Cartoons, here is the final list of cartoons to appear on the Tom & Jerry Spotlight Collection, which will be released on October 19th.

QUIET PLEASE (1945)

Disc One: The 1940s

1. The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943) - Academy Award Winner
2. Sufferin' Cats (1943)
3. Baby Puss (1943)
4. The Zoot Cat (1944)
5. The Million Dollar Cat (1944)
6. The Bodyguard (1944) - w/Spike
7. Mouse Trouble (1944) - Academy Award Winner
8. Tee for Two (1945)
9. Flirty Birdy (1945)
10. Quiet Please (1945) - Academy Award Winner, w/Spike
11. The Milky Waif (1946) - First Animated Appearance of Nibbles
12. Solid Serenade (1946) - w/Spike and 'Toots'
13. Cat Fishin' (1947) - w/Spike
14. The Cat Concerto (1947) - Academy Award Winner
15. Kitty Foiled (1948)
16. The Truce Hurts (1948) - w/Spike
17. Salt Water Tabby (1947) - w/Toots
18. The Invisible Mouse (1947)
19. The Little Orphan (1949) - Academy Award Winner, w/Nibbles
20. Heavenly Puss (1949)

SALT WATER TABBY (1947)

Disc Two: The 1950s
1. Texas Tom (1950) - w/Toots
2. Jerry and the Lion (1950)
3. Tom & Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl (1950)
4. Jerry and the Goldfish (1951)
5. Cueball Cat (1950)
6. Slicked-Up Pup (1951) - w/Spike & Tyke
7. Jerry's Cousin (1951) - w/Muscles Mouse
8. Cat Napping (1951)
9. The Flying Cat (1952)
10. The Two Mouseketeers (1952) - Academy Award Winner, w/Nibbles
11. Smitten Kitten (1952)
12. Johann Mouse (1953) - Academy Award Winner
13. Two Little Indians (1953)
14. Baby Butch (1954)
15. Mice Follies (1954) - w/Nibbles
16. Designs on Jerry (1955)
17. Pecos Pest (1955) - w/Uncle Pecos
18. Touche Pussycat! (1954) - w/Nibbles
19. The Flying Sorceress (1956) - Widescreen
20. Blue Cat Blues (1956) - Widescreen, w/Butch and Toots

-Thad

Dan Porceddu · #2 09-10-2004, 05:54 PM

I think these contents look better than we were all expecting. The fact that all of the cartoons will be uncut pretty much decides that I'll be picking up this set, and plus, two cartoons in CinemaScope!

-Dan

Martin Juneau · #3 09-10-2004, 07:13 PM

That's promise!! All of seven Academy Award Tom & Jerry shorts are in the 2-disc set but just 2 nominated made in 1950's and forget "Puss Gets the Boot", "Night Before Christmas", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse" and "Hatch up Your Troubles".

A lot of his 50's Tom & Jerry are airing this spring on RFO and also premiering on DVD

Martin Juneau · #4 09-10-2004, 07:49 PM

According to this list:

11/14 are already in Tom & Jerry's "Greatest Chases" DVD/VHS

5/10 in the "Wisker's Away" DVD/VHS

4/7 in the "Hijinks and Shrieks" DVD/VHS

2/7 in the "Paws for a Holiday" DVD/VHS

and 3/5 are extra cartoons in WB's family DVD

Only 17 T&J cartoons are most premiering on DVD

Javeman · #5 09-10-2004, 08:02 PM

"Milky Waif" alone makes this set worth buying. Even though LT:GC#2 is my top priority, I'll buy this if I save enough money.

Vdubdavid · #6 09-10-2004, 09:13 PM

Shouldn't "Touche, Pussycat!" be in Cinemascope?

Dan Porceddu · #7 09-10-2004, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vdubdavid

Shouldn't "Touche, Pussycat!" be in Cinemascope?

"Touche, Pussycat!" was one of the few MGM cartoons released in both regular full screen and CinemaScope. Two versions were produced because in 1954 not enough theaters were using CinemaScope for MGM to release their shorts in only that format. The version we see on Cartoon Network is a pan-and-scan of the CinemaScope version. The original full screen version tends to have more picture than the CinemaScope version does, so if you have to choose one, the full screen is better (NOT the pan-and-scan version), though ideally it would be nice to have both the full screen and CinemaScope versions included.

-Dan

Thad · #8 09-10-2004, 09:24 PM

FYI - It was requested to the programmers to use the widescreen "Touche Pussycat", but which version they will use is unknown at this time...

-Thad

Sean Gaffney · #9 09-10-2004, 09:26 PM

Nice selection of cartoons, including a lot of my favorites. Surprises to me include Smitten Kitten (a previous footage cartoon), though I know there's 3 or 4 of these so I suppose better now than later, and Blue Cat Blues, one of the darkest T&Js ever.

Can't wait; 10/18 is too far away.

Martin Juneau · #10 09-10-2004, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Porceddu

"Touche, Pussycat!" was one of the few MGM cartoons released in both regular full screen and CinemaScope. Two versions were produced because in 1954 not enough theaters were using CinemaScope for MGM to release their shorts in only that format. The version we see on Cartoon Network is a pan-and-scan of the CinemaScope version. The original full screen version tends to have more picture than the CinemaScope version does, so if you have to choose one, the full screen is better (NOT the pan-and-scan version), though ideally it would be nice to have both the full screen and CinemaScope versions included.

-Dan

Who's the difference between full srceen and pan-and-scan?