About Tom and Jerry (1940)
Tom and Jerry is the MGM cartoon short rebuilt as an interface: a deep theatrical-red title plaque with a scalloped gold border, bouncy brush-script lettering, flat cel-painted color, fat black ink outlines, and the yellow-white BANG star that punctuates every collision. Nothing here is subtle — everything is timed for the laugh. It should feel like the projector just lit a 1940s theater: hot red ground, gold plaque, motion lines everywhere, and a mouse already three steps ahead of the cat.
- Origin
- Culver City, California, United States
- Era
- 1940–1958 (theatrical MGM run; debut Puss Gets the Boot, Feb 1940)
- Key figures
- William Hanna · Joseph Barbera · Fred Quimby · Scott Bradley · Irven Spence
- Movements
- MGM cartoons · golden age of American cel animation · theatrical animated short · slapstick chase comedy
Tom and Jerry (1940) design spec
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Typography
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