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  Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom and Jerry were fictional characters that starred in a series of early sound cartoons produced by the Van Beuren Studios.
When Official Films purchased the Van Beuren library in the 1950s, the characters were renamed Dick and Larry to avoid confusion with the famous cat and mouse team of the same name.
Tom and Jerry's adventures were generally absurdist comedies, featuring bizarre imagery and more than a few (minor) sexual references.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_(Van_Beuren)   (625 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Tom & Jerry
Long before MGM released a single picture about its most famous pair of toons, Tom and Jerry were a familiar sight to American moviegoers, especially those who fancied the cartoons.
Neither Tom nor Jerry had a whole lot of personality, but the situations they got into were often imaginative, sometimes surreal enough to remind the viewer of Fleischer (whose studio was across the street, by the way).
Tom and Jerry were also the names of the twins born in The Teenie Weenies in 1916.
www.toonopedia.com /tomjer-1.htm   (475 words)

  
 DVDtoons! Reviews - Tom & Jerry -Van Beuren Cartoons ( Vol. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Van Beuren insisted on moving full scale into the new medium, but the previous studio chief, Paul Terry, was highly resistant to the idea, and left the studio shortly after.
Van Beuren and his animators chose to fill the void with a “Mutt and Jeff” like pair, one tall and lanky, the other short and roundish.
Tom and Jerry are taking a train tour through the Swiss Alps, and eventually end up in a mountain village in which the chalets are imbedded in the mountain peaks to look like cuckoo clocks.
www.dvdtoons.com /reviews/270/print   (2583 words)

  
 Index to Comic Art Collection: "Tom" to "Tom Brown's"
Tom and Jerry : Fifty Years of Cat and Mouse / T.R. Adams ; foreword by William Hanna.
M-G-M's Tom and Jerry and the toy circus / pictures by M-G-M Cartoons, inc. ; adapted by Samuel Armstrong and Tom Ray.
MGM's Tom and Jerry's Party / told by Steffi Fletcher ; pictures by M-G-M Cartoons ; adapted by Harvey Eisenberg and Samuel Armstrong.
www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/trri/tom.htm   (4332 words)

  
 Before the Cat and Mouse: Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry compact their shack, attach it under a boxcar, and somehow manage to fit comfortably into it.
Tom and Jerry decide to spend a quiet day in the park, and are strolling along beneath the trees when a baby that has strayed away from its nurse happens across their path.
Tom and Jerry dash madly after it and when the baby is caught in a treetop, Tom scrambles up to the rescue.
www.cartoonresearch.com /tomjerry/1933.html   (2319 words)

  
 Before the Cat and Mouse: Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Van Beuren, who'd lost Paul Terry and other creative staffers in 1929, needed breakthrough cartoon characters to put his studio on the map.
At first, Tom and Jerry — the pair's new name — were drawn in a literal style that directly recalled Mutt and Jeff.
Van Beuren was second only to Fleischer in depicting surreal, impossible feats on screen; Tom, Jerry, and their surroundings did it all.
www.cartoonresearch.com /tomjerry   (425 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Cartoons That Time Forgot: V1 Van Beuren Studios: DVD: Cartoons That Time Forgot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Van Beuren is a sadly forgotten studio and is one of the funniest and goofiest of the 30s!
WOT A NIGHT Is Tom and Jerry's first screen appearance (not the cat and mouse Tom and Jerry, the two humans).
Van Beuren Studios have been all but forgotten so it was with wonder that I discovered the familiar 'Little King' and 'Toonerville Trolley' as well as shock at witnessing the ENTIRE 'Molly Moo-Cow' series (can you believe it?).
www.amazon.ca /Cartoons-That-Time-Forgot-Studios/dp/6305269149   (1422 words)

  
 Van Beuren Studios - Free net encyclopedia
Van Beuren Studios was an animation studio that produced theatrical cartoons from 1928-1936.
Van Beuren also made cartoons using popular characters such as Felix The Cat and the Toonerville Trolley cast in the mid-1930s.
In 1932, Van Beuren purchased several Charlie Chaplin silent films, and added soundtracks to them for reissue.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Van_Beuren_Studios   (136 words)

  
 news from me - ARCHIVES
They were "Tom and Jerry" for a couple years...and apparently, they even wrote most of their songs together then, whereas the later Simon & Garfunkel hits (the important ones, at least) were written wholly by Paul.
Art was Tom and Paul was Jerry, in keeping with the obvious sense that, in any Tom and Jerry team, Tom has to be the taller of the two.
My pal Buzz Dixon informs me that the original, 19th century meaning of "Tom and Jerry" was to go drinking, brawling and carousing, and he directs my attention to this dictionary page on the subject.
www.newsfromme.com /archives/2004_11_13.html   (1299 words)

  
 Access Hollywood
In 1957, twenty years after the birth of Tom and Jerry, Hanna-Barbera Studios opened its doors as one of the first independent animation studios to produce series television.
In 2000, he lent his voice for a small part in the Tom and Jerry short "Mansion Cat." The beloved cat and mouse have enjoyed a lengthy career that continues to thrive today.
Tom and Jerry have been featured over recent years in several top-selling direct-to-video films and a new television series, "Tom and Jerry Tales," premiered in Fall 2006 to strong broadcast ratings for Kids' WB on The CW.
www.accesshollywood.com /news/ah3161.shtml   (1197 words)

  
 Tom and Jerry (MGM) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom and Jerry was one of the few cartoons of western origin broadcast in Czechoslovakia (1988) before the fall of Communism in 1989.
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and The Furry was released theatrically on June 3, 2006 part of Kidtoon Films.
Tom and Jerry were also parodied in the original Sally the Witch anime (1966), and The Fairly Oddparents film Channel Chasers (2004).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_(MGM)   (4744 words)

  
 Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren) - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Tom & Jerry were cartoon characters that starred in a series of early sound cartoons produced by Van Beuren Studios in the 1930s.
In 1940, MGM came up with their own cartoon characters that had the name Tom & Jerry, the now-famous cat and mouse pair.
Because of the enormous popularity of this new Tom & Jerry, the Van Beuren characters were renamed "Dick & Larry" in the 1950s to avoid confusion.
education.music.us /T/Tom-and-Jerry-(Van-Beuren).htm   (342 words)

  
 ..:: The Tom and Jerry Online :: An Unofficial Site ::..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The original Van Beuren Tom and Jerry cartoons featured two zany human characters who found themselves constantly in weird and strange situations.
MGM's "Tom and Jerry," the cartoon with which most of us are familiar, stars a cat and a mouse.
Joe Barbera was a creative consultant for the animated feature film "Tom and Jerry - The Movie," produced by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed by Miramax.
www.tomandjerryonline.com /hanbar.cfm   (899 words)

  
 Index to Comic Art Collection: "Van" to "Van Buren"
Photographs are included of Pierre Sterckx, Smolderen, Anita Van Belle, De la Croix, Daniel Hugues, Groensteen, Lecigne, and Bouyer.
Tom and Jerry cartoons : index entry (p.
----------------------------------------------------- Van Buren, Raeburn, 1891- Abbie an' Slats / by Raeburn Van Buren ; introduction by Herb Galewitz.
www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/vrri/van.htm   (2922 words)

  
 Before the Cat and Mouse: Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This animated title card was used on the earliest Tom and Jerry shorts (1931 to mid-1932).
This final animated card was used on all the remaining Tom and Jerry cartoons (mid-1932 to 1933).
Finally, most of the fl and white Van Beuren shorts were sold to Official Films.
www.cartoonresearch.com /tomjerry/titles.html   (216 words)

  
 GAC Forums - Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry on DVD!
On a side note, were the Van Beuren Tom and Jerry considered "Silent" cartoons or did they have sound a la the very early Disney (i.e.
Tom and Jerry were usually pantomime characters and rarely ever spoke (much like the MGM TandJ and the Pink Panther).
I'm not sure exactly what cartoons are on it, but according to Jerry Beck, the prints are pretty good - worth picking up for a buck if you're a first timer of the Van Beuren shorts.
forums.goldenagecartoons.com /showthread.php?t=573   (580 words)

  
 Van Beuren Studios - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amadee J. Van Beuren first became involved in the animation industry in 1920, when he formed a partnership with Paul Terry and formed the "Fables Studios".
It was at this time that "Fables Studios" became the "Van Beuren Studios".
The Van Beuren library was sold to various television, reissue, and home movie distributors in the 1940s and 1950s, including Commonwealth Pictures and Official Films.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Van_Beuren_Studios   (248 words)

  
 In the Bag (1932/II)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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.
They manage to trick him, pull his hat down over him and ride off on the horse (though why they didn't just grab him and take him in for the reward is a question for the scriptwriter to answer).
Tom and Jerry wind up in a saloon in a little town, where there are drinking gags and musical interludes, with Tom and Jerry playing a tune.
imdb.com /title/tt0161707   (536 words)

  
 Van Beuren Studios - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
OneLang.com lets you search a huge database of reference and product information to find relevant, specific information on almost any topic.
Van Beuren Studios was an animation studio that produced theatrical cartoons from 1930-1936.
Tom & Jerry (later renamed "Dick and Larry" in the 1950s)
www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Van_Beuren_Studios   (95 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: MGM Studios Cartoons
Puss Gets the Boot was the first appearance of the characters who quickly evolved into Tom & Jerry (no relation to the Van Beuren Tom & Jerry).
First, Gene Deitch, a veteran of UPA and Terrytoons, produced 13 Tom & Jerry cartoons.
The last cartoon MGM released to theatres was a 1967 Tom & Jerry, Purr Chance to Dream, produced by Jones and directed by Ben Washam.
www.toonopedia.com /mgm.htm   (1030 words)

  
 Amazon.com: [DVD] Tom and Jerry and Friends, 2 Hours of Cartoons from Cartoon Classics: DVD: Tom and Jerry,Van Beuren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Van Beuren Molly Moo Cow and Robinson Crusoe 13.
Van Beuren Molly Moo Cow and the Butterflies!
Van Beuren Molly Moo Cow and the Indians 17.
www.amazon.com /Jerry-Friends-Cartoons-Cartoon-Classics/dp/B000AAXZE8   (606 words)

  
 Fermenting the holiday spirits
In this precursor to Christmas caroling, the drink most often served was the Tom and Jerry — a frothy potion made from egg, milk, brandy and spices.
The book and its namesake drink became so popular that “Tom and Jerry” became slang for a low beer hall or for generally riotous behavior.
(In the early 1930s, Van Beuren Studios adopted Tom and Jerry as the names for a Laurel and Hardy-type cartoon duo.
www.dtweekend.com /issues/20051201/nog.html   (801 words)

  
 Frank Tashlin
As vaudeville, the Borscht Belt circuit (from which Jerry Lewis emerged) and early American screen comedy were jam-packed with risqué humour, it would be historically inaccurate to say that Tashlin introduced a particularly naughty streak to Hollywood, but his style is built in some ways in ribald humour, and for this reason he stands out.
The influential duo was on its last legs: Dean and Jerry were squabbling openly, but managed to eke out three more films together, including the two that Tashlin made with them, Artists and Models (1955) and Hollywood or Bust (1956), which are generally (and correctly) regarded as their two best films.
When Jerry Lewis was a popular and bankable motion picture star, and when his reputation among critics was at its zenith – from, approximately, the early 1950s through the mid-1960s – his talent and presence often overshadowed those of Tashlin, the man who, Lewis freely admits, taught him much that he knows about directing (10).
www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/03/tashlin.html   (6288 words)

  
 Cartoons That Time Forgot: Van Beuren DVD
Twenty-one classic cartoons from the 1930s are here in the lush, bizarre style that the studio innovated with such characters as Felix the Cat, Molly Moo-Cow and the people from the "Toonerville Trolley" comic strip.
Van Beuren was a B-grade animation studio in the Max Fleischer vein.
Regardless of the tight budgets, Van Beuren produced some bizarre and truly memorable cartoons during the early 1930s -- particularly those featuring the musical antics of Tom and Jerry.
www.tvcrazy.net /6305269149/Cartoons_That_Time_Forgot_Van_Beuren.html   (664 words)

  
 two questions to jerry beck - Animation Show Forums
i heard about a mistery involving the van beuren's tom and jerry cartoon plane dumb,about the voice actors,the cartoon was supposed to be a vehicle for an animated amos and andy cartoon series or something like this,what do you say about?
The only reason I know this is that I came upon frames from a 35mm a work print of the cartoon and I found the original titles.
Obviously, a falling out between Miller & Lyles and Van Beuren forced the studio to revise the cartoon as a Tom & Jerry.
www.animationshow.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1307   (1863 words)

  
 Cartoon Brew: September 2004 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Says Ward, "[Miss Van]'s work does fall into a certain rut, as all her girls look the same, with highly-stylized features and over-the-top sexuality, but there's something more to them than from what I saw in Fafi's work.
One whole disc (coincidence?) is devoted to Van Beuren T&Js, and scattered around are a number of VB Aesop's Fables...
Jerry and I don't want this site to become purely an outlet for our own thoughts and opinions, so we're asking friends from around the animation biz to join us on the Brew and share their unique perspectives on cartoons and the industry.
www.cartoonbrew.com /archives/2004_09.html   (8543 words)

  
 Van Beuren Cartoons - The Little King Bosko Video
Van Beuren Cartoons - The Little King Bosko Video
Title: "Classic 1930's Van Beuren Cartoons Volume 3 featuring The Little King"
Van Beuren thought that audiences would warm up faster to an already
www.boskovideo.com /VanBeurenCartoons-TheLittleKing.html   (420 words)

  
 Van Beuren's "Tom and Jerry": Free High Quality Streaming - Real Divx streaming brought to you by StreamPlug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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