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The Million Dollar Cat
Tom inherits $1,000,000 from an eccentric aunt on the condition that he not harm any living thing - even a mouse. And guess which mouse keeps following him around and pointing this out to him?
Release : | 1944 |
Rating : | 7.7 |
Studio : | MGM Cartoon Studio, |
Crew : | Director, Director, |
Cast : | William Hanna |
Genre : | Animation Comedy |
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Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Aunt Harriet leaves Tom $1m on the condition that he doesn't harm a living thing, even a mouse. Naturally, this gives Jerry free rein to torment Tom, but a cat can only be pushed so far...This one is a fairly predictable example of Tom and Jerry knockabout fun-nothing exceptional, but enjoyable enough for fans of the cat and mouse. Jerry helping himself to Tom's food at every turn is vert amusing, as is his ability to suddenly appear despite Tom's best efforts to distance himself from the rodent (Jerry reappears even after being tricked into leaping out of the window of Tom's Park Avenue penthouse apartment).The finale holds few surprises, with Tom finally losing his patience and attacking Jerry. He's thrown away his fortune, but he's happy!
The Million Dollar Cat (1944) *** 1/2 (out of 4) One of the classics in the series, Tom receives a telegram telling him that he's inherited a million dollars but he can only keep it as long as he doesn't hurt anything. Including a mouse. Tom heads to New York City where he's living it up but it doesn't take long for Jerry to show up and begin tormenting him. THE MILLION DOLLAR CAT is the one episode where I can say I really, really hated Jerry. I mean, he's just so vicious and cruel to Tom here that you can't help but hope something happens to him so that Tom can enjoy his life and money. This film features a lot of very funny moments but of course it's all building up to whether or not Tom flips out and gives up on the money. Very fast, very fun and certainly one of the best.
Yet another delightful Tom and Jerry cartoon. The best? Probably not. The funniest? Same answer really. Entertaining? Very! In short I thoroughly enjoyed this cartoon. It did have a nice story, probably not the most original but is still effective, and the sight gags are very funny and inventive. What I loved most about The Million Dollar Cat though was the animation, the backgrounds were lovely, the colouring audacious, the characters well drawn and the skyscrapers wonderful and majestic to look at. True, there are better looking Tom and Jerry cartoons, but for its time it is perfectly reasonable. The music as always is energetic, while Tom and Jerry are both great as Jerry constantly reminds Tom "not even a mouse". Overall, very entertaining and well animated. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Tom gets interrupted from playing William Tell with darts (with Jerry being the poor victim with the apple on his head) when he gets a telegram stating his "eccentric Aunt Harriet" died and has left him a million dollars!Jerry is all excited, too, as happy as Tom. How could that be? Well, points to the bottom of the telegram, which Tom didn't see. It said "all benefits will cease should the cat bring harm to any living thing EVEN A MOUSE."Tom makes all the headlines in the New York City papers as he marches his way to a penthouse on Park Avenue. (Jerry has a mouse hole with a veranda on top that says, 1/2 Park Ave. He wears a top hat, tails, gloves, etc., too!)However, as the story unfolds we get the message that "money doesn't buy happiness." Jerry hogs most of Tom's luxury items and food and each time the cat is ready to kill the mouse, Jerry pulls out the telegram reminding him he can't. It's driving Tom nuts. In the end, well, he'd rather be poor and happy by beating the crap out of Jerry.In all, I would label it slightly below-par, laugh-wise. It looks like one of the earliest Tom and Jerry animated shorts. The artwork is not up to par and it just has a primitive feel to it.