Dear Tom is losing his head

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Movie
German title Dear Tom is losing his head
Original title The Two Mouseketeers
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1952
length 8 minutes
Rod
Director William Hanna ,
Joseph Barbera
script William Hanna,
Joseph Barbera
production Fred Quimby
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
music Scott Bradley
chronology

←  Predecessor
Tom and the new Mausketier

Dear Tom Loses His Head is a 1952 American animated short film directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera .

action

Jerry and Nibbles are the king's musketeers . Tom in turn is responsible as a guard to protect a banquet of the king from the musketeers. If he doesn't succeed, he faces death under the guillotine .

Jerry and Nibbles get into the castle and, using their parachute cloaks, onto the richly set dining table. Tom only becomes aware of the two mice when they uncork a champagne bottle and he suddenly stands in a champagne fountain. The hunt for the mice begins, but Tom is always the loser. If he has caught a mouse, the second mouse releases it. It comes to the food battle in which Tom is finally bombed with all the food on the table by cannon. Jerry and Nibbles leave laden with cheese. A guillotine can be seen falling in the distance. Nibbles comments dryly that this is just the war.

production

Dear Tom Loses His Head , was released on March 15, 1952 as part of the MGM cartoon series Tom and Jerry .

A mix of French and English is spoken in the cartoon. The Mouse Nibbles, which only speaks French, was dubbed by Françoise Brun-Cottan, who was six at the time. Due to the success of the first Mousketeer cartoon, three other Tom and Jerry cartoons were released in the following years, including an Oscar-nominated cartoon with Tom and the New Mouse Keteer in 1954.

Awards

Dear Tom loses his head , won the Oscar in 1952 in the category " Best Animated Short Film ".

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