Stinginess makes you small and ugly

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Movie
German title Stinginess makes you small and ugly
Original title Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1947
length 8 minutes
Rod
Director William Hanna ,
Joseph Barbera
script William Hanna,
Joseph Barbera
production Fred Quimby
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
music Scott Bradley

Avarice makes you small and ugly is a 1947 American animated short film directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera .

action

Tom the tomcat steals a bottle of milk that he wants to drink alone from his bowl. Jerry, however, joins them time and again and although Tom keeps hiding the milk bowl, Jerry always finds it. Tom now mixes various toxic substances into a liquid that looks like milk and places the bowl in front of Jerry's mouse hole. Jerry drinks the liquid, but does not drop dead, but suddenly gains incredible strength. He's chasing Tom now. Whenever his strength fades, Jerry drinks the liquid again until Tom can hide the bowl from him.

Jerry now hurries to mix the liquid again, but Tom gets ahead of him and drinks the entire bowl himself. Unlike Jerry before, Tom initially swells to a huge, muscle-packed size, but in the next moment it shrinks to Jerry's size. Further shrinkage followed until Tom was barely the size of a fly . Jerry is now chasing him with a fly swatter .

production

Avarice makes small and ugly came into theaters on June 14, 1947 as part of the MGM cartoon series Tom and Jerry . The original title Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse plays on Robert Louis Stevenson's The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde .

Awards

Avarice makes small and ugly was nominated for an Oscar in the category “ Best Animated Short Film ” in 1948 , but could not prevail against Such a Sweet Birdie .

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