Mouse Cleaning is a 1948 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 38th Tom and Jerry short. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on December 11, 1948 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was animated by Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse and Ed Barge, who were the usual animators for the Tom and Jerry cartoons in the early 1940s up until the late 1950s. As per most Tom and Jerry cartoons, it was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Ba...
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Mouse Cleaning is a 1948 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 38th Tom and Jerry short. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on December 11, 1948 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was animated by Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse and Ed Barge, who were the usual animators for the Tom and Jerry cartoons in the early 1940s up until the late 1950s. As per most Tom and Jerry cartoons, it was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Fred Quimby. The music was scored by Scott Bradley and the backgrounds were by Robert Gentle.
The cartoon opens with Mammy Two Shoes mopping the kitchen floor. Right after she finishes, she says, "That's that. The whole house is clean. And brother, it better stay that way."
Tom is shown chasing Jerry outside. Tom rounds a corner too wide and ends up running through a mud puddle. He runs into the house, leaving mud all over Mammy's clean kitchen floor. He runs into Mammy and she hits him with the mop, chastises him for...
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