Blue Cat Blues (1956)

Name: Blue Cat Blues
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 1956-11-06

Running Time

Plot.

Jerry narrates in voiceover: Tom has fallen hard for the cat next door, and competes with rich cat Butch for her affections. But Butch outspends Tom to a ludicrous level at every turn. Tom goes downhill after that, until we see him contemplating suicide.

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Cast & Crew.

Paul Frees

Voices

Joseph Barbera

Director / Producer

William Hanna

Director / Producer

Scott Bradley

Original Music Composer

Ed Barge

Animation

Lewis Marshall

Animation

Kenneth Muse

Animation

Irven Spence

Animation

Robert Gentle

Background Designer

Richard Bickenbach

Layout

Media.

Details.

Release Date
November 6, 1956

Status
Released

Running Time
7m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Animation Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

Blue Cat Blues is a 1956 one-reel animated Tom and Jerry cartoon written, directed and produced by co-creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The short was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 16, 1956 in CinemaScope. It is the series' 103rd entry.

Unusual for a Tom and Jerry cartoon, Jerry "speaks," through an inner monologue, voiced by Paul Frees.