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CHUCK JONES (1912-2002) ET AL. / MGM Tom and Jerry animation cel and matching drawing. Hand inked and painted animation cel of Tom with matching production drawing from the Chuck Jones-produced MGM Tom and Jerry short "The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off," 1966. 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches each, in 12 1/4 x 22 1/2-inch frame.
Co-directed by Jim Pabian and Maurice Noble, this short film was first released March 3rd, 1965, The matching frame appears 4 min 30 sec into the short, after Tom charges at full speed towards Jerry, then frantically tries to stop himself from running out of a second-story door which the mouse has just opened. While it is currently undetermined who animated this scene, the credited animators for the short include Warner and Disney veterans Ken Harris, Ben Washam, Tom Ray, Don Towsley, and Dick Thompson.
The Tom and Jerry cartoons produced for MGM by Chuck Jones at MGM Animation Productions after departing Warner Bros were in many ways direct successors to the classic era WB shorts; Jones employed much of the same staff of artists, including animator Ken Harris, designer Maurice Noble, and background painter Phil DeGuard, and the WB legacy was very apparent in the films' animation quality and design sensibilities (this in a time when most studios' animation output was focused on quantity over quality). It was much of this same team that would soon after create the perennial holiday classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966).
