Login Register
Blue Cat Blues
Studio: MGM Release Date : November 16, 1956 Series: Tom and Jerry (II)

Cumulative rating:
(1 rating submitted)

Synopsis

Jerry, through inner monologue, tells of how Tom's efforts to win over a female cat left him broke, depressed, and awaiting his demise on the train tracks.

Characters

Jerry (II)
Tom (II)
Butch

Credits

Note: "Unverified" credits may not be correct and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Director

Bill Hanna
Joe Barbera

Animator

Ed Barge
Irvin "Irv" Spence
Lew Marshall
Kenneth "Ken" Muse

Music

Scott Bradley

Backgrounds

Robert Gentle

Voices

Paul Frees (unverified)

Layout

Richard "Dick" Bickenbach

Producer

Bill Hanna
Joe Barbera

Broadcasters

MeTV
MeTV Toons
STS
TVS (Russia)

Distributor(s)

MGM

Television

Toon In With Me

VHS

United States

Tom and Jerry's Festival of Fun

United Kingdom

Tom and Jerry - Blue Cat Blues

Laserdisc (CLV)

United States

The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume II

DVD

United States

Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection
Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases Volume 3
Tom and Jerry - No Mice Allowed!
Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology - 1940-1958

Australia

Tom and Jerry: No Mice Allowed!

BluRay Disc

United States

The Fastest Gun Alive
Tom & Jerry: The Complete Cinemascope Cartoon Collection
Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology - 1940-1958

Technical Specifications

Running Time: 6:48
Production No.: 306
MPAA No.: 17981
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 2.55 : 1
Cinematographic Format: CinemaScope
Color Type: Technicolor
Negative Type: 35mm
Original Country: United States
Original Language: English
Print Type: 35mm
Sound Type: Mono: Western Electric Sound System

Reviews and Comments

No comments posted. Be the first!
(You must be a logged-in user to submit comments!)

From Gnik_LJN :

This cartoon. Tom attempts a suicide. And that's not a gag at all. There's no payoff of the suicide. The payoff IS ths suicide. The satire of romance is played out in this cartoon to such an extent that I'm kinda confused whether this short is ultimately supposed to be funny. It's so drenched in its dramatic and depressed tone that it's clear why many misinformed people nowadays can't quite get the joke of it and think of it as Hanna and Barbera's painful farewell for the series.
See all comments by Gnik_LJN