Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Baby Puss - Tom & Jerry 1943

Baby Puss is a 1943 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 12th Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Baby Puss was released to theaters on Christmas day, 1943.
A little girl named Nancy is playing house, and pretending to be a mother and has dressed Tom, apparently the family pet, up to be her baby. She is scolding Tom, who is hiding under some furniture. She drags Tom out by his tail and threatens to spank him. Tom is resentful over his treatment and feels humiliated. She carries him to the bassinet, tucks him in, and shoves a bottle of milk in his mouth. She warns him, under threat of more spanking, to stay in bed while she "goes downtown to buy a new girdle." Indignant at first, Tom gets a taste of milk and quickly accepts his lot, cooing like a baby and drinking from his baby bottle.

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