The Lonesome Mouse
Jerry crashes a vase onto Tom's head, which gets Mammy to throw Tom out. Jerry at first revels in his freedom, but soon tires of this, and, under a flag of truce, hatches a plan with Tom.
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- Cast：
- Lillian Randolph , William Hanna , Frank Graham
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Wow! Such a good movie.
That was an excellent one.
n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
What I like about Tom and Jerry cartoons is that they are unpredictable, unique, and mostly funny. This one is right in the middle somewhat - unique, but not too funny. Just lots of running and chasing around. Always like hearing Mammy Two-Shoes, though. Grade B-
"The Lonesome Mouse" is an 8-minute cartoon from 1943, the days of World War II, so this one will have its 75th anniversary next year. The title as well as the inclusion of Hanna and Barbera shows you this is another little Tom & Jerry movie, actually one of the more known ones even. Early on, Tom causes a lot of mayhem again in his desperately unsuccessful attempts to catch Jerry, so his owner finally has enough and throws him out of the house. Tom is mad, Jerry is bored, so the duo unite to get him inside again and prove to the owner that he is needed there. The plan works out and Tom is welcomed back quickly. The two are happy until a delicious cake gets in the way of their friendship. I personally did not enjoy the watch too much. Idea is okay, but the story and animation jokes weren't that creative or memorable here. I had more fun watching other T&J shorts and I have to give this one a thumbs-down. Probably only known for how different it is because it's not particularly good.
The Lonesome Mouse (1943)*** (out of 4) Jerry finally gets Tom kicked out of the house by the nasty maid and for a while the mouse is having some fun being able to do whatever he wants. However, after a while he grows tired of not having Tom around so the two plot how to get the cat back into the house. THE LONESOME MOUSE doesn't contain the strongest plot ever written but there are enough good moments to make it another winner for the series. As you'd expect, the animation at this point was extremely good and we were treated to some creative moments including one of the highlights where Tom and Jerry are supposed to be under the sink fighting but instead they're making some music. Again, there's nothing great about the plot but this is a fun short.
Jerry gets Tom thrown out of the house by the black maid. With thecat now out of the picture, Jerry is initially overjoyed, but soonrealises that without him his life is no fun. He therefore calls atruce with Tom to try and get him back in the house.One of the first things you notice is that Jerry and Tom talk in this! Not something that was used very often in the series, I know, but Ibet it shocked a few people who were not used to it (especiallythose that had not seen that awful 1991 Tom & Jerry: The Movie). This is also the landmark cartoon where Tom started to becomeless hairy than in the previous cartoons of the series.Not an enormously great cartoon to start with, but picks up a littlelater on. Be warned that anyone that lived in the Second WorldWar may find a certain political allusion involving the picture ofTom's face on his basket offensive.
