This is the first Tom and Jerry short to be animated by Ray Patterson, who arrived from Screen Gems.[5] Patterson would continue to work for Hanna and Barbera until the 1980s.
Crew
Directed by: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Story: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Animation: Irven Spence, Pete Burness, George Gordon, Kenneth Muse
Additional Animation: Jack Zander, Ray Patterson
Assistant Animation: Barney Posner
Effects Animation: Al Grandmain, Stan Quackenbush
Layout: Harvey Eisenberg
Music: Scott Bradley
Co-Producer: William Hanna
Produced by: Fred Quimby
Missing sequence
The short was reissued in 1950. A gag involving ration stamps was removed in the reissue print. In the sequence where Jerry hits Tom with a board four times, as Jerry attempts to run off, the sequence fades to black. In the original missing sequence, Tom follows him, only to get his head stuck in Jerry’s hole. Jerry then uses Tom’s tongue to lick a war bond stamp. The second war communique reads: "Enemy gets in a few good licks! Signed, Lt. Jerry Mouse".[1][6]
^Gifford, Denis (March 24, 2001). "William Hanna: Master animator whose cartoon creations included Tom and Jerry and the Flintstones". The Guardian (London).
^"Irv Spence's "Rugged Rangers" |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020. ...he was hired at Walt Disney's studio but left during the strike two years later. He spent a brief period at Screen Gems when Frank Tashlin (who later moved to Warner Bros.) was its creative head. Patterson soon moved to MGM, assigned to the Hanna-Barbera unit.
