The Flying Sorceress
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The Flying Sorceress is the 98th one reel
animated
Tom and Jerry
short
, created in 1955
, directed and produced by William Hanna
and Joseph Barbera
with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Irven Spence and Lewis Marshall, with backgrounds by Robert Gentle and layouts by Richard Bickenbach. It was produced in CinemaScope
and released to theatres on January 27, 1956 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.
Tom walks along a road and sees the creepy house. Tom enters the place and a witch comes in riding on her broom. Seeing the job is less appealing than he thought, Tom tries to leave but the witch grabs Tom on her broomstick. She then gives her broom a kick and they take off. During the ride, the witch loses her hat. Tom had taken it and uses it to parachute down, but the witch grabs Tom, they return to the house and the witch tells Tom that he gets the job, as the witch retires, Tom looks at her broom and decides to take it on a joyride. Tom gets the hang of riding a broomstick by himself and he even does a few tricks.
Tom then flies by his house spying Jerry, who stops for a second thinking that he saw something, Jerry then opens the front door and gets knocked down by Tom. Tom then gets off the broom and points to Jerry. The broom hits Jerry and it sweeps him into a dustpan. Tom leaves and returns to the witch's house where the witch is waiting for him. She is very angry about Tom taking her broomstick. Tom gulps at the punishment he is about to receive, the broom soon takes off on a painful ride with Tom on it. The broom drags Tom's head through the ceiling, causes him to bounce down the stairs, and into a table. Tom yelps in pain from the hit. The broom then acts like a pogo stick with Tom holding on to it.
However, Tom wakes up to see Joan shaking the broomstick. Realising it was only a dream, Tom is relieved and goes back to clearing up his mess. He then decides to sit on the broom and gives it a kick. Before he can react, the broom takes off with him on it, sailing towards the night sky. The episode ends with Joan stating "Now, what's that cat up to..?"
Reel
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animated
Animated cartoon
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Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show...
short
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
, created in 1955
1955 in film
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.* June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released....
, directed and produced by William Hanna
William Hanna
William Denby Hanna was an American animator, director, producer, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of people for much of the 20th century. When he was a young child, Hanna's family moved frequently, but they settled in Compton, California, by...
and Joseph Barbera
Joseph Barbera
Joseph Roland Barbera was an influential American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Irven Spence and Lewis Marshall, with backgrounds by Robert Gentle and layouts by Richard Bickenbach. It was produced in CinemaScope
CinemaScope
CinemaScope was an anamorphic lens series used for shooting wide screen movies from 1953 to 1967. Its creation in 1953, by the president of 20th Century-Fox, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal photography and movie projection.The anamorphic lenses theoretically...
and released to theatres on January 27, 1956 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.
Plot
Tom is chasing Jerry through the house, then after bumping into a table and breaking an ornament Tom is scolded by Joan. While Tom is cleaning the mess, he sees in newspaper an advertisement. Tom interested in the ad leaves.Tom walks along a road and sees the creepy house. Tom enters the place and a witch comes in riding on her broom. Seeing the job is less appealing than he thought, Tom tries to leave but the witch grabs Tom on her broomstick. She then gives her broom a kick and they take off. During the ride, the witch loses her hat. Tom had taken it and uses it to parachute down, but the witch grabs Tom, they return to the house and the witch tells Tom that he gets the job, as the witch retires, Tom looks at her broom and decides to take it on a joyride. Tom gets the hang of riding a broomstick by himself and he even does a few tricks.
Tom then flies by his house spying Jerry, who stops for a second thinking that he saw something, Jerry then opens the front door and gets knocked down by Tom. Tom then gets off the broom and points to Jerry. The broom hits Jerry and it sweeps him into a dustpan. Tom leaves and returns to the witch's house where the witch is waiting for him. She is very angry about Tom taking her broomstick. Tom gulps at the punishment he is about to receive, the broom soon takes off on a painful ride with Tom on it. The broom drags Tom's head through the ceiling, causes him to bounce down the stairs, and into a table. Tom yelps in pain from the hit. The broom then acts like a pogo stick with Tom holding on to it.
However, Tom wakes up to see Joan shaking the broomstick. Realising it was only a dream, Tom is relieved and goes back to clearing up his mess. He then decides to sit on the broom and gives it a kick. Before he can react, the broom takes off with him on it, sailing towards the night sky. The episode ends with Joan stating "Now, what's that cat up to..?"