Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 3
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Brand: Warner BrothersProducer: Hanna & Barbera
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Mono
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Widescreen, 1.33:1
Running Time: 245 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 79725
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Tom may catch Jerry on occasion but no one really believes the adorable little mouse will come to harm. After all, it would have also meant the end to the most popular and beloved cat and mouse act in show business. This is the third and final Spotlight Collection Volume from the Hanna-Barbera era of theatrical shorts. It showcases 35ic cartoons - 15 newly re-mastered in their original CinemaScope
DVD Reviews of Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 3
DVD Review: What Warner Home Video doesn't want you to see.
Summary: 4 Stars
At first I gave this only a ** review, then I thought about it. We are all basing our review on the two cartoons not included in this final (?) set, but the set is not called "The Complete Collection" it is called "The Spotlight Collection".
We should really be reviewing what is included on this set! While the cartoons are not restored like the Looney Tunes & Popeye Cartoons Warner has put out, these still look good. And they are a joy to watch. But I have to take a star away for the one cartoon, HIS MOUSE FRIDAY, that has a shot re-framed to crop off a black faced character. After having to replace censored discs on the first two sets, Warner still goofs and includes a censored cartoon on this set.
But in all fairness, here is my original review of 9/12/07:
Note: I am not saying that black stereotypes are acceptable.
Here is the inside information as to why the censoring:
"The Tom & Jerry collections (and all other Warner cartoons - including the Hanna Barbera collections) are supervised by the "Family Department". The POPEYE and LOONEY TUNES dvds are supervised under another department - the classic films department - and they will be uncensored." So these are issued by the wrong division of Warner Home Video.
To see what all the censorship was about I pulled out my "Art Of Tom & Jerry" Laserdisc that Ted Turner released in the previous century . It has all of the classic Tom & Jerry Cartoons!
First let me say that both cartoons excluded from this set have Mammy Two Shoes, but then she is included in about half of the other 1940's T&J cartoons on these DVD sets. So she is not the issue.
The omitted cartoons:
"MOUSE CLEANING" - First let me say that I had to view the entire cartoon until the end to find any reason Warner could have. As Mammy-Two-Shoes arrived back home, Jerry turns a coal shoot towards the living room window. This results in Mammy & Tom being swept out of the house in a coal slide. A black faced Tom pops up & mammy asks if he had seen Thomas, tom realizes that he is not recognized so he shuffles off like 'Step-N-Fetch-it' declaring that he had not seen Thomas. Mammy realizes her mistake & the stereotype impression is gone as Tom runs off.
"CASANOVA CAT" - To impress a female cat, Tom grabs Jerry & blows cigar smoke in his face, giving Jerry a black face. Tom then puts Jerry on a metal plate and holds a flame under it to heat it up. Jerry then commences to tap dancing on the plate. No dialogue, just a dance. What is wrong with dancing? Dancing is a talent.
The edited Cartoon:
"HIS MOUSE FRIDAY" - This cartoon features Jerry the mouse in blackface for most of the cartoon, so any censoring seems ridiculous at this point. But at the 6:20 mark, the picture is zoomed in to crop off a large-lipped black native who aims a spear at Jerry, all you see is the spear. But you do hear him say "Mmmm, babbecued mouse!" Here is the real strange part: I checked my "Art Of Tom & Jerry" Laserdisc that Ted Turner released and while there is no zoom-in and you see the native, his dialog is missing on the Laserdisc! So in order to see this cartoon truly un-censored, you have to watch the picture of the Laserdisc and listen to the sound of the DVD! This just shows how screwed up these master elements are on the MGM cartoons. Either the alterations are not well marked on the master cans, or nobody is paying any attention.
So that is it. No dice throwing, no watermelon. Mostly just black faced animals (there are black cats) & some brief dialog. In the case of Casanova Cat I don't think any kids would even understand the stereotype of a black tap dancer. Other studios have done worse stereotypes that i can understand excluding. But these two cartoons seem mild, with the stereotypes just brief side-bars to the main story line. A disclaimer with separate menu access would have been sufficient.
Remember, the censorship of Tom & Jerry Cartoons did NOT start with Ted Turner! It started in the 1950's when MGM took out war related jokes for their theatrical re-issues, these were permanent cuts to the negatives. Then in 1966 MGM had Chuck Jones' Animation Studios remove the black characters from the cartoons so that they could air on the CBS television network. Fortunately these edits were done using duplicate negatives, some of which got mixed up in the previous DVD releases. Then Ted Turner's cable networks got involved & did some further trims, but he was the third censor. We will probably never see the true uncut versions as the wartime jokes were permanently censored from the master negatives in the 1950's. Some reference prints exist showing the original gags, maybe someday these will be restored and incorporated back into the existing negatives.
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