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The following list is a filmography of all animated short subjects distributed by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) motion picture studio through Loew's Incorporated between 1937 and 1958 and between 1961 and 1967. Cartoons produced by external companies, such as Harman-Ising Productions and Animated Pictures are not included.
No animators, storymen and composers were credited until Blitz Wolf (1942). No storymen are credited on Tom and Jerry cartoons.
| Release date | Series | Title | Director | Animator | Story | Prod. Code | Notes | Availability |
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| February 11, 1938 | The Captain and the Kids | Blue Monday | William Hanna | 3 |
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| February 12, 1938 (earliest known date) |
Cleaning House | Robert Allen | 2 | First cartoon directed by Robert Allen. | ||||
| April 16, 1938 | Poultry Pirates | Friz Freleng | 5 | First MGM cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng. | ||||
| April 30, 1938 | The Captain's Pup | Robert Allen | 4 | First MGM cartoon to be animated by Richard Bickenbach. | ||||
| June 25, 1938 | A Day at the Beach | Friz Freleng | 10 | |||||
| July 16, 1938 | What a Lion! | William Hanna | 12 |
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| August 6, 1938 | The Pygmy Hunt | Friz Freleng | 7 | |||||
| September 3, 1938 | Old Smokey | William Hanna | 6 | Last of three cartoons solely directed by William Hanna. | ||||
| September 17, 1938 | Buried Treasure | Robert Allen | 11 | |||||
| October 1, 1938 | The Winning Ticket | Burt Gillett | 13 | Only MGM cartoon directed by Burt Gillett. | ||||
| October 15, 1938 | Honduras Hurricane | Friz Freleng | 14 | |||||
| December 8, 1938 (earliest known date) |
Petunia Natural Park | Friz Freleng | 15 |
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| December 10, 1938 | The Captain's Christmas | Friz Freleng | 9 |
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| January 21, 1939 (earliest known date) |
Seal Skinners | Friz Freleng | 16 | Final Captain and the Kids cartoon produced. | ||||
| February 11, 1939 | Mama's New Hat | Friz Freleng | 8 | Final Captain and the Kids cartoon in overall release order. | ||||
| February 25, 1939 | Count Screwloose and J.R. The Wonder Dog | Jitterbug Follies | Milt Gross | 18 | First of two Milt Gross Count Screwloose cartoons. | |||
| March 18, 1939 | Wanted: No Master | Milt Gross | 22 |
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| March 15, 1939 | N/a | The Little Goldfish |
Rudolf Ising | 29 |
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| May 13, 1939 | N/a | Art Gallery | Hugh Harman | 26 |
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| June 10, 1939 | Barney Bear | The Bear That Couldn't Sleep |
Rudolf Ising | 31 |
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| July 14, 1939 | N/a | Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
Hugh Harman | 30 |
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| August 19, 1939 (earliest known date) |
The Bookworm | Friz Freleng | 28 |
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| September 30, 1939 | One Mother's Family | Rudolf Ising | 34 | |||||
| October 28, 1939 | The Blue Danube |
Hugh Harman | 37 | Based on the 1867 waltz of the same name by Johann Strauss II. | ||||
| December 6, 1939 (earliest known date) |
Peace on Earth ( |
Hugh Harman | 40 | |||||
| December 30, 1939 | The Mad Maestro | Friz Freleng | 38 | Second and final cartoon to be directed by Freleng under Hugh Harman's unit. | ||||
| January 10, 1940 (earliest known date) |
Barney Bear | The Fishing Bear |
Rudolf Ising | 41 | ||||
| February 10, 1940 | N/a | Puss Gets the Boot ( |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 42 |
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| March 23, 1940 | Home on the Range | Rudolf Ising | 44 | |||||
| April 20, 1940 | A Rainy Day | Hugh Harman | 45 | |||||
| May 18, 1940 | Swing Social | William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 43 | First cartoon to be directed by the Hanna-Barbera unit. | ||||
| June 8, 1940 | Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers | Hugh Harman | 46 | |||||
| June 22, 1940 | The Milky Way ( |
Rudolf Ising | P39 | First Academy Award for Best Animated Short for a cartoon not released by Disney, also the first MGM cartoon to win an Academy Award. | ||||
| July 20, 1940 | The Bookworm Turns | Hugh Harman | 49 | |||||
| August 10, 1940 | Romeo in Rhythm | Rudolf Ising | 47 | Ising was not credited for unknown reasons. | ||||
| September 6, 1940 | Papa Gets the Bird | Hugh Harman | 50 | Last Bear Family cartoon. | ||||
| October 12, 1940 | The Homeless Flea | Rudolf Ising | 54 | |||||
| October 26, 1940 | Gallopin' Gals |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 51 | |||||
| November 21, 1940 (earliest known date) |
The Lonesome Stranger | Hugh Harman | 53 | |||||
| December 21, 1940 | Mrs. Ladybug | Rudolf Ising | 56 | |||||
| January 22, 1941 | Abdul the Bulbul Ameer | Hugh Harman | 52 | |||||
| March 8, 1941 | Barney Bear | The Prospecting Bear | Rudolf Ising | 66 | ||||
| April 5, 1941 | N/a | The Little Mole | Hugh Harman | 58 | ||||
| April 26, 1941 | The Goose Goes South | William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 55 | |||||
| May 17, 1941 | Barney Bear | The Rookie Bear ( |
Rudolf Ising | 68 | ||||
| June 7, 1941 | N/a | Dance of the Weed | Rudolf Ising | 63 | ||||
| July 5, 1941 | The Alley Cat | Hugh Harman | 61 | The main characters later evolved into Butch and Toodles in the Tom and Jerry series. | ||||
| July 19, 1941 | Tom and Jerry | The Midnight Snack |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 60 | First official Tom and Jerry cartoon. | |||
| August 30, 1941 | N/a | Little Cesario | Robert Allen | 48 | Directed under Rudolf Ising's unit. | |||
| September 6, 1941 | Officer Pooch | William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 67 | |||||
| November 1, 1941 | Barney Bear | The Flying Bear | Rudolf Ising & Robert Allen | 72 | ||||
| December 6, 1941 | Tom and Jerry | The Night Before Christmas ( |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 78 | ||||
| December 27, 1941 | N/a | The Field Mouse | Hugh Harman | 59 | ||||
| January 17, 1942 | Tom and Jerry | Fraidy Cat |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 69 | ||||
| February 21, 1942 | N/a | The Hungry Wolf | Hugh Harman | 70 | Last MGM cartoon directed by Hugh Harman. His unit was overtaken by Tex Avery. | |||
| March 14, 1942 | The First Swallow | Jerry Brewer | 71 | Directed under Rudolf Ising's unit. | ||||
| March 28, 1942 | Barney Bear | The Bear and the Beavers | Rudolf Ising | 75 | ||||
| April 18, 1942 | Tom and Jerry | Dog Trouble |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 64 | First appearance of Spike the Dog. | |||
| May 16, 1942 | N/a | Little Gravel Voice | Rudolf Ising | 57 | ||||
| May 30, 1942 | Tom and Jerry | Puss 'n' Toots |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 74 | First appearance of Toots. | |||
| July 4, 1942 | N/a | Bats in the Belfry | Jerry Brewer | 76 | Directed under Rudolf Ising's unit. | |||
| July 18, 1942 | Tom and Jerry | The Bowling Alley Cat |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | 79 | Final MGM cartoon with the fanfare opening and without animation/story credits. | |||
| August 22, 1942 | N/a | Blitz Wolf ( |
Tex Avery | Ray Abrams, Irven Spence, Preston Blair & Ed Love | Rich Hogan | 86 |
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| August 29, 1942 | The Early Bird Dood It! |
Tex Avery | Irven Spence, Preston Blair, Ed Love & Ray Abrams | Rich Hogan | 84 |
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| September 12, 1942 | Chips Off the Old Block | Robert Allen | Carl Urbano & Al Grandmain | 77 | Directed under Rudolf Ising's unit. | |||
| October 10, 1942 | Tom and Jerry | Fine Feathered Friend |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Kenneth Muse, Pete Burness, George Gordon, Jack Zander & Bill Littlejohn | 81 |
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| November 7, 1942 | Barney Bear | Wild Honey (How to Get Along Without a Ration Book) | Rudolf Ising | Michael Lah, Rudy Zamora & Don Williams | Henry Allen | 83 |
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| December 26, 1942 | Barney Bear | Barney Bear's Victory Garden | Rudolf Ising | Carl Urbano, Michael Lah, Don Williams & Rudy Zamora | 90 | |||
| January 16, 1943 | Tom and Jerry | Sufferin' Cats! |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Kenneth Muse, George Gordon, Pete Burness & Jack Zander | 85 |
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| February 13, 1943 | Barney Bear | Bah Wilderness | Rudolf Ising | Michael Lah, Carl Urbano, Preston Blair & Rudy Zamora | 87 | |||
| March 20, 1943 | Droopy | Dumb-Hounded |
Tex Avery | 92 |
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| April 24, 1943 | N/a | The Boy and the Wolf | Rudolf Ising | 95 | ||||
| May 8, 1943 | Red Hot Riding Hood |
Tex Avery | 88 |
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| May 22, 1943 | Tom and Jerry | The Lonesome Mouse |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | George Gordon, Kenneth Muse, Jack Zander, Irven Spence, Al Grandmain & Pete Burness | 89 | |||
| June 19, 1943 | N/a | Who Killed Who? | Tex Avery | 94 | ||||
| June 26, 1943 | Tom and Jerry | The Yankee Doodle Mouse ( |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Irven Spence, Pete Burness, Kenneth Muse, George Gordon & Jack Zander | 91 |
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| July 16, 1943 | Barney Bear | Barney Bear and the Uninvited Pest |
Rudolf Ising | 98 |
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| August 14, 1943 | N/a | One Ham's Family | Tex Avery | Ray Abrams, Preston Blair & Ed Love | 97 | |||
| October 9, 1943 | War Dogs | William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Pete Burness, Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence & Jack Zander | 96 |
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| October 23, 1943 | The Stork's Holiday | George Gordon | Michael Lah, Rudy Zamora, Carl Urbano, Don Williams & Al Grandmain | Otto Englander & Webb Smith | 101 | First cartoon directed by George Gordon, and the only cartoon to credit him as director. | ||
| October 30, 1943 | Tom and Jerry | Baby Puss |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence & Pete Burness | 99 | First appearances of Nancy, Butch, and Topsy. | ||
| November 27, 1943 | N/a | What's Buzzin' Buzzard? | Tex Avery | Ed Love, Ray Abrams & Preston Blair | 100 | |||
| January 22, 1944 | Innertube Antics | George Gordon | Michael Lah, Ed Barge & Arnold Gillespie | 103 | First of two Ol' Doc Donkey cartoons. | |||
| February 26, 1944 | Tom and Jerry | The Zoot Cat |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Ray Patterson, Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence & Pete Burness | 104 | |||
| March 1944 | A Few Quick Facts | AIR&NAVY/China/Safety | George Gordon | Arnold Gillespie & Ray Patterson | 130 | Not an official MGM cartoon, despite being produced by the cartoon studio itself. It was featured in the A Few Quick Facts series and released as part of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine issue No. 22. | ||
| April 1, 1944 | N/a | Screwball Squirrel | Tex Avery | Preston Blair, Ed Love & Ray Abrams | 107 | First appearance of Screwy Squirrel. | ||
| April 22, 1944 | Batty Baseball | Tex Avery | Ray Abrams, Preston Blair & Ed Love | 105 | Story by Rich Hogan | |||
| April 24, 1944 | A Few Quick Facts | US Soldier/Bullet/Diarrhea & Dysentery | Tex Avery & John Hubley | Irven Spence | 133 |
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| May 6, 1944 | Tom and Jerry | The Million Dollar Cat |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Pete Burness & Ray Patterson | 109 | |||
| May 26, 1944 | A Few Quick Facts | USS Iowa/Brain/Shoes | George Gordon | Arnold Gillespie & Ray Patterson |
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| June 3, 1944 | N/a | The Tree Surgeon | George Gordon | Michael Lah, Ed Barge & Arnold Gillespie | 106 | Final of two Ol' Doc Donkey cartoons. | ||
| June 24, 1944 | Screwy Squirrel | Happy-Go-Nutty | Tex Avery | Preston Blair, Ed Love & Ray Abrams | 111 | |||
| July 1944 | A Few Quick Facts | Chaplain Corps./Accidents/Gas | William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Kenneth Muse & Pete Burness | 139 | Not an official MGM cartoon, despite being produced by the cartoon studio itself. It was featured in the A Few Quick Facts series and released as part of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine issue No. 30. | ||
| July 22, 1944 | Tom and Jerry | The Bodyguard |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Kenneth Muse, Pete Burness, Ray Patterson & Irven Spence | 114 | |||
| September 9, 1944 | Barney Bear | Bear Raid Warden | George Gordon | Michael Lah, Ed Barge, Arnold Gillespie & Jack Carr | 108 | |||
| October 21, 1944 | N/a | Big Heel-Watha (Buck of the Month) | Tex Avery | Preston Blair, Ed Love & Ray Abrams | 115 | |||
| October 28, 1944 | Tom and Jerry | Puttin' on the Dog |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Pete Burness, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence & Kenneth Muse | 117 | |||
| November 23, 1944 | Mouse Trouble ( |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse & Pete Burness | 118 | ||||
| December 30, 1944 | Barney Bear | Barney Bear's Polar Pest | George Gordon | Michael Lah, Ed Barge, Arnold Gillespie & Jack Carr | 113 | |||
| January 13, 1945 | Screwy Squirrel | The Screwy Truant | Tex Avery | Preston Blair, Ed Love & Ray Abrams | 120 | |||
| February 17, 1945 | Barney Bear | The Unwelcome Guest | George Gordon & Michael Lah | Michael Lah, Ed Barge & Jack Carr | 116 |
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| March 3, 1945 | Droopy | The Shooting of Dan McGoo |
Tex Avery | Ed Love, Ray Abrams & Preston Blair | 122 |
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| April 7, 1945 | N/a | Jerky Turkey | Tex Avery | Preston Blair, Ed Love & Ray Abrams | 124 | Public domain | ||
| May 5, 1945 | Tom and Jerry | The Mouse Comes to Dinner |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Pete Burness & Ray Patterson | 123 | |||
| July 7, 1945 | Mouse in Manhattan |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence & Ed Barge | 132 | ||||
| July 21, 1945 | Tee for Two |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Ray Patterson, Pete Burness, Irven Spence & Kenneth Muse | 126 | ||||
| August 25, 1945 | N/a | Swing Shift Cinderella |
Tex Avery | Ray Abrams, Preston Blair & Ed Love | 128 | |||
| September 22, 1945 | Tom and Jerry | Flirty Birdy |
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera | Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse & Ray Patterson | 129 |
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| September 7, 1961 | Tom and Jerry | Switchin' Kitten | Gene Deitch | First MGM cartoon produced in Czechoslovakia by William L. Snyder's Rembrandt Films. First MGM cartoon with Leo the Lion. |
| October 26, 1961 | Down and Outing | |||
| December 7, 1961 | It's Greek to Me-ow! | |||
| March 23, 1962 | High Steaks | |||
| April 13, 1962 | Mouse into Space | |||
| May 18, 1962 | Landing Stripling | |||
| June 22, 1962 | Calypso Cat | |||
| July 20, 1962 | Dicky Moe | |||
| August 10, 1962 | The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit | |||
| September 14, 1962 | Tall in the Trap | |||
| October 12, 1962 | Sorry Safari | |||
| November 1, 1962 | Buddies Thicker Than Water | |||
| December 21, 1962 | Carmen Get It! | Last MGM cartoon produced in Czechoslovakia by William L. Snyder's Rembrandt Films. |
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| July 27, 1963 | Tom and Jerry | Pent-House Mouse | Chuck Jones | First MGM cartoon produced by Chuck Jones and Les Goldman's Sib Tower 12 studio.
Extra on the Blu-ray of The Courtship of Eddie's Father. |
| February 25, 1964 | Tom and Jerry | The Cat Above and the Mouse Below | ||
| March 24, 1964 | Tom and Jerry | Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? | ||
| April 14, 1964 | Tom and Jerry | Much Ado About Mousing | ||
| May 12, 1964 | Tom and Jerry | Snowbody Loves Me | ||
| December 8, 1964 | Tom and Jerry | The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse | ||
| January 20, 1965 | Tom and Jerry | Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life | ||
| January 27, 1965 | Tom and Jerry | Tom-ic Energy | ||
| February 10, 1965 | Tom and Jerry | Bad Day at Cat Rock | ||
| March 3, 1965 | Tom and Jerry | The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off | Jim Pabian | |
| March 24, 1965 | Tom and Jerry | Haunted Mouse | Chuck Jones | |
| April 7, 1965 | Tom and Jerry | I'm Just Wild About Jerry | ||
| May 19, 1965 | Tom and Jerry | Of Feline Bondage | ||
| June 9, 1965 | Tom and Jerry | The Year of the Mouse | ||
| December 22, 1965 | Tom and Jerry | The Cat's Me-Ouch! | ||
| December 31, 1965 | N/a | The Dot and the Line (⭐️) | Extra on the DVD and Blu-ray of The Glass Bottom Boat. | |
| January 20, 1966 | Tom and Jerry | Duel Personality | ||
| February 17, 1966 | Tom and Jerry | Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary | ||
| April 7, 1966 | Tom and Jerry | Jerry-Go-Round | Abe Levitow | First MGM cartoon directed by Abe Levitow. |
| April 28, 1966 | Tom and Jerry | Love Me, Love My Mouse | Chuck Jones & Ben Washam | Last appearance of Toodles. |
| May 5, 1966 | Tom and Jerry | Puss 'n' Boats | Abe Levitow | |
| June 30, 1966 | Tom and Jerry | Filet Meow | Extra on the Blu-ray of Spinout. | |
| July 14, 1966 | Tom and Jerry | Matinee Mouse | Tom Ray | Uses footage from the Hanna and Barbera shorts Love That Pup, The Flying Cat, Professor Tom, The Missing Mouse, Jerry and the Lion, Jerry's Diary, The Flying Sorceress and The Truce Hurts. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were credited as directors while Tom Ray was credited as the story director. |
| August 4, 1966 | Tom and Jerry | The A-Tom-inable Snowman | Abe Levitow | |
| September 8, 1966 | Tom and Jerry | Catty-Cornered | Last appearance of Lightning.
Extra on the Blu-ray of Spinout. | |
| January 20, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | Cat and Dupli-cat | Chuck Jones | |
| February 27, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | O-Solar Meow | Abe Levitow | |
| March 10, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | Guided Mouse-ille | ||
| April 7, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | Rock 'n' Rodent | Last appearance of Spike.
Extra on the Blu-ray of Double Trouble. | |
| April 14, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | Cannery Rodent | Chuck Jones | |
| April 21, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. | Abe Levitow | Rarely airs on Cartoon Network and Boomerang because of the epileptic seizure-causing flickering shown in the beginning. |
| May 5, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | Surf-Bored Cat | Final MGM cartoon directed by Abe Levitow.
Extra on the Blu-ray of Double Trouble. | |
| June 23, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | Shutter Bugged Cat | Tom Ray | Uses footage from the Hanna and Barbera shorts Part Time Pal, Nit-Witty Kitty, Johann Mouse, The Yankee Doodle Mouse, Heavenly Puss and Designs on Jerry. William Hanna & Joseph Barbera were credited as directors while Tom Ray as story director. |
| August 25, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | Advance and Be Mechanized | Ben Washam | |
| September 8, 1967 | Tom and Jerry | Purr-Chance to Dream | Last Tom and Jerry cartoon made by MGM. | |
| December 31, 1967 | N/a | The Bear That Wasn't | Chuck Jones | Last one-shot cartoon. Last cartoon produced by MGM Animation/Visual Arts. Last cartoon distributed by MGM. Last time that Tanner the Lion was used in a MGM logo. |