Tom and Jerry – Jolly Fish (1932) Director: John Foster, George Stallings Studio: Van Beuren Studios Release Date: September 2, 1932 Runtime: ~7 minutes Format: Black & White | Sound | Animated Country: United States Language: English Genres: Animation | Comedy | Musical | Slapstick | Short --- Summary: Tom and Jerry (the original Van Beuren human duo, not MGM’s cat and mouse) take to the seaside for a day of fun, but quickly get pulled into nautical misadventures. Their beach outing leads them underwater, where they encounter fish, crabs, and other sea creatures that behave in comical, humanlike ways. Songs, slapstick gags, and aquatic hijinks abound in this breezy early-’30s cartoon. --- Background: Jolly Fish continues Van Beuren’s tradition of lighthearted musical shorts starring the Tom and Jerry comedy team. Like many cartoons of the era, it blends slapstick humor with surreal, rubber-hose-style animation where animals and objects come to life. Its seaside theme allowed the animators to experiment with water-based gags and lively undersea dance sequences. --- Trivia: Sometimes reissued for TV under the title Jolly Fish with Dick and Larry to avoid confusion with the later MGM Tom and Jerry. Features a number of musical interludes typical of early Van Beuren cartoons. Part of the 1931–1933 run of Tom and Jerry shorts that preceded Van Beuren’s rebranding of the characters as “Dick and Larry.” Now in the public domain and commonly found in classic cartoon compilations. --- Hashtags: #TomAndJerry #JollyFish #1932Cartoon #VanBeurenStudios #ClassicCartoons #PublicDomainCartoon #VintageAnimation #RubberHoseAnimation #SeasideCartoon #SlapstickComedy #UnderseaAdventure --- Want me to keep going through the Van Beuren Tom and Jerry shorts in chronological order so you’ll have a full matching set like with the Mickey Mouse ones?