Tom's Photo Finish
Tom's Photo Finish
NR | 01 November 1957 (USA)
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Tom has a chunk of the leftover chicken just before his owner George goes to look at the fridge. He threatens to take care of whichever animal did it. Tom frames Spike the dog, but Jerry snaps a photo of him in the act, prints up dozens of copies, and then battles Tom to get George to see one of them.

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BA_Harrison

Tom raids the fridge while his owners are relaxing in the living room, but frames bulldog Spike unaware that Jerry is capturing the act with his camera. After Spike is thrown outside, Jerry runs off a few dozen copies of his photo (in his handy mouse-sized darkroom) and proceeds to scatter the prints around the house, causing Tom a lot of bother.A slight improvement over the previous few Hanna-Barbera T&J cartoons, Tom's Photo Finish is an amusing one-note effort, but is still a long way from the classics of the Fred Quimby era. What really bothers me the most are the unappealing '50s human characters, George and Joan, and the crudely rendered backgrounds.5.5/10, generously rounded up to 6 for IMDb.

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TheLittleSongbird

Tom and Jerry has, still is and always will be one of my favourites. Tom's Photo Finish is not them at their absolute finest, but it is definitely one of their better cartoons made after Fred Quimby being in charge. The animation is sadly not particularly great, by all means it is much better than what was to come later on but it does feel rushed and flatly coloured in comparison to what was seen before. However, the music is lively and lushly orchestrated, always enhancing the action. Tom's Photo Finish is one of the most original cartoons of theirs in a way too, Tom is much cleverer than usual and it was interesting to see Jerry's home being more than one room. The gags are very funny and don't suffer from the predictability factor. The story is simple but very energetically paced while both characters are very likable and play off each other excellently.All in all, there has been better animation quality in other Tom and Jerry cartoons but the energy and the originality of the ideas and gags more than makes up for things. 8/10 Bethany Cox

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TheMan3051

"TOM THE NEIGHBOR'S WILL THINK YOU'RE CRAZY!"HILARIOUS!This is one of the last Tom and Jerry cartoons and by this time Hanna-Barbera have more power because they're producing as well. Anyway, even if this is one of the final shorts Hanna-Barbera keep it as fresh and clever as any of the earlier shorts!4(****)out of 4(****)stars

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Antzy88

Tom eats a piece of the chicken in the refrigerator, but when George and Joan, his owners, suspect that it was either him or Spike that did it, Tom successfully frames Spike by making it look like he had done it, and Spike is subsequently thrown out of the house.Unfortunately, Jerry took a picture that reveals the truth behind the framing, and Tom must try and stop George and Joan from seeing any of the pictures...There are some good gags, but the colours and (especially) the backgrounds are a bit of an eyesore, even for its period in time. Shame, really, but the cartoon is still enjoyable despite this.

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