Quiet Please!

Quiet Please! is a 1945 American animated cartoon short and is the 22nd Tom and Jerry short, it was released on December 22, 1945. It was produced by Fred Quimby, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and the music score by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Ken Muse and Ed Barge. Quiet Please! won the 1945 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film,^[1] their third consecutive award. It was reissued on March 28th, 1953.

Quiet Please!
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Written by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Produced by	Fred Quimby
Starring	Harry E. Lang Billy Bletcher
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Ray Patterson Irven Spence Kenneth Muse Ed Barge
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	MGM Cartoons
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	December 22, 1945 (1945-12-22) March 28, 1953 (1953-03-28) (re-issue)
Running time	7:36
Language	English

Plot

Spike is trying to take a nap, but Tom disturbs it while chasing Jerry with Tom sometimes hitting Spike with his weapons on accident. Spike finally had enough with him grabbing Tom and telling him to keep it down or things will get physical. Spike would then go back to sleep. Jerry overhears this, and does many things to try to wake Spike with Tom having to stop Spike from waking up. At one point, Jerry made Tom drop multiple light bulbs, waking Spike up for a second, but Tom quickly makes Spike fall back to sleep by singing Rock-a-bye Baby.

To prevent Spike from waking up, Tom gives him a medication called "knock out drops". Jerry doesn't realize this, as he starts playing a drum loudly. Tom takes the drum and starts playing it on the asleep Spike and shows Jerry the medication, to his shock. Jerry runs to the kitchen and writes a will with it promising a custard pie. Tom asks Jerry to have it with Jerry throwing the pie at Tom's face. Jerry would try many ways to wake Spike up, but none of them would work.

After getting his toe flattened by Jerry hitting it with a hammer, he sees Jerry lighting a stick of dynamite under Spike. Tom tries to remove the dynamite, which would finally wake Spike up. Spike would growl at Tom, with Tom leaving him be as he gets blown up by the explosive. This infuriates Spike as he beats Tom up. An injured Tom with casts and patches all over his body rocks Spike and Jerry in a cradle.

Voice Cast

• William Hanna as Tom's vocal effects
  • Harry E. Lang for Tom's speaking voice^[2]
• Billy Bletcher as Spike ^[2]

Production

• Directed by: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
• Story: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
• Animation: Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge
• Music: Scott Bradley
• Co-Producer: William Hanna
• Produced by: Fred Quimby

Availability

DVD:

• Tom and Jerry: The Classic Collection Volume 1 (2004)
• Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Volume 1 (2004)
• Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection (2008)
• Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases Vol. 2 (2009)
• Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection (2010)
• Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Volume 1 (2011)
• Tom and Jerry: In the Dog House (2012)