Quiet Please!

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"Quiet Please!" is a classic 1945 Tom and Jerry animated short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, best known for featuring Spike the bulldog trying to keep Tom from disturbing his sleep while Jerry takes advantage of the situation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tom and Jerry cartoon
animated short film
animationStudioDepartment MGM Animation Department
linked to: MGM Animation
animationType traditional hand-drawn animation
awardOrganization Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
awardYear 1946
basedInUniverse Tom and Jerry universe
character Tyke
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States
createdBy Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
director Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
featuresCharacter Spike the Bulldog
featuresTheme noise versus quiet
revenge
slapstick violence
franchise Tom and Jerry
genre comedy
slapstick
hasAward Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
hasSpeciesOfCharacter bulldog
cat
mouse
mainCharacter Jerry Mouse
Spike
Tom Cat
musicBy Scott Bradley
notableFor Jerry using Spike to protect himself from Tom
Spike warning Tom not to wake him while he sleeps
originalLanguage English
partOf Golden Age of American animation
plotSummary Spike threatens Tom with violence if he wakes him while he is trying to sleep, and Jerry exploits the situation to torment Tom.
producer Fred Quimby
productionCompany MGM cartoon studio
releaseFormat theatrical short
releaseYear 1945
runtimeMinutes 7
series Tom and Jerry
setting suburban house
soundMix mono
studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
targetAudience general audience
title Quiet Please!

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