Here's some sketches of Hanna & Barbera Tom & Jerry. I always remember in the 70's watching these two, with my brother, we would sit transfixed for six or twelve minutes depending on if it was a double bill or not, watching them now I still get that sense of anticipation, waiting for the moment when Tom stands on the rake (I remember trying this out in the back garden, don't ask me why ?) or the moment when Tom's head gets slammed in a closing window and his tongue flys out and he makes a noise like one of those party blower things that shoots out with a feather on the end.
The classic period for Tom and Jerry was from 1940 to 1958, the first being Puss Gets The Boot, the animation on most of these classic period films was done by Ray Patterson, Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse and Irven Spence.
I remember we always used to loose interest if it was made after this classic period the ones directed by Gene Deitch are a total misunderstanding of what Tom & Jerry were about and don't get me started on the Chuck Jones ones, I think it all went wrong when they started to talk .
