I lona amataga tamoʻe, Hanna ma Barbera gaosia 114 Tom ma Jerry pupuu mo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mai le 1940 i le 1958. I lenei taimi, na latou manumalo fitu Academy Faailoga Taualoa mo Animated Ata Tifaga puupuu, faʻatasi mo le nofoaga muamua ma Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies ma le tele o faʻailoga i le vaega. Ina ua maeʻa le MGM cartoon studio tapunia i le 1957, MGM toe faʻafouina le faʻasologa ma Gene Deitch faʻatonutonuina se faʻaopoopoga 13 Tom ma Jerry pupuu mo Rembrandt Ata Tifaga mai le 1961 i le 1962. Tom ma Jerry ona avea lea ma sili ona maualuga-faʻatauina animated puʻupuʻu ata tifaga faʻasologa o lena taimi, sili atu Looney Tunes.
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