Salt Water Tabby [SEP] series
Salt Water Tabby
Salt Water Tabby is a 1947 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 31st "Tom and Jerry" short. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on July 12, 1947 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The cartoon was animated by Ed Barge, Michael Lah (who later directed Droopy cartoons) and Kenneth Muse, with additional animation by Ray Patterson (uncredited). "Salt Water Tabby" was scored by Scott Bradley, produced by Fred Quimby, and directed and written by William Hanna
and Joseph Barbera.
The cartoon's title is a pun on salt water taffy, a type of candy, and the common tabby cat.
Plot.
Tom steps out of a beach clubhouse, and the door closes on his bathing suit. He tries to dive into the ocean, unaware, but is yanked backwards and crashes through the clubhouse door. Tom tries again, but the water recedes while he is in midair and Tom lands amid a pile of garbage. Tom then walks along the shore, but