Cue Ball Cat [SEP] series
Cue Ball Cat
"Cue Ball Cat" is a 1950 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 54th episode in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's original "Tom and Jerry" series. The short was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Fred Quimby. Its animators were Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ed Barge, and Ray Patterson. Scott Bradley composed its music.
Plot.
Tom is playing pool in a billiard hall, () two by physically moving the table and a side
it, and hits them all. The balls all fall into holes – a trick shot – except for the 1 ball, rolling toward the trapped Tom; the mouse whacks Tom's head with the cue such that Tom opens his mouth and ends up swallowing the ball, when the cartoon closes.
Production.
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, "Cue Ball Cat" was written and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with Fred Quimby as producer. It was animated by Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence