The Night Before Christmas

Name: The Night Before Christmas
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Released: 1941-12-06
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Frank Graham, William Hanna, Harry E Lang

The Night Before Christmas (1941)

0:09 (9 min)

Animation, Comedy, Family

United States

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Actors and characters

Movie poster "The Night Before Christmas"

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Production

MGM Cartoon Studio, Rudolf Ising Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date

6 December 1941

Director

Joseph Barbera

Scenario

Joseph Barbera

Author

Composer

Producer

Actors

Narrator (voice, uncredited)

William Hanna

Jerry (voice, uncredited)

Harry E Lang

Tom (voice, uncredited)

All actors and roles (3)

Short description

It's snowy and cold outside, and warm inside where Jerry squeezes past a mousetrap to cavort under a present-laden Christmas tree. Mistaking the sleeping Tom for a plush toy, Jerry wakes him and a mad chase ensues.

What's left behind the scenes

This episode leads in viewership (8.6 million viewers).
In this episode, Tom showed compassion for the first time.
This is the first episode that doesn't feature the stereotypical 'Mom in Slippers' character.
The episode premiered the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The episode premiered on the day the Red Army launched its counteroffensive near Moscow.