On Feb. 10, 1940 — 85 years ago Monday — the first Tom & Jerry cartoon short and the first cartoon directed by the soon-to-be- famous team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera was released in ...

The Hanna-Barbera Tom & Jerry cartoons earned Oscars for seven of the shorts and 13 nominations. The Yankee Doodle Mouse took home the first Oscar followed by Mouse Trouble, Quiet Please!, ...