“Switchin' Kitten” (1961) Between 1961 and 1962, director Gene Deitch helmed several “Tom and Jerry” shorts. His style of ...

Later versions came from Gene Deitch and Chuck Jones, and then others. The characters most recently toplined the 2021 hybrid ...

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 ...