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DVD Review Tom and Jerry Golden Collection, Vol. 1

Volume One was released on October 25, 2011. This is the first time, that the cartoons are presented in complete, chronological order on DVD, something that hasn't been done since the Art of Tom & Jerry laserdisc sets The set features the first 37 cartoons, straight from Puss Gets the Boot to Professor Tom.

This is, essentially, almost every Tom & Jerry cartoon worth owning. Great shorts like the Mouse in Manhattan, Flirty Birdy, Lonesome Mouse, and uproariously funny entries like Mouse Trouble and Kitty Foiled are all present and accounted for. Every cartoon is also completely uncut and uncensored.

Unfortunately, this is not a perfect release. Unlike the Spotlight Collection and the Classic Collection, it’s not due to censorship. The huge plus in this release’s favor is the chronological and uncut presentation. Standards slipped however on the following ten cartoons, all mastered from lesser CRI elements (more on this later), so they fall very short of meeting the standards set by the other outstanding restorations contained therein. The tell-all sign is their retaining of the early 1960s MGM lion logo (with no mention of Technicolor – because there was no intention of these versions ever replicating it).

These are the cartoons that have problems.

• Puss n’ Toots
• The Bowling Alley Cat
• Sufferin' Cats!
• The Lonesome Mouse
• The Zoot Cat
• The Million Dollar Cat
• Puttin' on the Dog
• Mouse Trouble
• Quiet, Please!
• The Milky Waif

And here are the contents.

Disc 1

1. Puss Gets the Boot
2. The Midnight Snack
3. The Night Before Christmas (already remastered for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD set)
4. Fraidy Cat
5. Dog Trouble (already remastered for
6. Puss n' Toots
7. The Bowling Alley Cat
8. Fine Feathered Friend
9. Sufferin' Cats!
10. The Lonesome Mouse
11. The Yankee Doodle Mouse (already remastered for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD set)
12. Baby Puss
13. The Zoot Cat
14. The Million Dollar Cat
15. The Bodyguard
16. Puttin' on the Dog
17. Mouse Trouble (already remastered for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD set)
18. The Mouse Comes to Dinner
19. Mouse in Manhattan
20. Tee for Two

Special features

• The Midnight Snack pencil test
• Commentaries by Animators and Historians on five titles

1. Mark Kausler on Puss Gets the Boot
2. Nicole Parker and Earl Kress on Puss Gets the Boot
3. Michael Mallory on The Night Before Christmas
4. Nicole Parker and Earl Kress on The Night Before Christmas
5. Michael Mallory on The Yankee Doodle Mouse
6. Jerry Beck on The Zoot Cat
7. Michael Mallory on Mouse Trouble

Disc 2

1. Flirty Birdy
2. Quiet Please! (already remastered for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD set)
3. Springtime for Thomas
4. The Milky Waif
5. Trap Happy
6. Solid Serenade
7. Cat Fishin'
8. Part Time Pal
9. The Cat Concerto (already remastered for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD set)
10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (already remastered for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD set)
11. Salt Water Tabby
12. A Mouse in the House
13. The Invisible Mouse
14. Kitty Foiled
15. The Truce Hurts
16. Old Rockin' Chair Tom
17. Professor Tom

Special features

• Vaudeville, Slapstick and Tom and Jerry featurette (HD quality)
• How Bill and Joe Met Tom and Jerry featurette
• The Comedy Stylings of Tom and Jerry featurette
• Excerpt from Anchors Aweigh
• Commentaries by Animators and Historians on four titles

1. Mark Kausler on Quiet Please!
2. Eric Goldberg on The Cat Concerto
3. Michael Mallory on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
4. Nicole Parker and Earl Kress on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
5. Jerry Beck on Kitty Foiled

I got this DVD on Amazon France (Amazon.fr) because i don't have a multi region player and it is in region 2 :)