This was good, but I don't see it as Oscar-worthy, unless the competition was slim that year. What did strike me early on was the magnificent artwork regarding the inside of the palace: rich colors and nice detail. Once the story started, however, we saw mostly food. Man, this animated short made me hungry.
Anyway, we are in France in the days of the sword-wielding muskateers, er, "mouseketeers" in this case. Tom, employed by the ruler, is to guard the king's banquet table "especially from those mousketeers," says the king. "If you don't, off comes your head!" Tom looks outside the window, sees the guillotine, and gulps.
The two mice - Jerry and "Nibbles" (the orphan from a previous cartoon) - invade the room and start gobbling up the food. Jerry spots them and the battle is on the rest of the way. There are a few clever things in here, such as using the pig's tail as a corkscrew, Tom making a shish kabob out a food thrown at him, etc.
In all, a solid story but I didn't like the ending. The cat went to the guillotine and was beheaded (not shown) and the mice walk away coldly stating, "Well, that's war." Wow - that's cold, brother.
Anyway, we are in France in the days of the sword-wielding muskateers, er, "mouseketeers" in this case. Tom, employed by the ruler, is to guard the king's banquet table "especially from those mousketeers," says the king. "If you don't, off comes your head!" Tom looks outside the window, sees the guillotine, and gulps.
The two mice - Jerry and "Nibbles" (the orphan from a previous cartoon) - invade the room and start gobbling up the food. Jerry spots them and the battle is on the rest of the way. There are a few clever things in here, such as using the pig's tail as a corkscrew, Tom making a shish kabob out a food thrown at him, etc.
In all, a solid story but I didn't like the ending. The cat went to the guillotine and was beheaded (not shown) and the mice walk away coldly stating, "Well, that's war." Wow - that's cold, brother.