Quiet Please!

Quiet Please!
Theatrical Poster
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Produced byFred Quimby
StarringWilliam Hanna
Harry E. Lang
Billy Bletcher
Music byScott Bradley
Animation byKenneth Muse
Ray Patterson
Irven Spence
Ed Barge
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • December 22, 1945 (1945-12-22)
  • March 28, 1953 (1953-03-28) (re-issue)
Running time
7:36
LanguageEnglish

Quiet Please! is a 1945 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 22nd Tom and Jerry short, it was released on December 22, 1945. It was produced by Fred Quimby, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with the music score by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, and Ed Barge. Quiet Please! won the 1945 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, their third consecutive award. It was reissued on March 28, 1953.

In this short, Spike, whose nap is being interrupted by Tom's racket while chasing Jerry, warns Tom not to wake him up. Overhearing this, Jerry tries to wake Spike up in various ways, forcing Tom to stop him.