The following 114 cartoons were directed by
William Hanna and
Joseph Barbera at the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in
Hollywood, Los Angeles. All cartoons were released to theaters by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Rudolf Ising was the producer of
Puss Gets the Boot; subsequent cartoons were produced by
Fred Quimby through 1955. Quimby retired in 1955 and from 1955 to 1957, Hanna and Barbera produced the shorts until MGM closed the cartoon studio in 1957, and the last cartoon was released in 1958. Most of these cartoons were produced in the standard
Academy ratio (1.37:1). Four cartoons were produced for both Academy Ratio and
CinemaScope formats (2.55:1, later 2.35:1). Finally, 19 cartoons were produced in widescreen CinemaScope format only (though reissues have the standard Academy ratio 1.37:1 instead). Like the other studios, MGM reissued and edited its cartoons when re-released to theaters. Many pre-1951 cartoons were reissued with
Perspecta Sound, which was introduced in 1954. MGM also reissued its cartoons before the introduction of Perspecta Sound. Because of the
1965 MGM vault fire, all original film of pre-September-1951 MGM cartoons are lost, leaving only the backup prints (usually the altered reissue prints), although some production artwork relating to the missing material has survived, like pencil sketches.
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 == 1961–1962: Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films cartoons ==