File:Tom and Jerry Pinocchio (1950) Reissue (1958)

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Tom and Jerry: Pinocchio is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on the Italian children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It was the second animated feature film produced by MGM and Hanna-Barbera, made after the success of Tom and Jerry: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1947).

The plot of the film involves an old wood-carver named Geppetto who carves a wooden puppet named Pinocchio. The puppet is brought to life by a blue fairy, who informs him that he can become a real boy if he proves himself to be "brave, truthful, and unselfish". Pinocchio's efforts to become a real boy involve encounters with a host of unsavory characters. The film was adapted by Aurelius Battaglia, William Cottrell, Otto Englander, Erdman Penner, Joseph Sabo, Ted Sears, and Webb Smith from Collodi's book. The production was supervised by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, and the film's sequences were directed by Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby. Pinocchio was a groundbreaking achievement in the area of effects animation, giving realistic movement to vehicles, machinery and natural elements such as rain, lightning, smoke, shadows and water. The film was released to theaters by Loew's Inc. on August 25, 1950.