The Framed Cat

Tom filches a drumstick from a fresh-baked chicken. When Mammy is about to discover him, he hands it off to Jerry; this lets him be a hero to Mammy and still get his chicken. Jerry is miffed, and sees his chance to retaliate: Butch (Spike) is very possessive of his bone, and sternly warns Tom to stay away from it. Jerry keeps stealing the bone and planting it on Tom. Finally, Jerry bores a hole in the bone, inserts a bolt, and gets Tom to swallow a magnet. The bone keeps coming back to Tom, even through a fence. Finally, as Tom runs off followed by Spike, Jerry, who's been hiding in a tin can, is also dragged along.

Tom, Jerry, Mammy-Two-Shoes, Butch (Spike)

When re-released in 1957, the black maid was replaced with a white maid.

Tom speaks in this cartoon in the scene where he tricks Spike into standing still with the bone on his nose.

Songs: "Love That Pup" (Scott Bradley), "Sing Before Breakfast" (Nacio Herb Brown-Arthur Freed)