<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In the pre-video era, Tom & Jerry cartoons were a popular subject for 8mm home movies, with the UK - based Walton Films issuing dozens of titles as colour one - reel Super 8 films, in both silent and sound editions . Walton's agreement with MGM obligated them to release the films in slightly edited form, even though the single - reel format would have comfortably accommodated the cartoons' seven to eight minute running time . </P> <P> MGM / UA released a series of Tom & Jerry laserdisc box sets in the 1990s . The Art of Tom & Jerry volumes 1 and 2, contain all the MGM shorts up to (but not including) the Deitch Era, including letterboxed versions of the shorts filmed in CinemaScope . The cartoons are all intact save for His Mouse Friday (dialogue has been wiped) and Saturday Evening Puss, which is the re-drawn version with June Foray's voice added . A third volume to The Art of Tom & Jerry was released and contains all of the Chuck Jones - era Tom and Jerry shorts . </P>

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