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4 unusual facts about Gene Deitch


Gene Deitch

His home recordings of Connie Converse in the mid-1950s, led to her rediscovery forty years later.

He was also an amateur sound recordist, who made tape recordings of artists like John Lee Hooker and Pete Seeger.

Jiří Jirmal

He contributed the musical background for Gene Deitch's 1962 Tom and Jerry cartoon Tall in the Trap, in which he was credited as George Jirmal.

Weston Woods Studios

Starting in 1968, Weston Woods began a long collaboration with animator Gene Deitch and opened international offices in Henley-on-Thames, England, UK, in 1972; Canada in 1975; and Australia in 1977.


Pent-House Mouse

Pent-House Mouse is the first of thirty-four Tom and Jerry shorts directed by Chuck Jones (known as Charles M. Jones who's following Gene Deitch's departure), released in 1963.

Tom Terrific

Created by Gene Deitch under the Terrytoons studio (which by that time was a subsidiary of CBS, the network that broadcast Captain Kangaroo), Tom Terrific ran in a series of five-minute cartoons created specifically for the Captain Kangaroo show from 1957-1959, and was rerun on Kangaroo for years thereafter.


see also

Sorry Safari

Sorry Safari, released in October 1962, is the 11th in a series of thirteen Tom and Jerry cartoons directed by Gene Deitch.

The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit

Despite mixed reception, it is mainly known as the most critically acclaimed of the Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts among members of the Tom and Jerry fanbase.