Tom and Jerry Kids Show: The Complete First Season is available on DVD 430! A Rivalry for All Ages! Spend some time with the beloved .\rbr\rbrMouse in Manhattan is a 1945 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 19th Tom and Jerry short released in American theaters on July 7, 1945 and reissued in .\rbr\rbrThe cartoon begins with Tom listening to the radio, and being frightened by the horror story being told. Halfway into the story, the dramatics (hair standing on end .\rbr\rbrTom and Jerry is an American animated series of short films created in 1940, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It centers on a rivalry between its two title .