Tom and Jerry star in Wot a Night (1931). It has crazy and impossible skeleton gags. It also does something Disney cartoons liked doing.
Tom is paranoid as Jerry tries to open a window blind.
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Here are two really ugly in-betweens.
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Tom is balancing his hat on his nose.
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Lifting the shade reveals nothing, so Tom and Jerry look around the corner.
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Something oozes through the bricks on the floor.
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It’s a bat! See the quiggly lines around Tom to show he’s shuddering (the drawing alternates with another with smooth lines).
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The bat flies off in perspective near the camera so the theatre audience can get a close-up. Jerry, for some reason, is rubbing his finger against a pointed claw on the bat.
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John Foster and George Stalling receive a “by” credit on the cartoon. Gene Rodemich supplies the score.
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