Becoming Mr. Mouse

The best part of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947) are the transformation scenes of Jerry after he drinks the potion Tom has concocted.

Al Grandmain was MGM’s effects animator and he gets screen credit for his work.



The little ball becomes a musclebound mouse.



Ken Muse, Ed Barge and Mike Lah are given animation credits; my wild guess is this is Lah’s Tom in this scene.

Scott Bradley comes up with some great dramatic horror music, and there’s excellent using of colour as Tom mixes his concoction.