#OnThisDay 1886 Fred Quimby, American film producer (Tom and Jerry), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1965) "Jerry and the Goldfish" (fragment), is a 1951 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 56th Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It was animated by Irven Spence, Ray Patterson, Ed Barge and Kenneth Muse, with music by Scott Bradley and backgrounds by Robert Gentle. Interesting facts: This is first appearance of the Goldfish.

Tom and Jerry producer Fred Quimby, though not involved in the creative process, took all credit for the cartoon’s success. Each time the cartoon won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film, he accepted it without inviting the animators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera | Historyinmemes

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