Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl

Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl is the full name of a 1950 short film starring Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse. The plot concerns Tom and Jerry rivaling to become the conductor of the orchestra. Like usual, Jerry wins at last, tiring Tom out in a manner similar to The Cat Concerto, another Tom and Jerry film.
==Plot==
The plot opens with a scene of the Hollywood Bowl, a famous venue in Los Angeles, California. A well-known conductor, Tom, steps out, bows, and raises his baton. The orchestra then starts to play Overture to the Fledermaus by Johann Strauss. While Tom is conducting, the scene switches to a Hollywood Bowl-shaped mousehole, where the second star, Jerry, appears. Jerry is also a conductor, and realizes that he is going to become famous if he succeeds in getting rid of Tom. Jerry puts on his best suit (also tails), grabs his baton, and runs out of his hole to confront Tom. Discovering Jerry trying to demean him, Tom attempts unsuccessfully to swish Jerry away with his baton. After irritating Tom by conducting under his clothes, Jerry gets slingshotted by Tom via his baton. In retaliation, Jerry, in a cunning yet silly plot, asks Tom politely to waltz with him in the waltz part. After dancing for a few moments, Jerry violently pushes Tom away, causing him to get smashed onto a cello. Seeking revenge, Tom asks Jerry to dance with him this time, and without much delay, shakes Jerry up and swings him into a French horn. A confused Jerry looks ups, but suddenly, the ceiling moves, blinding him (presumable because the horn player is about to play). Jerry then begs Tom to conduct, but is rejected twice. Enraged, Jerry places wheels on Tom's conducting platform and pushes it out. It speeds down the sidewalk and stops in the middle of the road, when a bus comes and crushes Tom flat. He angrily comes back to the venue, seizes Jerry (who is conducting), and takes him to the percussionist, who squashes him flat with his cymbals. After regaining shape, a furious Jerry retrieves a saw and begins cutting through the floor, caving the orchestra players in. Soon, nearly all of the players are eliminated, and Tom has to play the instruments manually by himself, staring with the cello, then the trombone, and then the violin. Jerry goes up the platform to conduct, and Tom hastily thinks up a system to play multiple instruments at once: A foot drum is at his feet, three sets of violins are beside him, a cello sits to his left, and an array of trumpets rest beside him. The concert ends with a standing ovation; Jerry bows, and the spotlight cuts to Tom, who is so exhausted, he can barely open his eyes. He does a small bow for himself before disappearing in a manner similar to his fellow players.
== Soundtrack ==
All of the music played in the film are uncredited.
* Excerpt from Symphonic Poem No. 3 by Franz Liszt, from Preludes
* Die Fledermaus (Tom and Jerry's repertoire), Johann Strauss
== Gallery ==
The following images are listed in chronological order.
File:HollywoodBowl-6.jpg|Tom about to slingshot Jerry.
File:HollywoodBowl-1.jpg|Tom after being smashed into a cello by Jerry
File:HollywoodBowl-2.jpg|Tom before being crushed by a trolley car
File:HollywoodBowl-3.jpg|Jerry after being squashed by cymbals.
File:WordlyWise10.jpg|One of the victims of Jerry's saw.
File:HollywoodBowl-4.jpg|Tom with a trombone and a violin, after all the musicians are eliminated by Jerry.
File:WordlyWise8.jpg|Tom struggling to keep up with Jerry's baton, just seconds before the end of the film.
File:WordlyWise9.jpg|Tom after his final bow; the concert has just ended, and Tom is about to cave into the floor via one of Jerry's unfinished saw marks.
== External links ==
* The Hollywood Bowl on IMDb
* The Hollywood Bowl on Tom and Jerry Fandom