Tom and Jerry is an animation produced by MGM Film Company 1939. The film was written by william hanna and joseph barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. The first season "Sweet Home" premiered in the United States on February 1940. Tom and Jerry featured burlesque and described the war between a pair of bitter rivals Tom and Jerry. Tom often uses cunning tricks to deal with Jerry, and Jerry often uses loopholes in Tom's tricks to escape his persecution and take revenge.