The Midnight Snack is a
1941 one-reel
animated cartoon and is the second
Tom and Jerry short, produced in
Technicolor and released to theatres on July 19, 1941, by
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, and re-released on February 27, 1948 and 1957. It was produced by
Fred Quimby and directed by
William Hanna and
Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by
Scott Bradley. This cartoon featured the second appearance of Tom and Jerry, and was the first in which the characters were named. The first cartoon,
Puss Gets the Boot had the cat named
Jasper, and a mouse known as
Jinx.
The Midnight Snack also features the black housemaid,
Mammy Two Shoes, voiced by
Lillian Randolph, and ends in the typical destruction, and Tom being kicked out of the house.