. . . . "Blue Cat Blues is a 1956 one reel animated Tom and Jerry cartoon directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. Released on November 16, 1956 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the cartoon was animated by Ed Barge, Irven Spence, Lewis Marshall and Kenneth Muse, with layouts by Richard Bickenbach and backgrounds by Robert Gentle.Unusual for a Tom and Jerry short, Jerry \"speaks\", narrating the story in voiceover via Paul Frees."@en . . . "Blue Cat Blues"@en . . . . .