Co-directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera won seven Best Short of the Year Oscars. In order: The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943), Mouse Trouble (1944), Quiet Please! (1945), The Cat Concerto (1947), The Little Orphan (1948), The Two Mouseketeers (1952), and Johann Mouse (1953).
The only Hanna & Barbera short that won an Academy Award and featured Spike Bulldog along with Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse.
The scene where Jerry throws light bulbs as bombs and they burst loudly is a reference to Pablo Picasso's painting "Guernica."
This short was shown on VHS before National Velvet (1944).