tom and jerry movie collection Movie Stream Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory 49. willie wonka and the chocolate factory movie Gene Wilder - IMDb, History 1939–1957: Humble beginnings, Tom & Jerry, other shorts. William Hanna, a native of Melrose, New Mexico and Joseph Barbera, born of Italian heritage in New York City, first met at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio in 1939, while working at its animation division (thru its Rudolf Ising unit) and thus began a partnership that would last for over six decades..