
Birthday:
08-07-1903
Deathday:
07-18-1992 (88 years)
Birthplace:
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Biography
Rudolf Ising was an American producer and director of animated short films. Some of the titles he is known for are The Calico Dragon (1935), The Old Mill Pond (1936), The Hound and the Rabbit (1937), Puss Gets the Boot (1940), The Milky Way (1940), and Bats in the Belfry (1942).
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Papa Gets the Bird
Act like Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
event1940
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Papa Bear attempts to give the family's pet canary a bath. An MGM Bear Family cartoon.
A Rainy Day with the Bear Family
Act like Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 3
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In this animated short featuring the Bear Family, Papa Bear attempts to fix a leaky roof during a rain storm.
Bottles
Act like Old Druggist (voice)
event1936 star_border 8
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A dark and stormy night in a drugstore. The druggist mixes a potion and falls asleep. The skull-and-crossbones on the bottle comes to life and drips the potion on the druggist.
The Fishing Bear
Act like (voice)
event1940 star_border 7
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Barney's going fishing, but just as he's getting ready to hook a whole school of trout, a rather persistent duck keeps getting in the way.
Alice's Wonderland
Act like Self
event1923 star_border 6
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Instead of Wonderland, Alice visits the Walt Disney animation room.
The Prospecting Bear
Act like Barney Bear
event1941 star_border 5.3
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Barney and his severely overloaded pack mule are prospecting, high on a mountain, when Barney spots gold nuggets, and a whole cave lined with gold.
You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!
Act like Evil Predator (voice) (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 5.1
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A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil large predator.
Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid
Act like Cartoonist (uncredited)
event1929 star_border 5.4
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Original short that introduced Bosko, never released. Producer-directors Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising showed it to various studio executives as a pilot for the Bosko character.
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
Act like Foxy (voice)
event1931 star_border 5.2
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A streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.
Ride Him, Bosko
Act like First Cartoonist (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 5.9
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Ride Him, Bosko! is a western-flavored cartoon with lots of shooting gags involving body reduction, and card characters singing! There's also an alcohol gag that has a really strong one turning a male piano player into a woman instantly!
The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
Act like Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5.5
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Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out. And that's just the beginning.
The Rookie Bear
Act like Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 5
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In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.
You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
Act like Piggy / Guard (uncredited)
event1931 star_border 5
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Piggy picks up his girlfriend and takes her to a theater where a hot jazz orchestra is playing.
Home on the Range
Act like Coyote Panting
event1940 star_border 9
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A cow and her calf are bedding down for the night. The calf is frightened by a shadow, until it's revealed to be a jackrabbit. He follows the rabbit deep into the woods. Neither of them notices the wolf following.
The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
Act like Elfs (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 4.9
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Christmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild. He plays with a few toys. A candle falls off the tree and starts a fire. The toys try in vain to fight the fire; the boy hooks up a hose to a set of bagpipes and takes care of it.
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
Director
event1930 star_border 5.7
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The film opens with Bosko taking a bath while whistling "Singin' in the Bathtub". A series of gags allows him to play the shower spray like a harp, pull up his pants by tugging his hair, and give the limelight to the bathtub itself which stands on its hind feet to perform a dance.
Alice Gets Stung
Cinematography
event1925 star_border 4.9
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Julius goes rabbit hunting while Alice goes bear hunting. Alice and her cat learn at their own expense that one shouldn't bother animals, whether those be rabbits or bears.
Puss Gets the Boot
Producer
event1940 star_border 6.9
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Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".
Hold Anything
Director
event1930 star_border 5.3
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Bosko is a construction worker who impresses Honey by making music from everything in sight, including a decapitated mouse, a typewriter and a goat filled with hot air.
Alice's Tin Pony
Cinematography
event1925 star_border 4.5
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Alice and Julius are driving a train, which is carrying a large payroll. Pete the Bear and his gang find out about it and devise a plan to rob the train.
The Flying Bear
Producer
event1941 star_border 5
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Barney's an aviation mechanic for the Army. His plane is a cute little prop that's not only much smaller than the jets but much more anthropomorphic.
Alias St. Nick
Director
event1935 star_border 6.2
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Mrs. Mouse is reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to her brood when a cat tries to break in. The cat overhears them arguing about the existence of Santa, so he dresses up accordingly.
Alice in the Jungle
Cinematography
event1925 star_border 5
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Alice and Julius the cat are riding an elephant through the jungle. Julius falls and is nearly eaten by crocodiles but manages to escape nevertheless. Meanwhile, two elephant children are having fun at a watering hole and a monkey barber has his barber pole eaten by a hippo, who mistakes it for a candy cane. Julius tries to remedy the latter injustice by starching up a tiger's striped tail and knocking it off, using it as a replacement pole. Alice hunts a lion who proves to be too much for her to handle, but Julius bravely comes to the rescue.
Alice the Fire Fighter
Cinematography
event1926 star_border 4.8
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When the local hotel is found to be on fire, the firemen (all of them Julius the cat lookalikes), led by Fire Chief Alice, are called in. The residents are busy escaping the blaze while the cats get to work helping them out of the building and putting out the flames. When a feline tenant gets caught on the top floor, one of the firemen bravely saves her by riding a smoke cloud up to reach her, but when they get back to the ground, he finds her expiring from smoke inhalation. He saves the day by rolling the smoke out of her with a rolling pin, and when she revives the two fall instantly in love.
Merbabies
Director
event1938 star_border 6.1
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Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on the sea floor, where they interact with a parade of seahorses, starfish and other marine life, before disappearing into the surface from which they came.
Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy
Director
event1946 star_border 4.7
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Private Snafu (Situation Normal All Fucked Up) presents his brother Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up) who was a carrier pigeon keeper and has joined the Navy
Big Man from the North
Director
event1931 star_border 4.9
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Bosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive.
Wake Up the Gypsy in Me
Producer
event1933 star_border 4.8
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A camp of Russian gypsies, dancing and playing music. After an opening dance, a quartet of beer-drinkers gargles the Volga Boatman song, then another group hauling on a rope sings it (we finally see that the other end of the rope is anchored by a very small dog). A trench-coated bomber sneaks into the palace, where we see Rice-Puddin', the mad monk, cheating at a jigsaw puzzle. He spies the activity in the gypsy camp and orders a henchman to fetch the gypsy girl. The villagers revolt as a result, sending The Mad Monk scrambling on his horse; they stuff a bomb into his pants just as he turns his horse into a helicopter, and it explodes.
I Like Mountain Music
Director
event1933 star_border 5.4
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After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mussolini, Ignacy Paderewski, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, and Ed Wynn. A robbery sequence features bad guys breaking into the cash register and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the case. King Kong also makes an appearance. A Merrie Melody cartoon.
The Organ Grinder
Director
event1933 star_border 5.1
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In this Merrie Melodies animated short, an organ grinder and his monkey make their way down a city street.
The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Director
event1933 star_border 6
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Utensils and food dance, sing, and play in the kitchen, until a lump of dough turns into a monster and they all unite to stop it.
Big-Hearted Bosko
Director
event1932 star_border 4.8
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While ice-skating on a frozen pond, Bosko and his dog discover a baby abandoned in the snow.
Little Gravel Voice
Producer
event1942 star_border 6
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A little burro is beloved by all the cute wild creatures until he opens his mouth and they hear the horrible braying.
Three's a Crowd
Director
event1932 star_border 5.8
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An old man is reading a book by the fire. The clock strikes 8, and he heads off to bed. From his book, Alice in Wonderland, out crawls Alice, who turns the radio to the title tune. This wakes up Rip Van Winkle; Alice then rouses the Three Musketeers, who sing a bit. Next tune: Nero fiddles, Rome burns, and Cleopatra sizzles in a slinky dance. Uncle Tom sings a spiritual as Mr. Hyde sneaks up and abducts Alice. Tarzan to the rescue, along with several other characters who mount a spirited attack using such office supplies as pen points, matches, and a fountain pen. They box him up and carry him off.
Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
Director
event1932 star_border 5.2
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An American Indian boy and girl sing and dance in the forest along with the animals. Trouble begins when a fire threatens baby birds in their nest.
Bosko's Store
Director
event1932 star_border 5.4
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Shopkeeper Bosko takes care of business.
Freddy the Freshman
Director
event1932 star_border 5.5
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Freddy comes to a party and is a hit; he then goes on to be the star quarterback at the football game.
Bosko's Picture Show
Producer
event1933 star_border 6.1
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Bosko runs a movie theater that shows a wacky newsreel with Jack Dumpsey, a slapstick short from Haurel and Lardy, and a turn-of-the-century melodrama starring Honey.
Bosko in Person
Producer
event1933 star_border 5.2
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Bosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante.
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
Director
event1933 star_border 4.8
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An animated singing and dancing revue of babies (representing a variety of stereotypes) who are being prepared for delivery by stork.
We're in the Money
Director
event1933 star_border 5.7
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After the last human has left the department store, the toys proceed to the music department where they start performing the Warren/Dubin song "We're in the money". The money soon joins for a chorus, as well as display dolls in the wardrobe department.
Cubby's World Flight
Director
event1933
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A Van Beuren "Aesop Fable" cartoon featuring Cubby Bear.
Young and Healthy
Director
event1933 star_border 3.7
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Warner Bros. animated short featuring the song 'Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)'
Bosko the Doughboy
Producer
event1931 star_border 5.7
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Bosko is a doughboy in the Great War.
Bosko's Holiday
Director
event1931 star_border 5.1
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Bosko and Honey go on a picnic that ends badly.
Ain't Nature Grand!
Director
event1931 star_border 5
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Bosko fishes, and sings and dances with frogs. But two ladybugs use a wasp as an airplane, and a beehive and tree branch as a machine gun to drive him away.
Yodeling Yokels
Director
event1931 star_border 4.6
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Bosko and Honey yodel happily in the Alps until a series of disasters end with Honey rushing downriver on an ice floe.
One More Time
Producer
event1931 star_border 5.6
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Cop Foxy is trying to enforce the law in town, but dangerous drivers and gangsters who also kidnap his sweetheart are making this difficult.
Bosko's Soda Fountain
Director
event1931 star_border 4.6
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Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty kitten pupil.
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
Director
event1931 star_border 5.1
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Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land. One of the "Censored 11" banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.
Dumb Patrol
Director
event1931 star_border 6.2
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During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.
The Tree's Knees
Director
event1931 star_border 4.9
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Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.
Ups 'n Downs
Director
event1931 star_border 5.2
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Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but he sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.
The Milky Way
Director
event1940 star_border 6.6
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The three little kittens have lost their mittens and are sent to bed without dinner. From their room, they see the Milky Way and sail up to it, using a basket and helium balloons, passing through some fanciful astronomical bodies, until they reach a Milky Way filled with every conceivable form of milk.
Box Car Blues
Director
event1930 star_border 5.6
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Bosko and his porcine friend are hobos in a runaway boxcar.
The Booze Hangs High
Director
event1930 star_border 5
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Bosko has a grand time on the farm, dancing with a cow, playing a horse's tail like a violin and getting drunk with three pigs.
Congo Jazz
Director
event1930 star_border 5.1
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Bosko hunts in the jungle, but ends up playing music with the animals.
The Old Mill Pond
Director
event1936 star_border 5
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The fish and frogs gather at the old mill pond to hear a jazz concert. Performers include caricatures of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and tap dancer Bill Robinson ("Bojangles").
Little Cheeser
Director
event1936
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Little Cheeser is a young mouse who thinks he's more grown up than he is. Mama tells him to go to bed, calling him "Mama's little man"; he doesn't want to. His devil side emerges and guides him to the cheese in the pantry, where his angel side appears to stop him. The devil leads him on to the smoking supplies, where he lights a pipe, then to a racy magazine, and then to the booze. The soused Cheeser goes looking for the cat, but when he finds it, the reality sobers him up quickly. The devil, meanwhile, has been trapped in a copy of Dante's Inferno by the angel. The angel helps Cheeser escape, and he's all too happy to go to bed and be Mama's little man.
Little Buck Cheeser
Director
event1937 star_border 6.3
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Little Cheeser and his friends, inspired by Buck Rogers (and visions of cheese), build a rocket ship and fly to the moon.
Honeyland
Director
event1935 star_border 6
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A group of brave honey bees attempt to rescue a girl bee who's been abducted by a spider.
The Pups' Picnic
Director
event1936 star_border 6
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Two little puppies, one black, one brown, go on a picnic outing with their human family. The pups wind up unwitting participants in a fox hunt.
The Calico Dragon
Director
event1935 star_border 4.9
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A little girl reads a story about a dragon; as she falls asleep, her doll rides off on his calico horse through a calico land to do battle with a three-headed singing calico dragon.
The Early Bird and the Worm
Director
event1936 star_border 6.7
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A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then a snake and two crows join the chase.
The Old Plantation
Director
event1935 star_border 5
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'Black beauty' must win a race against other toys in order to save the Old Plantation, a doll house.
The Hound and the Rabbit
Director
event1937 star_border 7.5
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A hound chases a young rabbit, ultimately cornering him against a tree. But the dog doesn't want to eat the rabbit, just make friends. The bunny takes his new friend (who he names Sniffy) to where the rest of the rabbits are playing football and, after introductions, they join in. Soon a fox happens along.
The Homeless Flea
Director
event1940 star_border 5.2
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A flea sets up its new home in the fur of a sleeping dog.
Fiery Fireman
Director
event1928 star_border 5.3
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Oswald and his faithful horse rush to a blazing apartment area to rescue troubled residents.
Homeless Homer
Director
event1929 star_border 4.5
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Friz Freleng's second directorial effort -- under his legal name of 'Isadore' and credited as co-director with Rudolf Ising -- is a silent Oswald the Lucky Rabbit effort, made soon after Charles Mintz grabbed the rights to the character and almost all his crew from Walt Disney. Oswald takes in Homer, a small kitten, and attempts to teach him table manners and to give him a bath, but Homer retaliates using a clothesline and a player piano.
The Little Bantamweight
Director
event1938 star_border 8
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The big bantamweight fight is in a few months and papa rooster is getting nervous: the eggs start hatching, and all the males look like real fighters - except for one little runt.
One Mother's Family
Director
event1939 star_border 9
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A mother hen is taking her brood for a walk. They encounter obstacles along the way, such as traffic. There's one clumsy chick who repeatedly has more trouble than the rest.
Dance of the Weed
Director
event1941 star_border 8
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A clumsy yokel of a male weed courts a delicate female flower ballerina by trying to dance with her.
Wild Honey, or, How to Get Along Without a Ration Book
Director
event1942 star_border 6
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Barney sets off in search of honey, but his various gadgets don't always work out they way they should.
Barney Bear's Victory Garden
Director
event1942 star_border 4.3
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Barney Bear grows a victory garden that a gopher is only too happy to gobble up.
The Bear and the Beavers
Director
event1942
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Barney has run out of firewood in mid winter. His quest for more is not too successful. Meanwhile, the beavers have been busily cutting and stacking their wood, which proves too tempting for Barney. The beavers are not pleased.
Bats in the Belfry
Director
event1942 star_border 6.5
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A trio of belfry-dwelling bats explain to us, musically (and demonstrate), why they are associated with nuttiness. Especially the smallest.
The First Swallow
Director
event1942 star_border 8
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The story of a single swallow who, taking a rest from southward flight at a mission in California, ultimately brings about the famed migration of swallows to the mission at San Juan Capistrano.
The Boy and the Wolf
Director
event1943 star_border 6
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A little Mexican boy is herding sheep with his dog Perrito. The boy plays a prank on Perrito, pretending the wolf is attacking the flock.
Bah Wilderness
Director
event1943 star_border 6
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Barney's on a camping trip, but the great outdoors is a bit too wild for him: first the wildlife, then the air mattress, then a bit of rain...
The Uninvited Pest
Director
event1943 star_border 6
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Barney is settling in for his hibernation when a squirrel spots his bedtime snack: a bowl of walnuts. The squirrel sneaks in and wakes Barney up. Barney chases out the squirrel, who proceeds to drop first the nut, then himself, down Barney's noisy tin roof.
Bosko's Easter Eggs
Director
event1937
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A Happy Harmonie with Bosko.
Swing Wedding
Director
event1937
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This film is very reminiscent of "Cabin in the Sky", in that you have a very sexy Ethel Waters about to be married to Stepin Fetchit. Fetchit's friends Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller are trying to get him to the church on time, but Stepin isn't in any hurry to get hitched.
MGM Cartoon Christmas
Director
event1993
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Hugh Harman's brilliant 1939 Oscar-Nominated parable Peace On Earth, highlights MGM/UA Home Video's animated shorts Christmas Package. Also included is Hugh Harman-Rudolph Ising's Alias St. Nick, a comedic tale about a young cynical mouse who believes there "ain't no Santa Claus." The Pups' Christmas follows two adorable puppies as they tangle with cornucopia of gifts, some of which turn out to be quite menacing! The Peachy Cobbler is a heartwarming retelling of the sweet Shoemaker and the Elves, directed by Tex Avery. A sickly old shoemaker feeds his last piece of bread to some birds who then decide to do him a favor and fix all the shoes in his shop!
Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
Director
event1931 star_border 5.8
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In this first Merrie Melodie short, things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.
The Discontented Canary
Producer
event1934 star_border 6
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A canary is frustrated by being caged. One day the kind old lady who owns him opens a nearby window, and also leaves the door to the cage open. Freedom! But it's not all it's cracked up to be.
Alice's Monkey Business
Director of Photography
event1926 star_border 5.5
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Alice and Julius, while out hunting big game, find themselves brought before the court of the Lion King.
Romeo in Rhythm
Director
event1940
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This cartoon is by Rudy Ising, and is the last of a long line of black animal musicals done at MGM in the late 30s and early 40s.
The Little Goldfish
Producer
event1939 star_border 7.7
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A goldfish dreams of living in the ocean, and ends up getting there after being accidentally washed down the drain, then finds that it’s too scary.
The Wayward Pups
Producer
event1937 star_border 4
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The cat of the house has its nap interrupted by two playing puppies, which sets off a chain of events.
It's Got Me Again!
Director
event1932 star_border 5.6
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Late at night, the mice come out and sing and play to the title tune, among others. That is, until the cat arrives, but he's quickly sent packing.
Pagan Moon
Director
event1932 star_border 4.3
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On a tropical island, a native boy sings "Pagan Moon" to his sweetheart. Later, he plays music underwater with an octopus-pianist and other jazz-loving sea life.
Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection
Director
event2010 star_border 6.7
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The world's favorite cat and mouse celebrate 7 decades of mischief and mayhem.
Swing Social
Director
event1940
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The Deacon is on his way to church in the Deep South and sees a brother from the congregation setting out to do some Sunday fishing. The preacher advises the fisherman that he will not be catching any fish on the Sabbath, as the fish are having their own underwater camp-meeting.
Mrs. Ladybug
Director
event1940
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A mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores. A big black spider dresses up as a maid to get in the door.
Poor Papa
Camera Operator
event1928 star_border 5.9
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Oswald gets a visit from the stork ... again and again and again. He has to resort to a variety of strategies to stop the continual flow of babies.
Plane Crazy
Animation
event1929 star_border 6.3
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Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip.
Little Red Riding Hood
Animation
event1922 star_border 4.4
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Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all 9 lives. Mother puts together a basket for Red to take to granny. Red uses her cart, which is pushed by her little dog; the cart gets a flat tire, and she inflates a donut to replace it. A wolf (a human lothario) drives by in a flivver, and dashes off to grandma's house, where he finds a note saying she's gone to the movies. He shrinks his car and stashes it in his pocket, then waits for Red, who stopped to watch a dancing flower. Red arrives, and they go into the house, where he attempts to have his way with her. The dog rushes off and gets help from an airplane pilot, who uses a skyhook to remove the house and, ultimately, lift the wolf in his car and drop him in the lake. Written by Jon Reeves
Good Wrinkles
Director
event1951 star_border 5
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Sunny-sweet the prune shows us how prunes are made from certain kinds of plums, why they're so good for you, and, in live action, some recipes made with prunes. As a subplot, he also explains why California prunes are better than those from the Pacific Northwest and other areas. (Of course, Sunny may be a bit biased, since this film was sponsored by a California organization of prune growers).
Toyland Broadcast
Director
event1934 star_border 4
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Station ABC broadcasts the Toyland Revue, featuring music from baby-doll singers, a roly-poly bandleader, a jack-in-the-box crooner, a wind-up music box and more.
The Old Pioneer
Director
event1934 star_border 6
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In this first entry in MGM's Happy Harmonies series, an old man tells a newsboy about his adventures with Native Americans in the Old West.
Alice Plays Cupid
Cinematography
event1925 star_border 4.8
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Julius is a lifeguard at the beach, where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful female cat. Alice decides to help out by driving the car when the two decide to elope.
Alice Charms the Fish
Cinematography
event1926 star_border 5.5
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Alice and Julius go fishing where Alice charms the fish ashore with a tune from her flute.
Alice Cuts the Ice
Cinematography
event1926 star_border 5.5
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Julius tries to elope with Alice's maid. Alice gets ahold of a policeman and they give pursuit.
Alice's Spanish Guitar
Cinematography
event1926 star_border 5.5
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Putrid Pete becomes infatuated with Alice's guitar playing, so he kidnaps her and imprisons her in his castle.
Alice's Brown Derby
Cinematography
event1926 star_border 6.2
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Another horse race with Julius riding a mechanical horse and Pete unsuccessfully trying to cheat to win.
Alice the Lumberjack
Cinematography
event1926 star_border 5.5
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Pete schemes to kidnap Alice while she and Julius are working as lumberjacks along the river.
Alice the Golf Bug
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 4.8
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Alice, Julius and Pete compete in a golf tournament.
Alice Foils the Pirates
Animation
event1927 star_border 5
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Julius discovers that Alice has been captured by Pete and held prisoner on his pirate ship. He sets out to rescue Alice.
Alice at the Carnival
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Alice and Julius visit a carnival where they ride the rides and take in the sideshow.
Alice at the Rodeo
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Julius wins a bronc-riding contest at the rodeo. However, Pete steals his prize money, so Julius must go after him to get it back.
Alice the Collegiate
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Alice gets a job teaching football at a local college, where the star quarterback is none other than Julius.
Alice in the Alps
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Alice and Julius go ice-skating in the Swiss Alps, and later go on a mountain-climbing expedition with Pete.
Alice's Auto Race
Animation
event1927 star_border 5.8
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Alice, Julius and Peter enter a road race. Pete, of course, tries to cheat by pulling such stunts as switching road signs, but Julius is on to Pete's tricks.
Alice's Knaughty Knight
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Pete, dressed in a suit of armor, steals away the female that Julius is after. So Julius devises his own suit of armor, made mostly out of junk, to win her back.
Alice's Three Bad Eggs
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Alice and Julius have to hold their western fort against The Three Bad Eggs and a band of marauding Indians.
Alice's Picnic
Animation
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Alice and her friends decide to go to the park and have a picnic. Everything is going well until a gang of rats steals their food. Alice and her friends decide to go after the rats and get their food back.
Alice's Channel Swim
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Julius and Pete have a contest to swim across the English Channel, with Alice as the referee.
Alice in the Klondike
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Julius and Alice go prospecting for gold in the Klondike and strike it rich. However, they have to protect their claim against Pete, who wants to take it for himself.
Alice's Medicine Show
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 5.5
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Alice and Julius are in a traveling medicine show, and part of their job is to sell patent medicine to audiences.
Alice in the Big League
Cinematography
event1927 star_border 4.8
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Alice attempts to umpire a big league baseball game where the animals begin to take exception to her bad calls.
The Pups' Christmas
Director
event1936 star_border 5.2
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On Christmas morning two pups and the household's children are up early. The pups are frightened by a large stuffed dog, a train set, a crying doll, a toy tank, and other toys.
Bosko Shipwrecked!
Producer
event1931 star_border 5.3
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Bosko is shipwrecked on an island where he is chased by a lion and pursued by simian cannibals.
Bosko's Fox Hunt
Producer
event1931 star_border 5
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Bosko joins a wacky fox hunt. But if the hunt worries anyone, it isn't the fox.
Moonlight for Two
Director
event1932 star_border 4.5
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Two courting hillbilly dogs go to the big barn dance.
Red-Headed Baby
Director
event1931 star_border 4.8
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The old toymaker goes to sleep, and his toys immediately come to life and sing "Red-Headed Baby." A red-haired baby doll begins the song. She's soon joined by her sweetheart, a toy soldier named Napoleon. A spider briefly spoils the fun when he descends upon the toys and grabs the doll. It's up to Napoleon to save her.
Bosko at the Zoo
Producer
event1932 star_border 4
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Bosko and Honey go to the zoo. Honey is frightened by the lion, but Bosko is the one who ends up in danger.
Battling Bosko
Producer
event1932 star_border 5.3
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Bosko is a brave little boxer who battles the champion, Gas House Harry. The enormous brute proves a bit much, even for a plucky underdog.
Bosko's Party
Producer
event1932 star_border 5.4
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Bosko whistles "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo" as he walks down the sidewalk in the pouring rain. His umbrella provides a good sailboat when he wants to cross a flooded street. Meanwhile, Honey is getting dressed and made up. She's about to remove her nightgown when she realizes that we in the audience are watching her. She goes behind a modesty screen, but the mirror reveals all to us. Bosko arrives at Honey's place and one of her friends opens the door. Little does she know that several of her friends are downstairs waiting to surprise her. This is Honey's birthday. Honey's little yapping dog causes trouble before and during the party. Worse trouble comes from her pupil--a little kitten who hides underneath a flowerpot and can't get out from under it. When he finally does, he causes a minor catastrophe.
Goopy Geer
Director
event1932 star_border 5.5
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At a nightclub, the crowd demands Goopy Geer, and the lanky dog doesn't disappoint them. He gives a zany performance on the piano, but the employees and the customers are just as wacky. A gorilla waiter dances while serving. Three identical cats display a peculiar way of eating. A chicken has a nauseating way of making chicken soup. The nightclub singer tells corny jokes. Even the hat racks come to life and dance. A horse imbibing a too-strong drink provides the show-stopper.
Bosko and Bruno
Producer
event1932 star_border 5.3
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Bosko, carrying his hobo stick, travels along the railroad tracks with his dog, Bruno. Unfortunately, they're both on the tracks as they cross a bridge and realize that a train is coming perilously near. They manage to escape via a handcar, which was waiting for them on the tracks. however, once over the bridge, Bruno gets his foot caught near the switch. Bruno escapes, but not before allowing his poor master to think he's dead. Bosko is angry at his pet, but outrage turns to fear when the sound of another train gets them both panicking again. Luckily, the "train whistle" is only the mooing of a cow. The pair's adventures continue as they try to steal a chicken for her eggs. Finally, they end up on a runaway boxcar and have a second encounter with the obnoxious cow.
Bosko's Dog Race
Producer
event1932 star_border 5.4
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Bosko enters his dog, Bruno, in a dog race.
The Queen Was in the Parlor
Director
event1932 star_border 5.5
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The king returns to his castle, and asks where the queen is; she's in the parlor, and won't be seen, according to the title song. He goes to his throne and summons his jester, Goopy Geer. A black knight arrives and threatens one of the young ladies in court; Goopy fights him off, first with an ax, then in armor from kitchen utensils, then butting him with a mounted animal head, which makes the knight's armor fall apart. He pulls it together again and runs away.
Bosko at the Beach
Producer
event1932 star_border 5
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Bosko, Honey, and Bruno spend a day at the beach.
I Love a Parade
Director
event1932 star_border 4.7
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A circus parade, to the title tune. Next, a series of sideshow acts: the wild boy, the rubber man, siamese twin pigs, a tattooed man, a hula-dancing hippo, an Indian snake (or goat) charmer. Into the ring, we have a hippo riding a horse (much to the horse's dismay), a high-wire act (again, to the title song), and finally a lion tamer.
Bosko the Lumberjack
Producer
event1932 star_border 4.6
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Bosko and his friends are cutting down trees in a forest. He battles a burly woodsman named Pierre who has gone off and kidnapped his beloved Honey.
I Wish I Had Wings
Director
event1932 star_border 5.8
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An expectant father rooster fetches doctor stork, who comes out with a basket full of white chicks and one little black one, who gets crowded out of the food. After singing the title song, he manages to improvise a pair of wings and fly over the chicken coop, but regrets it when he is chased by a mean scarecrow.
Bosko the Drawback
Producer
event1932 star_border 3
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Bosko is the star player in a wacky game of professional football.
A Great Big Bunch of You
Director
event1932 star_border 5.3
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A mannequin in the city dump improvises a working piano from junk, then plays and sings the title song. Various discarded items join in with song or dance.
Bosko's Dizzy Date
Producer
event1932 star_border 3.5
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Honey is trying to teach violin to a difficult pupil who hates music. She call Bosko over. The pair sing and dance and play music while the kitten continues to express its disdain.
Bosko's Woodland Daze
Producer
event1932 star_border 5.2
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While romping through the forest, Bosko falls asleep and dreams of giants and gnomes. (bosko.toonzone.net)
Bosko in Dutch
Producer
event1933 star_border 3.6
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Set on a frozen pond in Holland, various animals attempt to skate on the slippery ice.
One Step Ahead of My Shadow
Director
event1933 star_border 4.8
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Several Chinese residents play music. A dragon frees himself from a cage and goes after them, but fireworks are shoved down the dragon's throat. This causes him to explode and turn into a walking dragon skeleton.
When the Cat's Away
Director
event1935
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The mice will loot the kitchen. The roaches also get into the act. A rat menaces the lead mouse couple, until the cat returns.
Bosko's Parlor Pranks
Producer
event1934
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Bosko keeps Wilbur occupied with tales of his past exploits while Honey steps out on an errand.
Two Little Pups
Director
event1936
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A hen tries to get something to eat from a garden, but is chased around the yard by the titular pups.
Mischievous Mice
Director
event1934
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This short opens showing numerous mice eating all the food in Honey's kitchen and ruining everything in her house. She tires valiantly to run them off but they outsmart her. She makes a phone call and Cubby appears at her door. The mice make quick work of him too. Only a fat cat is able to temporarily stop them but they soon turn on him too. Cubby comes to the aide of the cat but the mice outsmart the both of them. In the end the mice have run off the cat, Honey is gone, and Cubby sits dazed on the floor as the mice cheer their victory.
Bosko and Honey
Producer
event1932
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An unreleased cartoon that eventually went on to have most of its animation recycled by Bosko's Dizzy Date. Honey is trying to teach violin to a difficult pupil who hates music. She call Bosko over. The pair sing and dance and play music while the kitten continues to express its disdain.
Alice's Day at Sea
Animation
event1924 star_border 4.5
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Alice's trip to the sea inspires her to dream of a visit to an animated underwater world.
Circus Daze
Producer
event1937
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Bosko and Honey, at the circus.
Little Cesario
Producer
event1941
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Little Cesario, a clumsy, and not too bright, St. Bernard puppy, is the junior member of a family of decorated life-savers.
The Lost Chick
Producer
event1935 star_border 7
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A chicken has hatched seven chicks. She locates six of them, but the other, Eggbert, is missing.
The Chinese Nightingale
Director
event1935 star_border 5
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A Chinese emperor is gladdened by the song of the nightingale and is moved to play his own song. One day the Japanese send a music box with a mechanical bird; the nightingale feels rejected and leaves. Soon the clockwork breaks down, and the emperor dispatches his crow to go look for the songbird. The emperor, meanwhile, grows sicker with the passing months.
Hey, Hey Fever
Producer
event1935
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This MGM "Happy Harmonies" entry stars Bosko. He falls asleep at a sign promoting Mother Goose bread, and Mother Goose characters come to life.
Barnyard Babies
Director
event1935 star_border 6.5
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There is a baby contest going on in the barn, but the rooster and hen haven't hatched their brood yet.
Tale of the Vienna Woods
Director
event1934 star_border 5.5
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The animated adventure of a fawn and a satyr who is only animate during daylight.
To Spring
Producer
event1936 star_border 6.7
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Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours.
Poor Little Me
Producer
event1935 star_border 6
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Bunnies, turtles, and other small woodland animals play. A child skunk remains apart, heartbroken that he has no friends.
Pipe Dreams
Producer
event1938 star_border 5
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The hear/see/speak no evil monkeys come to life from a small statue on a shelf. They find a pipe and smoke it, and enter a world where all manner of tobacco smoking paraphernalia comes to life.
Alice's Fishy Story
Animation
event1924 star_border 4.7
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Alice wants desperately to get out of practicing her piano so she can go have fun with her friends. She tricks her mother into thinking she's still playing by getting her dog to play for her, and then she and the gang hitch a ride to the local pond where they spend their time fishing. While there, she envisions what it would be like to go fishing at the North Pole.
Aladdin's Vamp
Director
event1926
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A lowly shoeshine boy has his attention captivated by a pretty girl and tries to follow her back to her place. After his attempt to meet with her fails due to an angry superintendent in her apartment building, he receives some help from the genie of the spittoon who provides an effective way to get to her balcony. Once they depart the angry man gives chase, aided by two mice and a bathtub, attacking with a water jet and a cannon and no concern for the girl's safety. From 1926, this is one of Rudolph Ising and Hugh Harman's earliest works.
Alice Cans the Cannibals
Animation
event1925 star_border 4
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Alice and her cat are driving along the coast when they accidentally ride off a cliff and into the ocean. They trick a fish into towing them along until a storm hits and they are swept away to the Cannibal Islands, where they are pursued aggressively by the locals.
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