The 1940s
From 1940 to 1949.
Droopy
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Dangerous Dan McGoo (Droopy) faces the wolf, a dangerous outlaw who is trying to steal his girl Lou, during the Alaska gold rush. Loosely based on "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" by Robert W. Service.
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Puttin' on the Dog
Jerry runs into a dog pound (and right on top of a napping Spike) to escape a rather mangy-looking Tom. To avoid being ripped to shreds, Tom borrows the head of a nearby dog statue. This easily fools the dogs, but not Jerry, and Tom keeps losing his newfound head...
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The Cat and the Mermouse
Tom drowns in a lake and sinks to the bottom. There, he finds a mermouse, which he tries to capture and eat.
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Cat Trouble
Heckle and Jeckle see a seemingly helpless baby bird (who keeps saying he is only three years old) in danger as a cat is trying to capture it.
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One Ham's Family
A hungry wolf with ham in the shape of a pig kid stands in for Santa Claus.
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Home on the Range
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.
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The Hick Chick
In this triangle drama a country chicken chooses between a country rooster and a city rooster.
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The Goose Goes South
A small goose decides he is going to walk south instead of flying, hitchhiking as he goes but he runs into trouble as he makes his way along the road.
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Polar Pest
Barney just wants to hibernate for the winter, but his nephew, just in from the North Pole, has other plans.
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What's Buzzin' Buzzard?
Two buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.
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Wild and Woolfy
Droopy chases the wolf, a dangerous outlaw, after he kidnaps Lou, a sexy female singer, from the saloon.
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Hound Hunters
George and Junior get a job as dog catchers and spend the picture trying to catch one measly little dog.
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Officer Pooch
Officer Pooch is called out to rescue a kitten that is repeatedly chased up telephone poles and trees by an aggressive little dog.
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Lonesome Lenny
Screwy Squirrel becomes the playmate of Lenny, a lonesome, dopey, but strong dog, in this broad parody of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".
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Triple Trouble
Oil Can Harry captures Mighty Mouse and traps him in the Mohave desert about to be eaten by vultures. Harry kidnaps Pearl Pureheart's father, the Colonel, ties him with a boulder and drops him off the Brooklyn Bridge and into the East river teeming with hungry crocodiles, then he goes after Pearl. The cops were too late to stop him as Harry absconds with Pearl. Meanwhile, Mighty Mouse breaks free and clobbers the vultures, rescues the colonel and his daughter and defeats Harry once again. Lots of singing in this operetta! This cartoon was produced in that old radio serial style, with the announcer setting the scene and interjecting throughout.
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The Early Bird Dood It!
The early worm barely escapes the bird, again. In search of a way to get rid of the bird, he enlists the help of a cat, but the bird is too smart for the cat.
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The Bear and the Bean
An anthropomorphic jumping bean from Mexico causes Barney Bear no end of trouble.
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The Bear and the Beavers
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.
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Hysterical Highspots in American History
A comical twist on the history of America.
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Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers
Tom Turkey and his friends play their harmonicas so enthusiastically that they nearly destroy the general store.
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The First Swallow
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.
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The Counterfeit Cat
A cat steals the headpiece of a dog to deceive the bulldog Spike and get a chance to eat the canary Spike is guarding.
Watch nowWalter Lantz
The Egg Cracker Suite
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, in his last animated short, conducts a symphony with a whole gaggle of hens (and one ostrich) to lay eggs for Easter.
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Magpie Madness
Heckle and Jeckle, the always-talking Magpies, kick this one off by stealing a bowl of bones from Soupbone, an old hound dog. Soupbone raises some objections that leads to a fracas or two, with all hands ending up in a nervous place, and the two birds trying to rescue Soupbone from a padded cell.
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Happy-Go-Nutty
Screwy Squirrel escapes from the nut house and leads the guard dog on a long and ridiculous chase.
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Batty Baseball
A series of visual gags about baseball. One running gag has an angry fan screaming "Kill the ump!" Be careful what you wish for.....
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Little 'Tinker
The lovesick B.O. Skunk is having no luck finding a mate, when Cupid gives him a book called "Advice for the Love-Worn" to help him out.
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The Bookworm Turns
Poe's raven, not feeling well, goes in search of a doctor, and in a nearby book finds Dr. Jekyll. The doctor offers to transfer the bookworm's brain to the raven.
Watch nowBarney Bear
The Bear and the Hare
Barney Bear hunts a snowshoe rabbit, whose white fur makes him impossible to see in the snow and whose wiliness makes him impossible to catch.
Watch nowWalter Lantz
Andy Panda's Pop
Andrew P. Panda (Andy's pop) asks the local roofing company if they will repair his shoddy roof.
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What Price Fleadom
A dog lives in harmony with its flea Homer, until Homer spots a lady flea on a passing dog and relocates.
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Slap Happy Lion
The king of the jungle, after a well spent day terrorising the rest of the animals, is petrified by a mouse.
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Red Hot Rangers
Forest rangers George and Junior try to snuff out a frisky flame with a sparky personality that threatens to set the forest alight.
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Beanstalk Jack
A Terrytoon reworking of Jack and the Beanstalk, and the hen/goose that laid the golden eggs; here, the hen is a Jackpot that lays/produces golden coins, and swings a mean mallet in protecting Jack from the evil giant.
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Papa Gets the Bird
Papa Bear attempts to give the family's pet canary a bath. An MGM Bear Family cartoon.
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A Rainy Day with the Bear Family
In this animated short featuring the Bear Family, Papa Bear attempts to fix a leaky roof during a rain storm.
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The Fishing Bear
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.
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Goggle Fishing Bear
Barney has a dive mask and swim fins to help with his pursuit of fish. First, though, he needs to get the anchor set, despite an overly helpful little seal. The seal acts like an inept hunting dog, leading Barney to a cave with an angry lobster, then an unfortunate encounter with a shark.
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Wags to Riches
Droopy inherits a fortune, but the will says that if he meets an untimely death all the money will go to Spike, who spends the entire film trying to make this happen.
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Gallopin' Gals
Time for the big horse race. We drop in on the fillies, who gossip in New York accents. That's followed by a pre-race fashion parade. In both of these, Maggie doesn't join in; she runs every year, but suffers from hay fever. The actual race is run, and Maggie is far back in the field. The other horses hear it's going to be a photo finish, though, and they all come to an abrupt stop and pose except Maggie, who keeps running and wins the race.
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Bats in the Belfry
A trio of belfry-dwelling bats explain to us, musically (and demonstrate), why they are associated with nuttiness. Especially the smallest.
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The Little Mole
A mole lad with sensitive vision is allowed outside to play in the daylight on the condition that he stay close to home. Outdoors, he meets a traveling sales-skunk.
Watch nowBarney Bear
The Uninvited Pest
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.
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Lights Out
Gandy Goose reads a scary story just before lights out, and suddenly finds himself escorted to a house full of ghosts.
Watch nowWalter Lantz
The Pied Piper of Basin Street
In this swing version of the famous tale, a small town is overrun with rats. The mayor (caricature of Lou Costello) is in a quandary. His phones are busy with demands to do something. He hears a voice say: "what you need is a Pied Piper." Looking up, he sees a young man with a trombone (Jimmy Durante) who claims that he can run every rat out of town for a fee. The mayor makes a deal with him, and the trombone player goes to work leading the rats out of town with the playing of his trombone, and he locks them in a cage. Returning to the mayor's office, he's handed a bag of peanuts and thrown out. Unable to get the reward promised, the Pied Piper puts on his "Hank Swoonatra" (Frank Sinatra) suit croons to the girls. He leads them aboard a swinging showboat and opens the cage full of rats and they return to town, where only the mayor is left. The rats swarm the mayor's office and give him a bad time for his treatment of the pied piper. Production Number: D-10 A Swing Symphony cartoon.
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Fishing by the Sea
Dimwit the hound is going fishing. Heckle and Jeckle are roommates in this one, sharing a single large birdhouse. They taunt Dimwit for no particular reason, then try to steal his catch of fish.
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The Field Mouse
A lazy young field mouse and his feisty grandfather fight for survival when advancing farm machinery destroys their home and sends their family scattering.
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The Unwelcome Guest
Barney Bear runs afoul of a foul-smelling skunk who wants to steal his berries.
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Dance of the Weed
A clumsy yokel of a male weed courts a delicate female flower ballerina by trying to dance with her.
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Little Gravel Voice
A little burro is beloved by all the cute wild creatures until he opens his mouth and they hear the horrible braying.
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