CARTOONS, ANIMATION
ALL OUR CARTOONS ARE CLASSICS AND SOME ARE QUITE RARE AND ASTONISHING. SHOW A CARTOON OR TWO WITH A FEATURE OR HAVE AN ANIMATION FESTIVAL THAT CAN LAST HOURS!
All movie descriptions copyright 2001 by R.. Chumleigh
Included are the Internet Movie Database links for each film if you need more info. If you’re a film buff and haven’t been to this site, check it out.
I don’t always agree with their popular reviews but it’s a great resource.

Cartoons by Max and David Fleischer

Gulliver’s Travels--(Color 1939) FEATURE LENGTH CARTOON!!! A beautiful movie but suprisingly little known since this culture KISSES DISNEY’S CRYOGENIC ASS! I can think of any number of reasons why I like Fleischer’s animation way more than Disney stuff. This movie has simply gotta be experienced. It has a judicious use of Rotoscoping (a technique the evil Ralph Bashki claimed he invented for his pathetic “Lord of the Rings” attempt). If little things like how a lantern or reflecting water is animated makes you excited this film will make you swoon. It’s also funny and has some great music. IMDb doesn’t appreciate this one the way I do (they like it but call it “not quite disney”) but here’s the link anyway:
IMDb link

Bimbos Express-- (1932 BW) Early Betty Boop with Dog Ears! Bimbo sings “Hello Beautiful” to woo Betty. IMDb link

Admission Free--Bimbo has the perennial hots for Betty Boop! (Interspecies dating is permissable in the Tooniverse) IMDb link

Betty Boop and Little Jimmy-- (BW, 1936) Fat I mean skinny challenged people of the world unite. See Betty Boop both anorexic and 600 lbs. IMDb ink

Radio Riot--(BW 1930) One of the earliest Fleischer Cartoons satirizes radio. Weird Fever Dreamish Images of bugs and animals in radio land. IMDb link

Bring Himself Back Alive--(BW print of color cartoon, 1938) satire of big game hunter, PAWS would love this one. IMDb link

Musical Memories--(color, 1936) Sweet and striking example of how cartoons USED to be an art form. Beautifully colored, 3D backdrops, even reflections in the water as it ripples are perfect. Youngsters would think this was digital... IMDb link

Little Dutch Mill--(1937, color) A gem of a cartoon with 3-D backrounds and how the Dutch deal with social misfits. IMDb link

Playful Polar Bears--(1938, color) Polar Bear Utopia (with no Coke), till the white hunters come... IMDb link

Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor (IMDb link), Alladin (IMDb link), and Ali Baba (IMDb link)--(color, 1930’s) Amazing color twenty minute Popeye operettas with eye popping 3D backgrounds that were the hallmark of the Fleischer studios. Audiences still laugh and marvel at these...

Cartoons by Ub Iwerks

Soda Squirt--(1934) Flip the Frog serves Hollywood celebrities their soda orders. Some major comic gay stereotyping. IMDb link

Fire Fire--(1935, BW) Flip the Frog is Fire Chief...IMDb link

Cuckoo Murder Case--(BW 1932) Flip the Frog as a cop who goes to a scary haunted house to see who killed the cuckoo in the clock. Special appearance by Death! IMDb link

Marys’ Little Lamb--(Color 1935) Last Day of school, not as childish a cartoon as you would think. More comic but harmless gay stereotyping...IMDb link

Headless Horseman--(Color, 1936) A hand colored and artfully rendered comic version of the Nathaniel Hawthorne story. Years before Disney, and as usual, Disney stole quite a few licks from it. Music by Cartoon Maestro Carl W. Stalling IMDb link

Merry Mannequins--(Color, 1937) Man oh Man this is one of the ULTIMATE Cartoons of all times. From it’s stunning color Art Deco backrounds and ambiance to its pushing the limits on the residents of the Tooniverse this cartoon is IT! Annnd, if that’s not enough it has one of the catchiest tunes and sweetest song and dance numbers ever well animated. IMDb link but not much on it...

Midnight Frolic--(Color, 1939) A virtual re-make but in color (and with ten years of animation practice) of the 1929 cartoon he made for Disney called Skeleton Frolic. Beautiful color cartoon with a snappy tune. Oddly enough no IMDB lin for this film...

Cartoons by Tex Avery

Believe it Or Else--(1939, Color) A spoof of the Believe or not News Reels with the voice of Mel Blanc. IMDb link

Hamatuer Night--(1939, Color) A not too far fetched take-off on amateur nights in neighborhood theaters. Vaudeville Entertainers take note! This is way too Chillingly Close to the Oregon Country Fair MidNight Show! IMDb link

Magical Maestro--(Color, 1952) An irate seedy magician has his fantastical revenge on the Opera Star who refuses to put him in the show. More gags packed into this one than you can practically count. IMDb link

Merry Melodies Cartoons

Crosby, Columbo, Vallee--(BW, 1932) A tribe of Native American males lament that their women (and the rest of the world’s) only dream of the three crooners...Directed by Rudolph Ising.
IMDb link

The Homeless Flea--(Color, 1940) Another by Directed by Rudolf Ising. Hobo Flea meet Horse Fly and homestead the north forty of a local mutt. IMDb link


Magazine Rack--(1935, BW) After closing the characters from magazines on a drug store rack come to life. Lotsa caricatures of Hollywood Stars and news figures.
No IMDb link


Sniffles Bells the Cat--(Color, 1941) The Aesop Fable ala Chuck Jones IMDb link


Pre-historic Porky--(Color, 1940) Directed by Bob Clampett with voice of course, by Mel Blanc. I usually avoid the more popular cartoon charactors in the collection but this is a fun one...IMDb link

Wild Wild World--(Color, 1960) Directed by Robert Mckinsom and voices by Mel Blanc, this cartoon and the TV series “The Honymooners” were ripped off by Hanna-Barbara to become “The Flintstones”.

Cartoons Miscellaneous

Tangled Travels--(Color and BW, 1944) Directed by Alec Geiss for Columbia Pictues is a Travelog spoof full of the worst puns ever. Animation and live footage combined. IMDb link

Bopin Hood--(Color, 1961) A Famous Studios Cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel. In a Blast of Artistic Fascism The King has outlawed all music except Square, but his wild beatnik daughter and her hep cat boyfriend keep the Music Alive! IMDb link

Heckle n Jeckle in Pill Peddlers--(Color, 1952) An original Heckle and Jeckle
Terrytoon made for theatrical release, not the later skanky TV version. Our Madcap Magpies are into Managed Healthcare. IMDb link

Heckle n Jeckle Meet Captain Kid--(Color, 1953) More of these psychotic sociopath Magpies as they harrass a haplass pirate. Yar thar’s no IMDb link for this one, maties....

George Pal Puppetoons

Stop motion animation. George Pal produced a number of these. Got any? I’ll buy em!

500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins --(Color, 1943) George Pal’s version of the Dr. Seuss Classic. IMDb link

You’re Not the King of the Jungle--(Color, 1952) A weird one with an “I told you so” narrator with some kinda moral about why CAPTIVITY is better than FREEDOM. You explain it to me...can’t find no IMDb link for this one.