Minnie the Moocher
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Betty Boop series, Dave Fleischer, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Jazz, Max Fleischer, U.S.A., 1932
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 11/03/1932
"“Minnie the Moocher” begins with a live action performance by Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Cab Calloway of “St. James Infirmary Blues,” which segues into the Betty Boop cartoon. The cartoon begins with a typical mealtime setting i..."
Motor Mania
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Goofy, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios, 1950
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 30/06/1950
"In this Goofy cartoon from the 50's, a Jekyll and Hyde dynamic illustrates how Mr. Walker, who is friendly and normally mild tempered turns into Mr. Wheeler, a crazed maniac who experiences road rage when behind the wheel of an automobile. An intere..."
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)-Grow, O Tree, Grow
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Anime, Color, Japan, Mayazaki Hayao, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor, 1988
Producer(s): Toru Hara
Release Date: 16/04/1988
"As two young sisters moved to the countryside to visit their mother with long-term sickness, they encountered animistic creatures, including the well-known Totoro, whom they befriended. The sisters underwent a series of adventures with Totoro as they..."
Neighbours
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren, Pixilation, Stop Motion, 1952
Producer(s): Norman McLaren
Release Date: 01/01/1952
Nezha Conquers the Dragon Kings (哪吒闹海)(1979)-Battle Scene
Filed under: animation, 1970s, China, Color, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor, 1979
Producer(s): Liu Jiamei (刘佳美)
Release Date: 19/05/1979
"Inspired by the tale of the boy-god Nezha from a sixteenth-century Chinese novel Investiture of Gods (封神演义), this animated film tells the origin story of Nezha fighting against four tyrannical dragon kings, rulers of the seas who demanded hu..."
Novogodnyaya noch
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Russia, 1948
Producer(s): N. Tsofnas
Release Date: 1948
"With a few days left before the New Year, Father Forest ventures into the forest in search of a Christmas tree. There he meets Wood Goblin, with whom they have an argument over what is better: a carpet-plane or a real plane. Wood Goblin loses the arg..."
Oswald – All Wet
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Oswald, Silent, U.S.A., Universal Studios, 1927
Producer(s): Charles Mintz George Winkler
Release Date: 31/10/1927
"Oswald has a hotdog stand that is plagued by mice. He closes the stand to pursue Fanny romantically. After Fanny rejects Oswald's advances, he bribes a lifeguard to let him take over in order that Oswald can impress Fanny. After Fanny notices Oswald ..."
Permutations
Filed under: animation, 1960s, U.S.A., 1968
Release Date: 1968
"In this early experiment with computer animation, shapes and lines move around on a dark background in rhythm with Padre Antonio Soler's Sonatas."
Pigs is Pigs
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Color, Early Sound, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1937
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 30/01/1937
"This 1937 Merrie Melodies short stereotypes pigs as gluttonous, insatiable beings whose mortal sins have explosive consequences. Piggy has a hunger that cannot be fulfilled, and much to the chagrin of his mother all he does throughout the day is fant..."
Popeye the Sailor
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Early Sound, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Paramount Pictures, Popeye, U.S.A., 1933
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 14/07/1933
"This Popeye The Sailor cartoon features Betty Boop, as well as a live action intro featuring Popeye on the cover of a real newspaper. In this cartoon short Olive and Popeye go to the fun fare, and play games in attempt to win prizes, only to be usu..."
Popeye the Sailor: Seasin’s Greetinks!
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Dave Fleischer, Early Sound, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, Musical, Popeye, U.S.A., 1933
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 17/12/1933
"Popeye and Olive Oyl go for a skate on a chilly winter day. Bluto tries to spoil their fun, but of course he's no match for Popeye and his spinach. "
Porky’s Romance
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Looney Tunes, Porky Pig, U.S.A., 1937
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 03/04/1937
"Porky attempts to woo Petunia with flowers and candy. Though she initially spurns him, she invites him in when she sees the chocolate. Porky proposes to her, only to be cruelly rejected. He attempts to hang himself, only for the branch to break under..."
Professor Balthazar – Izumitelj cipela/The Inventor of Shoes
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Professor Balthazar, Technicolor, Yugoslavia (Croatia), Zagreb Film, 1967
Producer(s): B. Šicar
Release Date: 15/05/1967
"The episode begins by the narrator juggling back and forth on which of two stories he should tell: that of a long camel, or a creature named "Double Bertie," before abandoning both to tell a third: the story of an eccentric inventor named Professor B..."
Puddle Pranks
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Celebrity Productions, U.S.A., 1930
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks Pat Powers
Release Date: 1930
"Flip and his sweetheart ride a cricket drawn wagon only to be pursued by a relentless stork."
Romance of Transportation in Canada
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Canada, Color, National Film Board of Canada, 1952
Producer(s): Tom Daly
Release Date: 1952
""A light-hearted animated short about how Canada's vast distances and great obstacles were overcome by settlers. The story is told with a tongue-in-cheek seriousness and takes us from the intrepid trailblazers of long ago to the aircraft of today and..."
Rooty Toot Toot
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Jazz, John Hubley, Racial representation, United Productions of America (UPA), 1952
Producer(s): Stephen Bosustow John Hubley
Release Date: 24/06/1951
">This cartoon depicts with transfiguring lines and shapes a courtroom-style musical drama. Characters are called up to the stand, each telling their side of the story, flashing back to each scene punctuated by the musical script. The opening sequ..."
Rusalochka/The Little Mermaid
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Russia, Soyuzmultfilm, 1968
Producer(s): Fyodor Ivanov
Release Date: 1968
Shaman
Filed under: animation, 2010s, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Painted Animation, 2017
Producer(s): Kat Baulu
Release Date: 2017
"An Inuk shaman turns a terrifying polar bear into stone."
Shiver Me Timbers!
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, Popeye, 1934
Producer(s): Fleischer Studios
Release Date: 27/07/1934
"Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy stumble across a ghost ship. They climb aboard, and it proceeds to scare them in various ways."
Silly Scandals
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Betty Boop, Early Sound, U.S.A., 1931
Producer(s): Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor
Release Date: 23/05/1931
"This cartoon marks the origin of Betty Boop (at least the name anyway, the character, or at least one with an uncanny resemblance, had appeared before). Bimbo sneaks into a vaudeville theater to see Betty perform. He is enthralled with her performanc..."
Sinkin’ In The Bathtub
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Early Sound, Leon Schlesinger Studios, Looney Tunes, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1930
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 19/04/1930
"Both racist and a blatant ripoff of Mickey Mouse, this is the first Looney Tunes cartoon. It follows Bosko bathing and then having an adventure on a tiny anthropomorphic train, during this he courts Honey. "
Snow Child (雪孩子)
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Anime, China, Painted Animation, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor, 1980
Release Date: 1980
"A rabbit mother piled up a snow child as companion to her bunny before going out. The snow child and the bunny became friends, skiing and dancing on icy lake. Later, when the house was accidentally on fire, the snow child rescued the sleepy bunny out..."
Snow White
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Anime, Betty Boop, Betty Boop series, Dave Fleischer, Early Sound, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, Musical, U.S.A., 1933
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 31/03/1933
"A slim musical adaptation of Snow White's tale. Despite the queen's order to behead Betty (Snow White), the two guards, Bimbo and Koko, rescued Betty and entered a cave where Koko's renowned dancing rotoscoped from Cab Calloway. The evil queen pursue..."
Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) (1981)-Kingdom Restored
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Color, Hungarian animation, Hungary, Marcell Jankovics, Pannonia Studio, psychedelic animation, Technicolor, 1981
Producer(s): Román Kunz
Release Date: 22/10/1981
"Based on a Hungarian folktale of the same name, Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) tells the story of three sons of a white mare—Fanyüvö the Treeshaker, Kömorzsoló the Stonecrumbler, and Vasgyúyó the Ironrubber—who restored a lost kingdom..."
Space Ghost: “The Heat Thing”
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Animation Series, Bill Hanna, Color, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Joe Barbera, Space Ghost, U.S.A., 1966
Producer(s): Joseph Barbera William Hanna
Release Date: 10/09/1966
"Space Ghost imagines intergalactic adventures through the superhero Space Ghost and his sidekicks Jace and Jan, and their pet monkey Blip, who assist in keeping outer space free from trouble. Space Ghost was pivotal in the rising popularity of superh..."
Special Delivery
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Canada, Color, National Film Board of Canada, 1978
Producer(s): Derek Lamb
Release Date: 1978
"Ralph Phelps ignores his wife's orders to clean the snow off their porch and goes for a walk instead. His day spirals into anarchy when he returns to find the mailman on his front yard, his neck broken from slipping and falling down the stairs."
Swing Shift Cinderella
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Jazz, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Musical, U.S.A., World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1945
Producer(s): William Hanna Fred Quimby
Release Date: 25/08/1945
"Bored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical powers to help achieve her ends."
Swooner Crooner
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Jazz, Merrie Melodies, Porky Pig, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1944
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 06/05/1944
"Porky Pig's egg farm faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs."
Tarantella
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, U.S.A., 1940
Release Date: 31/12/1940
"Tarantella is an avant-garde, abstract, animated short film with piano accompaniment by Edwin Gerschefski. Mary Ellen Bute, the director and animator of Tarantella, kept some of Norman McLaren’s original paintings from their previous collaboration ..."
The Band Concert
Filed under: animation, 1930s, All Music, Color, Donald Duck, Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Musical, Technicolor, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, 1935
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 23/02/1935
"Mickey and his friends Peter Pig, Paddy Pig, Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow, and Goofy try to put on an outdoor concert. As they attempt to play the William Tell Overture they face many problems, chief among them Donald Duck and a pesky bee. "
The Bandmaster
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Oswald, U.S.A., Universal Studios, 1931
Producer(s): Walter Lantz
Release Date: 18/05/1931
"Oswald conducts, and then a slew of seemingly random events ensue. Although at moments narrative causality matters, for the most part spectacle drives the cartoon (for example, when objects seemingly magically transform)."
The Banyan Deer
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Color, Films Division, India, 1957
Producer(s): Claire Weeks Ezra-Mir
Release Date: 1957
The Cartoon Factory
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, U.S.A., 1924
Producer(s): Max Fleischer Alfred Weiss
Release Date: 21/02/1924
""KoKo the Clown and a live-action Max Fleischer. Max has invented a new, electric, drawing device. He uses this to finish the drawing and then, with a somewhat maniacal grin on his face, he turns the device on poor, hapless KoKo.""
The Children and the Bear
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Color, Propaganda, Toei Animation Studio, 1959
Producer(s): Payut Ngaokrachang United States Information Agency Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Release Date: 1959
"An anti-communist allegory about a bear (meant to represent Russia) that escapes from his keeper. The bear encounters a group of children, consuming several of them. The remaining children (representing Southeast Asian countries) join together and sc..."
The Flintstones: Cave Scout Jamboree
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Bill Hanna, Color, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Joe Barbera, U.S.A., 1966
Producer(s): William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Release Date: 01/04/1966
"After flooding the quarry where he works, Fred is laid off work for a few days. He convinces Wilma and Betty to accompany he and Barney on a camping trip, promising them a peaceful getaway. However, when they learn that their campground is the site o..."
The Friendly Ghost-Casper playing with friends
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Anime, Casper the Ghost, Color, Early Sound, Famous Studios, Joe Oriolo, Painted Animation, Paramount Pictures, U.S.A., 1945
Producer(s): Sam Buchwald
Release Date: 16/11/1945
The Grasshopper and the Ant
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Animation technology, Germany, 1954
Release Date: 1954
""A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill.""
The Great Bluegrass Mountain Race
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Color, Farmhouse Films, U.S.A., 1977
Producer(s): Fred Calvert
Release Date: 12/11/1977
"This is the tenth episode of the short-lived series, I Am the Greatest!: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali, Damon, and Nicky help their friend, a train engineer named Jimmy, win a race against two dishonest truckers."
The Mad Scientist / Superman
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer, Superman, Technicolor, U.S.A., World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1941
Producer(s): Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor
Release Date: 26/09/1941
"When a mad scientist holds Lois Lane hostage, only Superman can save her, and the rest of the city, from his diabolical plot."
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Painted Animation, 1974
Producer(s): Pierre Moretti
Release Date: 1974
"From the National Film Board of Canada: Please note that this is an archival film that makes use of the word “Eskimo,” an outdated and offensive term. While the origin of the word is a matter of some contention, it is no longer used in Canada. Th..."
The Skeleton Dance
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Silly Symphonies, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, 1929
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 22/08/1929
"As we hear the chimes at midnight and bats flutter from a belfry; as a hound howls at the full moon and black cats brawl on the tombstones; Through the gloom, white skeletons pass, Running and leaping in their shrouds!"
The Street
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Painted Animation, 1976
Producer(s): Wolf Koenig Guy Glover
Release Date: 01/01/1976
""This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he was promised as soon as she kicks the bucket.""
The Tell-Tale Heart
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Technicolor, U.S.A., United Productions of America (UPA), 1953
Producer(s): John Hubley Stephen Bosustow
Release Date: 27/12/1953
"Based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name. The caretaker of an old man suffers paranoid delusions surrounding his employer's blind eye. In a fit of rage, he murders the old man and hides his body under the floorboards. Facing police inv..."
The Yogi Bear Show: Ring-a-Ding Picnic Basket
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Joe Barbera, 1961
Producer(s): William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Release Date: 1961
"Ranger Joe buys a new booby-trapped picnic basket to discourage Yogi Bear's picnic-stealing habits, but it's all for naught. However, when Yogi hears Ranger Joe talking on the phone about shooting an animal and shipping it to the zoo, he assumes that..."
Three Little Pigs
Filed under: animation, 1930s, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios, 1933
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 27/05/1933
"The story of the three little pigs with minor variations including the wolf's attempts to outsmart the pigs."
Unidentified Fiendish Object
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Hanna-Barbera Studios, U.S.A., 1966
Producer(s): William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Release Date: 15/10/1966
"Buzz Conroy and Frankenstein Jr. face off against an evil alien and his robotic minion."
What’s Cookin’ Doc?
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Animation Series, Bob Clampett, Bugs Bunny, Color, Leon Schlesinger Studios, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1944
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 08/01/1944
""When James Cagney wins the Oscar, Bugs shows a clip from "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941) and demands a recount of the voting.""
What’s Opera, Doc?
Filed under: animation, 1950s, All Music, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Looney Tunes, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1957
Producer(s): Edward Seizer
Release Date: 06/07/1957
"In this parody of Wagner's The Ring Cycle, Elmer Fudd plays a viking endowed with a spear, magic helmet, and undying drive to kill the rabbit."