1940's films I have seen
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101. Witch's Cradle (1944)
12 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several individuals, most notably an unnamed young woman and an elderly gentleman.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Marcel Duchamp, Pajorita Matta
Votes: 879
102. Slightly Daffy (1944)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
General Daffy, in a Napoleon hat, commands a fort. Porky sleeps too soundly, so Daffy needs to roust him, but when the Indians attack, he's the only one awake to see them. There follows a ... See full summary »
Directors: Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 205
103. Tom Turk and Daffy (1944)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Daffy agrees to hide Tom Turk from Porky, until he learns that Porky is planning to serve the turkey for dinner, then turns stool pigeon.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 354
104. Tick Tock Tuckered (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky and Daffy are roommates who have a problem getting to work on time. When their boss gives them an ultimatum, they decide to go to bed early and be on time for work. But things never seem to work as planned.
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 437
105. Censored (1944)
5 min | Animation, Short
When Snafu gets his wish to have his personal mail uncensored by the military, he inadvertently reveals military secrets that lead to disaster.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner
Votes: 325
106. Alouette (1944)
Not Rated | 3 min | Animation, Short
This animated short co-animated by René Jodoin and Norman McLaren was produced for inclusion in the LET'S ALL SING TOGETHER sing-along series. It illustrates the popular song "Alouette, ... See full summary »
Directors: René Jodoin, Norman McLaren
Votes: 174
107. Wolf! Wolf! (1944)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep, and that leaves one of them vulnerable to a pack of hillbilly wolves. It's Mighty Mouse to the rescue!
Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Tom Morrison
Votes: 212
108. Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The three bears set a trap to catch Goldilocks but their carrot soup attracts Bugs Bunny early on and he grows wise to their plans.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Kent Rogers
Votes: 1,596
109. Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat (1944)
7 min | Action, Animation, Short
Seeking shelter from a fierce storm, a group of field mice enter the infamous Dr. Jekyll's house. Upon seeing them enter, the doctor's cat lures the field mice into the creepy house with ... See full summary »
Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Tom Morrison
Votes: 99
110. Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Billy Mitchell, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 281
111. Angel Puss (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A little black boy is hired to kill a cat, but the feline escapes and proceeds to play tricks on the kid, pretending he's a ghost come back to haunt his "killer."
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 280
112. Springtime for Pluto (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Seduced by a satyr, Pluto celebrates spring. He goes around enjoying the scents, then imitating various animals. But when he imitates the butterfly (that transformed from a caterpillar ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Nichols, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: John Dehner, James MacDonald, Thurl Ravenscroft
Votes: 319
113. Birdy and the Beast (1944)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Tweety is set upon by a fat, jowly cat, who winds up with, among other things, a dozen eggs and a gallon of gasoline in his mouth instead of the little bird.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett
Votes: 399
114. First Aiders (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Minnie's learning first aid; she asks Pluto and Figaro for help. Pluto keeps throwing Figaro into buckets and otherwise getting him into trouble. Then, when Minnie has Pluto all trussed up in splints, Figaro taunts him.
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner, Clarence Nash
Votes: 306
115. Stage Door Cartoon (1944)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
That wascawwy wabbit is chased into a theatre by Elmer Fudd, and ends up having to perform to save himself, as well as convince Elmer to act himself. The vaudeville industry was never this wacky!
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 894
116. The Sultan's Birthday (1944)
7 min | Animation, Short
Mighty Mouse rescues a Sultan and all his palace residents from an attack by evil cats on flying carpets.
Director: Bill Tytla
Votes: 51
118. Film Exercises 2-3 (1944)
3 min | Animation, Short
An experimental computer animation film series from John Whitney Sr.
Directors: John Whitney Sr., James Whitney
Votes: 129
119. Film Exercise 4 (1944)
7 min | Animation, Short
An experimental computer animation film series from John Whitney Sr.
Directors: John Whitney Sr., James Whitney
Votes: 82
120. The Private Life of a Cat (1946)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Two cats have a litter of 5 kittens and then nurse, teach and play with them.
Directors: Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren
Votes: 1,113
121. Spellbound (1945)
Approved | 111 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance
A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 52,257 | Gross: $7.00M
122. The Eye & the Ear (1945)
11 min | Animation, Short
The images are synchronized to match the rhythm of five different traditional Polish songs in this early experimental musical short film.
Directors: Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson | Star: James McKechnie
Votes: 95
123. Wild and Woolfy (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as "the hero" at the end, in ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Ann Pickard Rhea, Tex Avery, Sara Berner
Votes: 687
124. Herr Meets Hare (1945)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs disguises himself as Hitler, Stalin and Brunhilde when he confronts Nazi Hermann Goering in the Black Forest.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 753
125. Tiger Trouble (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Big game hunter Goofy is riding his trusty elephant in search of a tiger. Unfortunately, while they are stopped for lunch, the tiger finds them, and soon enough, Goofy is separated from his... See full summary »
Directors: Jack Kinney, Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Milt Kahl, James MacDonald, Fred Shields
Votes: 574
126. Dog Watch (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
As a ship's crew is on shore leave, seadog Pluto is left to stand watch. He sees a threatening shape, but it turns out to be a cache of bones. He grabs one and settles in contentedly. A rat... See full summary »
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: John Dehner, James MacDonald
Votes: 249
127. Canine Casanova (1945)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pluto spots Dinah the dachshund and is smitten, but she ignores him. He uses a giant bone to steal a kiss, and hides behind a mirror, but still no luck. Then Dinah is nabbed by the ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Nichols, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald
Votes: 317
128. Gypsy Life (1945)
6 min | Animation, Short
A Mighty Mouse cartoon which sees Mighty Mouse protect a group of gypsy travelling mice from a colony of bats.
Director: Connie Rasinski | Stars: Betty Jaynes, Tom Morrison
Votes: 202
129. Mighty Mouse and the Pirates (1945)
7 min | Animation, Short
Directors: Mannie Davis, Connie Rasinski
Votes: 76
130. The Clock Watcher (1945)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck shirks his duties while working as a gift wrapper in a department store.
Director: Jack King | Stars: John Dehner, Clarence Nash
Votes: 549
131. Hockey Homicide (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two hockey teams of Goofies play a game that quickly degenerates into a riot.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Doodles Weaver, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 713
132. The Eyes Have It (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Donald receives a mail order hypnosis kit complete with hypnotic goggles and decides to test it on Pluto. Using the goggles, he convinces Pluto he is a mouse, a turtle, and a chicken. Each ... See full summary »
Directors: Jack Hannah, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Florence Gill, Toscha Seidel
Votes: 505
133. The Return of Mr. Hook (1945)
2 min | Short, Animation, Comedy
Seaman Hook has big plans for after the war, mostly involving rushing home and marrying his sweetie. So do his fellow seaman, but theirs involve buying bonds.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Arthur Lake, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 243
134. The Legend of Coyote Rock (1945)
7 min | Family, Western, Animation
Pluto is guarding a flock of sheep in the West; a coyote is sneaking up on that flock. The coyote fakes a bad leg; Pluto chases it away, only to have it run back ahead of him and go after ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald, Cactus Mack
Votes: 322
135. Canine Patrol (1945)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Pluto, working as a coast guard dog, tries deperately to stop a newborn turtle from trespassing across the beach.
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald
Votes: 303
136. Ain't that Ducky (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck hears a duckling crying, arousing Daffy, so he asks the duckling why he is so sad. The duckling is short-tempered and cried, until the hunter succeeded in stealing the satchel reads a note finding out why the duckling is so sad.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Victor Moore
Votes: 303
137. Draftee Daffy (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck is desperate to elude the draft board respresentative bearing his conscription order.
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 881
138. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
After reading a Dick Tracy comic, Daffy Duck has a surreal dream in which he is a P.I. pursuing an army of grotesque villains who stole every piggy bank in town, including his own.
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 2,284
139. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon
Votes: 28,091 | Gross: $0.30M
140. Make Mine Music (1946)
Passed | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Animation done to contemporary popular music.
Directors: Robert Cormack, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews
Votes: 4,955
141. Song of the South (1946)
G | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.
Directors: Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Luana Patten
Votes: 15,236 | Gross: $63.72M
142. The Yearling (1946)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Family, Western
A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr., Chill Wills
Votes: 6,468 | Gross: $5.20M
143. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 499,259
144. Book Revue (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach
Votes: 1,538
145. Lonesome Lenny (1946)
8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Screwy Squirrel is bought in a pet shop to be the companion of a daft dog so strong that he squeezes his playmates to death.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Wally Maher
Votes: 578
146. Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Fantasy
An experiment with editing techniques that distort space and time in order to further contextualize an image.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Rita Christiani, Maya Deren, Anaïs Nin, Frank Westbrook
Votes: 1,830
147. Cheese Burglar (1946)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Herman the mouse attempts to break up the smarmy friendship between the cat and dog of the house in order to raid the icebox.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, James Tyer | Stars: Jackson Beck, Carl Meyer, Arnold Stang
Votes: 167
148. The Crackpot King (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
The Little King wants a wife, so his court magician, using foul means for a devious purpose, brings him Sweet Suzette, who has no interest in marrying the King. Mighty Mouse rescues yet ... See full summary »
Director: Eddie Donnelly | Stars: Dayton Allen, Roy Halee
Votes: 56
149. Throwing the Bull (1946)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: Connie Rasinski | Stars: Roy Halee, Ken Schoen
Votes: 51
150. The Jail Break (1946)
7 min | Animation, Short
Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Tom Morrison
Votes: 31
151. Mighty Mouse in the Trojan Horse (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A parody of the Greek myth of the conquering of the Trojan people featuring mice and cats.
Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Tom Morrison
Votes: 56
152. Pluto's Kid Brother (1946)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Pluto's kid brother, K.B., keeps getting into trouble. When Butch the bulldog passes by, K.B. latches onto him. Butch gets K.B. to crawl into a meat market through a small slot. Pluto comes... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Nichols, Jack Kinney | Stars: Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Lloyd, James MacDonald
Votes: 337
153. The Johnstown Flood (1946)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: Connie Rasinski
Votes: 71
154. My Old Kentucky Home (1946)
7 min | Animation, Short
The wolf is at the door threatening to foreclose on the mortgage unless Nellie consents to marry him.
Director: Eddie Donnelly | Stars: Roy Halee, Ken Schoen
Votes: 48
155. Double Dribble (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A basketball game of Goofs "Polytechnic U. vs. University U." in which the players play furiously, often breaking the rules of the game. All of the players are named after Disney artists.
Directors: Jack Hannah, Jack Kinney | Stars: Frank Bull, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald
Votes: 1,004
156. Wet Paint (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Donald re-paints his car, and a bird lands on it. In the mayhem that ensues, the car ends up covered with handprints, spotted a dozen different colors, stripped of paint, and covered with ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 491
157. Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A sneaker-wearing, hairy monster chases Bugs through a castle belonging to an evil scientist.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 3,147
158. Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
When Bugs attempts to perform Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, he is troubled by a mouse.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,473
159. Bath Day (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Minnie gives Figaro a bath and ties a ribbon around his neck. Figaro feels like a sissy, and when he mixes it up with some alley cats, they mock him, and the leader attacks. But Figaro is ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Ruth Clifford, Leone Le Doux, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 571
160. In Dutch (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
In Holland, Pluto acts as a milkman (dog?) leaving canisters of milk on the town's doorsteps. While going about his job, he falls head over heels in love with Dinah the dachshund. In his ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig, Charles Judels
Votes: 301
161. Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
This entry in the "Noveltoons" series (production number P5-3)is an animated "follow-the-bouncing-ball" audience participation sing-along with Farmer MacDonald having his hands full with ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Orestes Calpini | Star: Jackson Beck
Votes: 98
162. Northwest Hounded Police (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Frank Graham, William Hanna
Votes: 1,314
163. A Knight for a Day (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
With his true identity hidden in armor, lowly squire Cedric (Goofy) takes the place of his master, Sir Loinsteak, in a sidesplitting, sword-shattering joust.
Directors: Jack Hannah, Burt Gillett, Bill Roberts | Stars: June Foray, John Brown, Pinto Colvig, Arch Denison
Votes: 1,240
164. The Purloined Pup (1946)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Police dog Pluto is tracking down Butch, the dog that abducted rich dog "Ronnie" for a 10,000 bone ransom. Pluto releases Ronnie, but is hunted by Butch.
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 261
165. Henpecked Hoboes (1946)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
George and Junior are two hungry bears who try to make a meal out of a not too bright barnyard chicken.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Dick Nelson
Votes: 385
166. The Hick Chick (1946)
7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
In this triangle drama a country chicken chooses between a country rooster and a city rooster.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Frank Graham, Cal Howard, Harry Lang
Votes: 504
167. Squatter's Rights (1946)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Chip 'n Dale have set up house in the wood stove of Mickey's cabin. Pluto knows they are there, but Mickey only knows his matches keep going out when he tries to light a fire.
Directors: Jack Hannah, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Dessie Flynn, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald
Votes: 554
168. A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
4 min | Short, Fantasy, Music
A man dances in several locations, edited to have a fluent effect.
Director: Maya Deren | Star: Talley Beatty
Votes: 1,725
169. Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy
After learning how to look inside himself, a poetic bum sells people vivid dreams.
Director: Hans Richter | Stars: Jack Bittner, Libby Holman, Josh White, Norma Cazanjian
Votes: 944
170. Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Approved | 73 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: "Bongo," about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," a take on the famous fairy tale.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, William Morgan, Bill Roberts | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Luana Patten, Anita Gordon
Votes: 9,415
171. Motion Painting No. 1 (1947)
11 min | Animation, Short
A short painted film by Oskar Fishchinger which films images to the music of Johann Bach.
Director: Oskar Fischinger
Votes: 572
172. Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947)
8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Uncle Tom tells the blood curdling story of how the evil Simon Legree tried to foreclose on Tom's simple log cabin.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Ruby Dandridge, Paul Frees, Imogene Lynn
Votes: 329
173. Fiddle-de-dee (1947)
3 min | Animation, Musical, Short
A film made without a camera, made by painting directly on the film.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 240
174. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 54,925 | Gross: $2.65M
175. Along Came Daffy (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Yosemite Sam and his brother are starving in their desolate snow-bound cabin. When Daffy shows up as a salesman he finds himself as their target for dinner.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 420
176. The Mad Hatter (1948)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Woody is offered a movie role providing he arrives at the studio at 9:00 a.m. and *must* wear a top hat. His sole hat is eaten by moths so he goes to Wally Walrus' hat store to purchase a ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Ben Hardaway, Jack Mather
Votes: 111
177. The Sky Is Falling (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The fox convinces the duck that the sky is falling, and the duck tells the hen, and both of them tell the pig, and the three of them tell the King and, the next thing anyone knows is that ... See full summary »
Director: Mannie Davis
Votes: 34
178. Lazy Little Beaver (1947)
7 min | Animation, Short
Director: Eddie Donnelly | Stars: Dayton Allen, Tom Morrison
Votes: 40
179. Aladdin's Lamp (1947)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In Arabia, a feline bandit kidnaps Aladdin's beautiful daughter. Mighty Mouse saves the day in this operetta parody.
Director: Eddie Donnelly | Star: Roy Halee
Votes: 59
180. Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick (1947)
7 min | Animation, Short
Director: Connie Rasinski
Votes: 64
181. Hound Hunters (1947)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
George and Junior get a job as dog catchers, but are increasingly frustrated in their attempts to catch one measly little dog.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Dick Nelson
Votes: 426
182. Crazy with the Heat (1947)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald and Goofy are driving across the desert, apparently the Sahara. The car breaks down (out of gas), and they start walking. Before long, they are out of water, and are seeing mirages ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Carlson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Fred Shields
Votes: 522
183. Mail Dog (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Pluto is pressed into duty to deliver a sack of mail to a remote arctic outpost, helped along by a playful arctic rabbit.
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: James MacDonald, Erdman Penner
Votes: 450
184. Tubby the Tuba (1947)
Passed | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In this puppetoon, the tuba is dissatisfied with his role in an orchestra of self-playing instruments; he meets a bullfrog who gives him some good advice.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Victor Jory, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 317
185. Red Hot Rangers (1947)
8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Forest rangers George and Junior try to snuff out a frisky flame with a sparky personality that threatens to set the forest alight...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Dick Nelson
Votes: 402
186. King-Size Canary (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A mangy cat on the verge of starvation finds a tiny canary and a bottle of 'Jumbo-Gro' fertilizer, which gives him an idea that leads to giant cats, dogs, mice and canaries chasing each other round Lilliputian towns and cities...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 1,834
187. Pluto's Housewarming (1947)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Pluto has just finished moving his bones into a spiffy new doghouse when a turtle comes along and starts moving them out. While Pluto is dealing with the turtle, Butch takes up residence. ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald
Votes: 298
188. Slap Happy Lion (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
The king of the jungle, after a well-spent day terrorising the rest of the animals, is petrified by a mouse...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Vonnie Beraner, Sara Berner, Peter Bletcher
Votes: 584
189. Fireworks (1947)
20 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before.
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Kenneth Anger, Gordon Gray, Bill Seltzer
Votes: 2,905
190. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,408 | Gross: $7.09M
191. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Votes: 19,571 | Gross: $4.80M
192. Haredevil Hare (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs is tricked into being the first rabbit shot into space. When he lands on the moon he finds Commander X-2 (later known as Marvin Martian) set to blow up planet Earth.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg, The Sportsmen Quartet
Votes: 2,111
193. Melody Time (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dennis Day, Laverne Andrews
Votes: 6,946
194. Meditation on Violence (1949)
Not Rated | 12 min | Documentary, Short
The setting with the low walls and river views is located in a private area of The Cloisters museum.
Director: Maya Deren | Star: Chao Li Chi
Votes: 1,084
195. Unknown Island (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Horror, Romance
An adventure seeker and his fiancée visit an uncharted island, only to find that it is inhabited by deadly dinosaurs and other creatures ready to attack.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Virginia Grey, Phillip Reed, Richard Denning, Barton MacLane
Votes: 790
196. Jungle Goddess (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: George Reeves, Wanda McKay, Ralph Byrd, Armida
Votes: 857
197. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 175,207 | Gross: $0.33M
198. The Cat That Hated People (1948)
Passed | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A black cat explains reason after reason why he cannot stand people, and opts to relocate to the moon. When he does, he finds characters there that make him realize people aren't so bad anyway.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Paul Frees, Colleen Collins, Pinto Colvig, Pat McGeehan
Votes: 874
199. The Witch's Cat (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
A witch and her really-stupid cat try to disrupt a Halloween celebration by the mice. They swoop down on the mice as they are parading around a bonfire. But the cat burns its tail, is ... See full summary »
Director: Mannie Davis
Votes: 63
200. Loves Labor Won (1948)
7 min | Animation, Short, Romance
Director: Mannie Davis | Stars: Roy Halee, Ken Schoen
Votes: 45
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