26. American Animation Short Films
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- DirectorDave FleischerKoko the Clown and his dog Fitz walk into a building where levers that control various aspects of the Earth are located. After Fitz presses a particular lever, the world goes topsy-turvy and out-of-control.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsCab Calloway and His Cotton Club OrchestraCab CallowayBilly MurrayBetty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsThe Royal SamoansBilly MurraySatini PualoaOn a south sea isle, Bimbo meets Betty in the guise of a hula dancer.
- DirectorDave FleischerRoland CrandallStarsCab CallowayBilly MurrayMae QuestelTrouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest. Cab Calloway sings "St. James Infirmary Blues."
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellBonnie PoePopeye begins his movie career by singing his theme song, demonstrating his strength at a carnival, dancing the hula with Betty Boop, pummeling Bluto, eating his spinach, and saving Olive Oyl from certain doom on the railroad tracks.
- DirectorDave FleischerBernard WolfStarsCab CallowayBonnie PoeBetty Boop goes to see the fearsome Old Man of the Mountain for herself; he sings the title song and a duet with Betty.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerWilliam PennellBonnie PoeIn her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.
- DirectorTed EshbaughBurt GillettHappy sunshine-bottling gnomes battle gloomy swamp-dwellers.
- DirectorUb IwerksStarsBeatrice HagenLeone Le DouxBilly BletcherThe inhabitants, including the trees and rocks, of Balloon Land are made entirely of balloons. They come under attack from the evil Pincushion Man. With the help of a quickly inflated army, they manage to fend off the attack.
- DirectorOskar FischingerShort colour animated film showing shapes moving and set to a musical score. The shapes are coloured and primarily geometric in nature.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelLou FleischerThe legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelGus WickeOn the outside of an office building, Popeye and Bluto duke it out as rival window washers.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelLou FleischerPopeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMargie HinesJack MercerCarl MeyerWorking in the story department of Surprise Pictures, Olive Oyl writes a script based on the story of Aladdin, casting Popeye as the thief and herself as the Princess.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsMel BlancJeanne DunneThe Hollywood Choir BoysTwo baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when they hear everyone singing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war.
- DirectorWalter LantzAlex LovyStarsMel BlancSara BernerBernice HansenAndy Panda attempts to find out if he can catch a woodpecker by putting salt on its tail.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsMel BlancSara BernerBen HardawayThe psychiatrist needs a psychiatrist after attempting to treat Woody Woodpecker.
- DirectorDave FleischerSteve MuffatiStarsBud CollyerJoan AlexanderJackson BeckThe Man of Steel fights a mad scientist who is destroying Metropolis with an energy cannon.
- DirectorDave FleischerSteve MuffatiStarsBud CollyerJoan AlexanderJackson BeckSuperman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsRex IngramVictor JoryA carefree boy and a young girl find their idyllic countryside invaded by an army of mindlessly destructive robots.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsLeone Le DouxSara BernerPinto ColvigYet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.
- DirectorIzzy SparberDave FleischerSteve MuffatiStarsJoan AlexanderJackson BeckJack MercerA crook dressed as Superman commits a series of robberies. The real Superman must work fast to counter the bad publicity.
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsAlvin ChildressCarlyle Scott ChorusGlenn LeedyGeorge Pal eventually became famous as the mastermind behind big-budget, wildly imaginative live-action features like TOM THUMB, THE TIME MACHINE and THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO. But he drew industry esteem earlier as an innovative animator, including this entry in a successful "Puppetoon" series starring dutiful but oft-imperiled "negro" boy. Trafficking in racial stereotypes from the 1940s, the short has blackberry-pie-delivering Jasper being misled by con men into an alleged haunted house that turns out to be genuinely so. The short features terrifically colorful stop-motion animation and boogie-woogie music. - Dennis Harvey
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJack MercerPopeye's nephews have been practicing their music and are getting good, but it's bedtime. After Popeye puts them to bed, they discover that many of the things in their bedroom can also be used to make music. And they are also blessed with an uncanny ability to appear to sleep every time Popeye comes to check on them.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonFrank GrahamThe Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.