Cartoon: Gold Rush Daze, 1939 – Merrie Melodies
Gold Rush Daze is a 1939 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. The short was released on February 25, 1939.
Cartoon: Cinderella (Laugh-O-Gram), 1922
The Laugh-O-Gram Studio (also called Laugh-O-Gram Studios) was an animation studio located on the second floor of the McConahay Building at 1127 East 31st in Kansas City, Missouri, that operated from June 28, 1921, to October 16, 1923. In the early years of animation, the studio was home to many of the pioneers of animation, brought there by Walt Disney…. Read more →
Cartoon: Africa Before Dark, 1928 – Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Africa Before Dark is a 1928 American animated short film featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The short was released on February 20, 1928, by Universal Pictures.
Cartoon: Three Brothers, 1944 starring Private Snafu
Three Brothers is part of the Private Snafu series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Screened for troops in September 1944, the cartoon was directed by Friz Freleng and features the familiar voice of Mel Blanc.
Cartoon: Billion Dollar Limited, 1942 (Superman)
Billion Dollar Limited (1942) is the third of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Fleischer Studios, Billion Dollar Limited centers on a train carrying one billion dollars in gold to the US mint, which is sabotaged by robbers before Superman intervenes. The short was released by Paramount Pictures on January 9, 1942.
Cartoon: Rival Romeos, 1928 – Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, also known as Oswald the Rabbit, Oswald Rabbit, and Ozzie, is an animated cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for Universal Pictures. He starred in several animated short films released to theaters from 1927 to 1938. Twenty-seven animated Oswald shorts were produced at the Walt Disney Studio. After Universal took control… Read more →
Cartoon: Saved by the Bell, 1950 – Noveltoons
“Saved by the Bell” is an American animated cartoon part of the series Noveltoons directed by Seymour Kneitel, written by Larz Bourne, and produced by Famous Studios, featuring Herman the Mouse. Noveltoons is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures’ Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967.
Cartoon: Tokio Jokio (1943)
Tokio Jokio is a 1943 Looney Tunes propaganda short directed by Norman McCabe. The cartoon is notorious and controversial for its racist depictions of Japanese people. This is also noted for being the final Norman McCabe cartoon. The name of the cartoon is a pun on “Tokyo”, the capital of Japan (Tokio is the old English romanization), and “joke”. The… Read more →
Cartoon: Spies, 1943 – Private Snafu
Spies is part of the Private Snafu series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Released in 1943, the cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and features the vocal talents of Mel Blanc. Private Snafu has learned a secret, but the enemy is listening and he’d better zipper his lip, and keep his brain secure with… Read more →
Cartoon: Hot Spot, 1945 starring Private Snafu
In Iran, a Harold Peary-sounding Satan warns Private Snafu about the hazards of working in the heat. Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper… Read more →
