Cartoon: Fighting Tools, 1943 starring Private Snafu
Fighting Tools is a 1943 Private Snafu cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. Mel Blanc as Private Snafu / German Soldier / Mouse / Duck. (uncredited)
7th Heaven, 1927 nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture
7th Heaven (also known as Seventh Heaven) is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by Frank Borzage, and starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Movietone sound system. The film is based upon the 1922 play Seventh Heaven, by… Read more →
Cartoon: Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves, 1937
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Specials series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 26, 1937 by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc. and directed by Dave Fleischer. Willard Bowsky was head animator, with musical supervision by Sammy… Read more →
Cartoon: Pigs in a Polka, 1943
Pigs in a Polka is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on February 6, 1943. The film is a parody of two Walt Disney Productions films: 1933’s Three Little Pigs and 1940’s Fantasia. The familiar story of The Three Little Pigs is set in this film to several of… Read more →
Cartoon: In the Aleutians, 1945 starring Private Snafu
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 sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Primarily, they demonstrate the… Read more →
Noah’s Ark, 1928
Noah’s Ark is a 1928 American part-talkie epic disaster film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Dolores Costello and George O’Brien. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The story is by Darryl F…. Read more →
The Karnival Kid, 1929 starring Mickey Mouse
The Karnival Kid is a 1929 American animated short film. It is the ninth film of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks with music by Carl W. Stalling. It was the ninth Mickey Mouse short to be produced; the first where he speaks. Mickey’s first spoken line is “Hot dogs!… Read more →
Cartoon: The Chow Hound, 1944 – Private Snafu
The Chow Hound is an animated short, directed by Frank Tashlin and first released in June 1944. It is part of the Private Snafu series. The short is narrated by a bull from the Panhandle Valley. He is on his honey moon when the United States join World War II. He is inspired by an Uncle Sam poster to join… Read more →
To the Last Man, 1933 starring Shirley Temple and John Carradine
To the Last Man is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott and Esther Ralston. The screenplay by Jack Cunningham was based on the 1921 novel of the same name by Zane Grey. The novel, optioned to Paramount Pictures, was previously made as Victor Fleming’s 1923 silent film version of the same title…. Read more →
The First Auto, 1927
The First Auto is a 1927 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth about the transition from horses to cars and the rift it causes in one family. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects, some spoken words, cheering, and laughter, using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process…. Read more →
