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Humpty Dumpty must rescue his girlfriend, Easter Egg, from a bad egg who kidnaps her. IMDb.
Superman battles saboteurs determined to stop a lady double agent from getting important documents to Washington D.C. IMDb.
The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest. IMDb.
Gumby, Pokey and the Blockheads compete in an exciting auto race. Many obstacles must be overcome before Gumby becomes the winner. GumbyWorld.
A rebellious fish refuses to listen to his teacher until he ventures out into the real world and discovers the importance of education. IMDb.
A famished Felix reads an advertisement telling of a large reward for anyone that can give proof for the theory of evolution. IMDb.
Sun bonneted Betty Boop takes a train to "Rudy Valley" where she gains weight and Rudy Vallee performs the title song with Bouncing Ball. IMDb.
The Big Bad Wolf stalks Little Bo Peep and steals one of her sheep. She enlists Little Boy Blue and a dancing scarecrow to assist her and her mischievous black sheep in rescuing it. Singing, dancing, hilarity and impalement ensue. IMDb.
To impress Olive, Bluto and Popeye try to convince an Army recruiter to sign him up. IMDb.
Gumby and Pokey are playing in a toy swimming pool when a Hopi Native American boy appears. He is lost, so Gumby helps him find his way to the rain spirits’ cave. Gumby and Pokey see the dramatic results of the visit to the spirits’ caves. GumbyWorld.
A destructive little boy with an air rifle shoots a baby bird and is mortified when the bird's parents, and all the other birds, go into mourning. IMDb.
Felix gets into trouble with a tribe of Indians out west, and is chased by a bear. IMDb.
Casper befriends a bear cub with a natural talent for juggling. Soon the cub is in the circus, but a gorilla proves to be much scarier than any ghost. IMDb.
Betty Boop is queen of the Masquerade Ball where, among other antics, Bimbo and a lecherous old man vie for her affections. IMDb.
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally minuscule rival, Blefuscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefuscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol. IMDb.
Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy stumble across a ghost ship. They climb aboard, and it proceeds to scare them in various ways. IMDb.
Richard the Lion escapes from the zoo, and after initially scaring Gumby and Pokey, he convinces them to show him the world. Google Books.
Willie, Felix's owner, gets an assignment to find out why the moon shines. Felix decides to help him get the answer, but winds up getting involved with bootleggers who are making "moonshine". IMDb.
Mild-and-meek Casper, the Friendly Ghost, is depressed and glum because people will have nothing to do with him despite the fact that he has read "How To Win Friends, and Influence People" from cover-to-cover. This is especially true on his favorite holiday, Halloween, but as soon as all the children and grown-ups realize he is a real ghost, they run away. But he perks up when he meets a cute girl ghost at a barn dance. IMDb.
Bimbo's minding his baby brother, but neighbor Betty Boop (with dog's ears) wants him to come over and play. IMDb.
Despite her scolding, Mary's lamb follows her to school. It's the last day of school and the children have planned special festivities and performances. The lamb wants to participate, much to the teacher's chagrin. IMDb.
When police interfere with a reckless scientist's experiment, it creates a deadly meteor shower only Superman can stop. IMDb.
Let's Sing With Popeye is a 1934 Screen Songs animated short, produced by Fleischer Studios and directed by Dave Fleischer. The song featured in this cartoon was the Popeye theme song "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", written by Sammy Lerner. The animation for this film is taken from the first Popeye cartoon, Popeye the Sailor, which was originally presented as part of the Betty Boop series. Wikipedia.
Gumby uses toy robots to do his household chores on Saturdays, but they go haywire. Mystery Science Theater 3000 puts that episode into The Screaming Skull. GumbyWiki.
A precocious toddler, wanting to return to his watermelon patch and a pair of animal friends in the country, tampers with the electronic gadgets in his new city home and creates chaos. IMDb.
Felix, having lost his home, his job and his girlfriend, grabs a pistol and decides to end it all. Before he can do that, however, he accidentally rescues Kitty, the farmer's daughter, from drowning. Just when things are beginning to look up, though, a big-city con artist shows up with designs on Kitty. IMDb.
Casper the Friendly Ghost doesn't like to haunt and wishes he could be in Mother Gooseland. He gets his wish and frightens the spider away from Little Miss Muffet. He them comes upon the old lady in the shoe but frightens her away, also. He is depressed, but when he rescues Red Riding Hood from the wold, Mother Goose rewards him by making up a rhyme about him. IMDb.
Elmer Fudd expects to find "west and wewaxation" during his visit to Jellostone National Park, but he sets up camp in Bugs' backyard, and the rabbit (and a neighboring bear) definitely don't have leisure in mind. IMDb.
In a vaudeville act, Betty Boop (with dog's ears) sings "You're Drivin' Me Crazy;" Bimbo sneaks into the show and runs afoul of a stage hypnotist. IMDb.
Old Mother Hubbard is the laundress for the king, but when she finds her cupboard bare, her dog travels to the palace where he winds up performing for the king. IMDb.
When the circus' animals escape and threaten disaster, Superman must take action. IMDb.
Popeye skates over to Olive's house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own. While he's teaching her, Bluto skates up and gets fresh; of course, Popeye fights him. When she rejects Bluto again, he sends her careening on an ice floe towards a waterfall. IMDb.
Gumby goes to Farmer Glenn’s Ranch to help Pokey. His crops are not growing properly, so Gumby helps in every way he can and finally divides himself into a lot of Gumbys, which go over the fields with many different farm machines. It turns out that the wild growth of the crops is the result of a gopher who In order to feed his large, hungry family, injects roots of corn plants with a chemical that makes them grow into giant ears and roots. Gumby solves the problem by inventing a root machine that makes tasty roots out of weeds. GumbyWiki.
A wife throws her husband out of the house, telling him not to return unless he brings her a fur coat. Deciding that the only way he'll get one is to make his own, he grabs his rifle and goes hunting. All his efforts fail, though, until he meets Felix, who offers to help him shoot rabbits, and impresses the man with his marksmanship skills. However, it turns out that shooting the rabbits isn't quite as easy as they thought it would be. IMDb.
Casper is kicked out of the Society of Ghosts when he admits he does not like scaring people. Dejected, desperate and friendless, he decides to drown himself. And, evidently, confused, also. There, he discovers that he has friends among the fish. When all of his new friends, including Goldie, the pretty goldfish, are caught in the net of two fishermen, Casper rises to the occasion and the surface, frightens the two fishermen away, and becomes a hero to the fish. IMDb.
Elmer takes up wildlife photography, but finds his subject, a rabbit similar to the later Bugs Bunny character, much too wild. IMDb.
Masked bandit Bimbo holds up a train carrying someone tougher...Betty Boop (with dog's ears), played by a different, deeper-voiced actress. IMDb.
Ichabod and Bram are suitors who both love Katrina. An old man- a witness to the rivalry- tells the terrifying story of the Headless Horseman. When Bram sees how upset this story make Ichabod he hatches his plan. Sleepy Hollow becomes wide awake during a comic midnight chase. BCDb.
While investigating an egyptologist's mysterious death, Superman must battle dangerous mummies. IMDb.
The episode in which Gumby first meets Pokey. With the promise of a reward of 100 free ice cream cones, Gumby heads off in search of the missing red pony Pokey. Gumby finds Pokey with his hoof caught in a railroad track. Rushing to the rescue, Gumby manages to free Pokey a moment before the train goes by. GumbyWorld.
A toyshop owner tells a little girl the story behind the two dolls she's fallen in love with. In Ragland, needles, thread, scissors and other sewing implements come to life to create the rag dolls Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. On their way by toy camel to the Castle of Names, Raggedy Andy falls under the spell of a Spanish doll, breaking Raggedy Ann's heart. Andy hears of this and rushes to her side. IMDb.
Felix is reading a book about Fairyland, and decides that it must be a wonderful place to be. Suddenly he hears a cry for help, and finds a fly stuck on a piece of flypaper. He rescues the insect, only to have it turn into a beautiful fairy princess who, in gratitude for his help, grants him one wish. He wishes he were in Fairyland, and is immediately transported there. IMDb.
Casper the Friendly Ghost, sad that he can make no friends since everyone he meets is afraid of him, hatches an abandoned egg and becomes the emerging little duck's best friend and protector. IMDb.
Elmer is a dimwitted hunter who's "wooking for wabbits." Bugs proceeds to confuse, bamboozle, and otherwise humiliate the poor simp. IMDb.
Sailor Bimbo (as Barnacle Bill) jumps ship with his little black book and visits his lady friend, Betty Boop (with dog's ears). IMDb.
Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip involving some necking, though Minnie objects to the necking. IMDb.
When a hunter learns of higher meat prices, he goes off to kill a proto-Bugs rabbit - but runs into constant obstacles. IMDb.
A comically ridiculously altered version of the classic tale, in which Don Quixote is victorious over his imaginary enemies and emits Tarzan-like yells of triumph. IMDb.
Curious penguins investigate an abandoned cabin, heedless of their mother's warning that "curiosity killed the cat." IMDb.
Popeye sings an extended version of the theme song on his way to see Olive. They go to the rodeo, where Bluto is the featured performer; Olive is impressed, so Popeye has to outdo him. IMDb.
Betty Boop (with dog's ears) is entertainer in a restaurant for dogs; a waiter joins the floor show to the neglect of patrons. IMDb.
The Mad Scientist is the first installment in a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films (cartoons) based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Wikipedia.
Felix in Hollywood is a 1923 short featuring Felix the Cat. In the episode, Felix goes to Hollywood and meets Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, William S. Hart, Cecil B. DeMille, Will Hays, Snub Pollard & Ben Turpin, in the first animated cartoon to feature caricatures of Hollywood celebrities. Wikipedia.
The Barn Dance, first released on March 14, 1929, was the first of twelve Mickey Mouse shorts released during that year. It was directed by Walt Disney with Ub Iwerks as the head animator. Wikipedia.
Casper makes friends with a fox cub. But the new friendship is threatened when a fox hunter and his two hounds come on the scene. IMDb.
On a dark and stormy night, the Two Curious Puppies wander into an old dark house, and fall victim to the tricks of a mischievous magician's rabbit. IMDb.
A rooster sultan is bored by his harems. A duck strongly resembling 'Mae West' entices him. Her lover arrives, and they do battle; the lovers leave, and the sultan, humiliated, turns to his harem, who beat him up. IMDb.
Mysterious Mose is a 1930 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short released through Paramount Pictures. It was released in late December the same year. This film contains an early version of Betty Boop and the studio's star, Bimbo. Wikipedia.
Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy arrive in America by rowboat. Popeye builds a log cabin (by punching some trees) and sets off to gather some ducks. He fights a few indians along the way, but they pose no real threat. But meanwhile, back at the cabin, the indians have been sneaking up and have Olive and Wimpy under siege. IMDb.
Felix tries to put three kittens to bed as part of their nap time. He then goes to the living room to chat with his iceweasel buddy. It appears the little cats are not sleepy as they cry in boredom. While Felix wonders what he should do, his friend offers a suggestion of taking the kittens to a cinema. Wikipedia.
Mickey rides up to a cantina and does a tango with Minnie. When a big cat steals her away, Mickey gives chase, riding a drunken ostrich. At the hideout, Mickey has a swordfight with the cat. IMDB.
After discovering a spaceship in the toy shop, Gumby decides to take a trip to the moon. Upon arrival, the ship is destroyed by a meteorite, leaving Gumby stranded with an alien race, who attack him. Wikipedia.
The Friendly Ghost is a Famous Studios cartoon released on 16 November 1945 as part of its Noveltoons series of animated short movies. It is the first cartoon to feature the character Casper the Friendly Ghost. IMDB.
Telegraph lines clear across the west tell of a fire dragon destroying cities. As the Lone Ranger and Tonto come to the rescue, they fine the dragon is a mechanical monster with gun ports and traction wheels.
Porky's Hare Hunt is a 1938 animated short movie directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and an uncredited Cal Dalton, which stars Porky Pig as a hunter whose prey is an unnamed rabbit. Wikipedia.
Gabby makes good on his pledge to 'be helpful' by assisting the local fire department while they put out a fire. When the chief incapacitates himself by getting Gabby's hat stuck over his head, Gabby takes charge with with disastrous consequences. IMDB.
Betty Boop, a nursemaid, meets a masher in the park; with the Bouncing Ball, Ethel Merman sings the title song. IMDB.
Popeye 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. IMDB.
Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black-and-white by Walt Disney Studios and was released by Celebrity Productions. Wikipedia
April Maze is a 1930 short animated cartoon featuring Felix the Cat. It was produced by Pat Sullivan. Wikipedia