Terrytoons

Terrytoons animated short film directed by Frank Moser

The war is over, and a lot of land is up for settlers to grab. Hector Heathcote and his talking dog Winston have just been kicked out of the boarding house, and they have to join the land rush, too, in order to find a place to stay. Homesteaders Hector and Winston try to prevent their greedy, land-grabbing neighbor Benedict from taking over their property.

Little Cute Chickie Duck loves little lucky Dinky Duck but they have a quarrel, which leads their parents to have a quarrel, which leads to a big-duck brawl...careful, there...which leads to much ado about nothing as Chickie and Dinky have made up and gone flirting together.

Farmer Al Falfa tries to save his Swiss cheese from thieving mice.

All of the mice gather around a giant TV to watch a fairy tale about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The Wolf and his buddies are laying in wait for Goldilocks. The Wolf tries his best to get Goldie, including trying to serenade her by imitating Frank Sinatra. There is a call for Mighty Mouse! A hand animates Mighty, and he flies to the rescue. The Wolf has to call in his motorcycle gang of wolves to help him... but to no avail.

A CinemaScope Terrytoon released in May 1961

Terrytoons animated short film directed by Frank Moser

This short is largely a re-telling of the Noah's Ark story, with modifications, in the style of Terrytoons. Farmer Al Falfa is basically Noah here.

The circus comes to a small boy's town.

The cat's been assigned by brothers Fenimore and Latimore to clean the chimney. There, Sad finds a treasure map.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 28 November 1941.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 7 September 1934.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 October 1945. Gandy Goose and Sourpuss are flown in to hunt big game. The two have something else in mind. They can't get out of there fast enough!

The Farmer is abducted by a capering Jungle Goddess. As pre-Code as a Terrytoon ever got. Most animation is by Frank Moser; with him are Art Babbitt, Jerry Shields, Bill Tytla and others.

Papa Bear gets extremely tired of his oversized dog Pago causing problems- so much that he is ready to execute him. Of course, he becomes soft-hearted and lets the dog go, only to be treated to another more frustrating experiences as a result of the antics of Pago and his three cubs.

In one of the great (hooray!)spoiler titles of all time, this version of the Hare vs. Tortoise fable finds the contest being done on ice skates between teams of rabbits and turtles, and the turtles cheat like crazy...and, since the title tells all, I suppose it's okay to mention the plodders win again.

This series followed the exploits of Sad Cat, a scraggly looking cat, and his friends.

A mouse invites his girlfriend to a bullfight and ends up in the ring when the matador is defeated.

In a departure from the usual Terrytoon, this short is based on predictions of things to come in the world after the end of World War II. It primarily deals with, in a comedy sense, what every "G.I." Jonnny can expect when he returns home to civilian life.

A colony of rabbits (and their newborns) is terrorized by a wake of marauding vultures (who fly around like bad enemy Second World War airplanes- even though they are supposed be an Indian tribe).