It's a Living 1957
Dinky quits the cartoon business and gets a job as a spokes-duck for TV commercials.
Dinky quits the cartoon business and gets a job as a spokes-duck for TV commercials.
A Terrytoons cartoon released 28 November 1941.
Re-enactment of the famous May 31, 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood where the dam broke and flooded out an entire town! In this version, the town is occupied by mice and dogs. But Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue after drinking a bottle of "Atomic Energy." He reverses the flood waters and puts everything back where it was. And in this cartoon, he uses magic lightning bolts coming off his hands like Merlin the Magician!
A timid pig tries to go swimming at the beach, but somehow he keeps getting tangled up with Sourpuss's fishing line.
The origin story of Super Mouse (later changed to "Mighty Mouse").
A CinemaScope Terrytoon released in May 1961
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.
This is actually a "Super Mouse" cartoon. The character was not known as "Mighty Mouse" until The Wreck of the Hesperus. In the altered-for-TV version, however, he is "Mighty Mouse."
A day in June in which the birds, bees, insects and other forms of wild-life are basking in the fields and meadows.
Terrytoons animated short film directed by Frank Moser
One of Clint Clobber's tenants keeps a seal in his flat. After discovering the seal, Clint goes mad. He then tells his tenant he can't keep Alvin (the seal) because no animals are allowed. A man looking for a circus act visits the tenant, and is not highly impressed by the seal, until Clint chases Alvin. The man then wants to sign the seal and Clint as a "clown with seal" act. Alvin doesn't want to work with Clint and she moves to another flat with its owner. Clint is upset, because he thinks he could have been a "clown superstar".
This series followed the exploits of Sad Cat, a scraggly looking cat, and his friends.
Tree Spree is a 1961 Sidney the Elephant cartoon.
Super Mouse visits some hardworking farmer-mice, who are thrilled to meet this super-celebrity. Three cats wait until the hero is gone before they set upon the defenseless creatures.
As was his usual pattern, Gandy Goose is sleeping. This time he dreams of the story of the princess and the frog and how the frog later turned into a prince into a prince and married the princess.
A Terrytoons cartoon released 11 June 1943. As the story unfolds, viewers are introduced to the valiant Super Mouse, whose courage knows no bounds. When a mysterious box descends from the heavens, chaos ensues as bat-like cats emerge, threatening to unleash havoc upon the land. Amidst the turmoil, a female mouse finds herself in peril, her fate hanging in the balance.
We see a house cat next to an unoccupied birdcage as he pulls a canary feather out of his mouth. Hmm, I wonder what happened? Now he hangs up a sign: 'Songbirds Wanted'.
Percval Sleuthhound, the Sherlock Holmes of the dog kingdom, tracks down a pair of shifty characters who just escaped from jail. The crooks try every trick they know to get the relentless hound off their trail and, finally, the try to dynamite their adversary, but are blown up themselves, and land at Percival's feet in the police station.
Mice, seeking shelter from a storm, enter Dr. Jekyll's house. His cat chases them, ultimately crashing into the lab, where he mixes up some of the potion. He transforms, then rounds up the mice. Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue; in the fight, the lab catches fire. The mice escape, but the house rockets into the sky.
Beanstalk Jack is on trial for for crimes against Mr. and Mrs. Giant.