Jackson Beck

Jackson Beck
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 178 (Actor)
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Take the Money and Run
This film is presented as a documentary on the life of an incompetent, petty criminal called Virgil Starkwell... (imdb)
The Mummy Strikes
While investigating an egyptologist's mysterious death, Superman must battle dangerous mummies. (imdb)
Secret Agent
Secret Agent (1943) - Short Film
Clark Kent helps a pretty blonde Federal agent escape a gang of Nazi saboteurs, and lets himself be captured to learn their plans. The blonde, pursued again, falls into the gears of a drawbridge...
A Haul in One
Popeye and Bluto are, believe it or not, pals and partners in a moving company. (Maybe it's because Popeye isn't squinting here.) Anyhow, Olive has made the mistake of hiring them. She hasn't finished packing yet, so the boys, smitten as soon as she answers the door, compete to help her... (imdb)
Spree Lunch
Spree Lunch (1957) - Short Film
Popeye opens a diner; Bluto pulls one up right across the street. Wimpy comes along, and they compete for his business. The competition escalates, until finally they are throwing things at each other; Wimpy stands between them and snags a complete meal from the stream of objects passing overhead. Another spinach-free Popeye. (imdb)
Fright to the Finish
Olive is reading ghost stories to the boys. Popeye scoffs; Bluto decides to take advantage of this by staging various pranks (a headless man, an animated skeleton, and a sheet-over-balloon ghost). He pins the blame on Popeye and then goes to comfort Olive. Popeye retaliates by turning invisible, thanks to a jar of vanishing cream (imdb)
Cad and Caddy
Lulu plans her revenge against a distressed golfer who refuses to give her a lollipop after he promised her one for caddying for him. (imdb)
Bargain Counter Attack
Lulu goes to a department store to exchange her doll for something else. While looking for a new item Lulu manages to terrorize the section manager, ski down the escalators, and cause a noahic flood in the store. (imdb)
Stupidstitious Cat
A very stupid and superstitious cat awakens and goes through his usual gyrations of ensuring he will not have an unlucky day... (imdb)
Chick and Double Chick
Little Lulu and her dog are charged with protecting the baby chicks from a sly and hungry cat. The cat attempts to steal Little Lulu's chicks but is foiled by Lulu and her dog after many attempts. (imdb)
The Dog Show-Off
Lulu and a friend try everything they can to get their dog to win in a dog show. (imdb)
A Scout with the Gout
Lulu's father, wishing to relive his days as a boyscout and to help Lulu get into the girlscouts, takes his daughter on a camping trip.What follows is hysterical. (imdb)
Inside Nazi Germany
Documentary about life inside Nazi Germany in 1938.
Hep Cat Symphony
a jazzbo cat is playing jazz in his home when he is disturbed by the mouse orchestra hidden within his wall. (imdb comments)
Bored of Education
Lulu answers wrong on a history quiz after cheating off of Tubby. While sitting in the corner and wearing a dunce cap Lulu falls asleep and dreams of chasing Tubby through history to get back at him. (imdb)
The Seapreme Court
Little Audrey, while fishing, falls to the bottom of the sea, where she encounters all types of sea-life and then is arrested by the local fish-constable. She is tried by a jury of sardines who find her guilty, and she is sentenced to the 'eelectric chair." She makes an escape attempt, and wakes up to find it has all been a dream. She has a nibble on her fishing line and reels in a small fish, which she quickly returns to the water. (imdb)
Yankee Doodle Donkey
A donkey tries to enlist in the WAGS, a group of Army dogs. However, after a series of tests, he is deemed unfit for service. Later, he proves useful during a flea attack. (imdb)
The Mild West
A series of blackout gags, followed by an exhortation to sing along with the bouncing ball -- the song being "I'm an Old Cow Hand". (imdb comments)
Toys Will Be Toys
Toys in a toy store come to life at night, and perform in a toy parade before the Doll Princess, all of which leads to the "Screen Song" sing-a-long, "Oh, You Beautiful Doll". (imdb)
Sing or Swim
Sing or Swim (1948) - Short Film
The world famous Coney Island in New York City, which got it's start in the 1840's is here included in Famous Studios, "Screen Song" series. The featured song is, By the Beautiful Sea, written in 1914, and is of the "follow the bouncing ball" variety. The song follows the slight story of animal characters(among them an elephant and mouse playing catch with a medicine ball)having fun at the beach. (imdb)
The Ski\
A combination cartoon/travelogue set in the Swiss Alps, with a tuneful sight-seeing tour of Switzerland thrown in, before the bounding-ball comes bouncing along and asks the theatre audience to follow it in singing the ever-popular "I Miss My Swiss Miss, My Swiss Miss Misses Me." Some of the theatre singers may have actually thrown in a yodel or two. (imdb)
Helter Swelter
"Helter Swelter" is an animated short about the first days of summer. Includes a sing-a-long of "In the Good Old Summertime" (imdb)
Gobs of Fun
Gobs of Fun (1949) - Short Film
The captain of a ship's crew, a mouse, goes to the bar to pick up his men. After forcing the initially reluctant sailors onboard, they set sail and hit the (literal) high seas. Spots gags abound such as a cook dumping the garbage overboard into a clam's mouth, the clam getting his revenge by climbing onboard and spraying the garbage back at the cook, and a running gag involving a bear who is splashed by his bucket of water each time he throws it overboard... (imdb)
A Self-Made Mongrel
A wealthy eccentric owns a talking mongrel dog, and the dog, deciding to upgrade his pedigree, decides he is a born watch-dog. The owner puts on a mask with the intention of breaking into his own house and testing the dog's abilities. But, before he breaks in, a real burglar does so, and has taken over the house and the self-proclaimed self-made protector. (imdb)
Loose in a Caboose
Lulu tries to keep from getting thrown off of a train by the conductor after she can't find her ticket. (imdb)
Land of the Lost Jewels
Two children are fishing when they catch a talking fish named Red Lantern. He takes them underwater with him to the Land of the Lost, where missing items can be found again. They meet King Find All, a walrus, and a singing cricket (Hoppy-Go-Lucky) that used to be the girl's pin. He's deemed to be a special jewel (since he's made of emerald) and is brought to the jewel storage room, despite his wishes to be in the Land of the Toys... (imdb)
Leprechaun\
A song-filled Noveltoon featuring the antics of the Irish Leprechauns during their annual gold-washing ceremony. It depicts the wee people of Ireland who flavor its traditions with laughs and legend. (imdb)
Abusement Park
Popeye and Bluto battle over Olive in an amusement park/carnival. First, Bluto breaks a couple of strength-testing devices, but Popeye still manages to one-better him. Then, Popeye and Olive go in the Tunnel of Love. Popeye and Bluto trade places in the boat and swimming behind, but eventually the two of them end up in the boat with Olive behind. (imdb)
Musica-Lulu
Musica-Lulu (1947) - Short Film
Lulu is put on trial by talking musical instruments for neglecting her violin. (imdb)
Hysterical History
An amusing look at American history, starting with Columbus' discovery of America, and touching on the formation of the original thirteen states, the Gold Rush, and several other important events. The cartoon ends with the song Yankee Doodle Boy, presented as a singalong. (imdb)
The Fistic Mystic
Popeye and Olive enter the city of Badgag and spot Bluto doing magic tricks. He hypnotizes Olive like a snake charmer... (imdb)
Penny Antics
Penny Antics (1955) - Short Film
A virtual remake of Customers Wanted, with Popeye and Bluto running competing penny arcades showing customer Wimpy clips from past shorts... (imdb)
A Balmy Swami
Popeye and Olive are taking in a variety show. Popeye enjoys the juggling seal very much, but he's followed by magician/hypnotist Bluto... (imdb)
Fright from Wrong
The Ghostly Trio give Casper the Friendly Ghost a pill to make him as mean as they are. (bcdb.com)
Super Lulu
Super Lulu (1947) - Short Film
Lulu's dream combines "Jack and the Beanstalk" and her favorite superhero comic books. (imdb)
Audrey the Rainmaker
Little Audrey, forced to stay indoors because of the rain, wishes that it would never rain again. Her wish comes true and the Mississippy River dries up and Niagara Falls disappears... (imdb)
Puppet Love
Puppet Love (1944) - Short Film
Bluto builds a Popeye puppet and manipulates it to treat Olive rudely. Then he comes in and takes Olive away. When Popeye discovers the ruse, knocks Bluto out and ties puppet strings to him. (imdb)
She-Sick Sailors
Bluto disguises himself as Superman in order to impress the comic book hero's biggest fan, Olive Oyl. A jealous Popeye becomes a real superhero by eating his spinach. (imdb)
Tops in the Big Top
Bluto is the ringmaster; Popeye is the star attraction. Bluto covets Popeye's assistant Olive. Popeye sticks his head in a lion's mouth... (imdb)
Land of the Lost
Billy and Isabel are fishing and catch Red Lantern the talking fish, who takes them to the Land of the Lost at the bottom of the sea. (bcdb.com)
Symphony in Spinach
Singer Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job. (imdb)
Fido Beta Kappa
A duck hunter sends his stupid mutt to dog college, and he comes back superciliously clever. (imdb)
From Dime to Dime
A devil appears on the shoulder of a man who has been down on his luck since his Friday-the-13th birthday. The green-suited tempter convinces him to gamble away his last dime. (imdb)
House Tricks?
Olive is building a house when the boys happen by. They show off a bit to convince her to let them build her house for her... (imdb)
Olive Oyl for President
Tired of political rhetoric, Olive lays out her platform. (imdb)
Wigwam Whoopee
Popeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat. He washes up on Plymouth Rock. (imdb)
Peep in the Deep
Olive has a map to a sunken treasure, but Bluto stowed away and is determined to beat Popeye to it. (imdb)
A Wolf in Sheik\
Popeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and freshen up a bit; Olive muses aloud that she'd like to kiss a sheik... (imdb)
The Island Fling
Bluto is Robinson Crusoe; Popeye and Olive approach his island on a raft. (imdb)
Vacation with Play
Popeye and Olive are on vacation at Lake Narrowhead. Olive wants to take part in athletic activities... (imdb)
I\
Popeye and Olive are on a winter vacation in Lake Plastered, NY. Popeye is teaching Olive to ice skate (but not doing a very good job); she catches the eye of skating instructor Bluto... (imdb)
Wotta Knight
Wotta Knight (1947) - Short Film
Popeye and Bluto are knights, jousting for the honor of Sleeping Beauty (Olive, with long blonde hair)... (imdb)
Child Sockology
Olive invites the boys over for dinner. They play briefly with Swee'pea, but when the inevitable fight starts... (imdb)
Beaus Will Be Beaus
Popeye and Bluto both show up to take Olive to the beach. Olive agrees, but only on the condition they promise to stop fighting... (imdb)
The Anvil Chorus Girl
Popeye and Bluto pass by Olive's blacksmith shop and are smitten. Olive needs help, and of course, both of the boys offer, and demonstrate their prowess at blacksmithing. (imdb)
Car-azy Drivers
Popeye arrives in a suit of armor to take Olive for her first driving lesson. (imdb)
Snow Place Like Home
Popeye and Olive are relaxing in the water off Miami when a hurricane hits. It carries them to the North Pole... (imdb)
Firemen\
Popeye and Bluto are manning a fire station when the alarm comes in: it's Olive's house. (imdb)
Popeye and the Pirates
Popeye is taking Olive on a boat ride when she spots a pirate ship. They are soon captured, and Popeye has to rescue Olive from the (initially charming) pirate captain... (imdb)
Alpine for You
Popeye is climbing the Alps, and Olive is being hauled up behind him on a rope, taking pictures. Mountain guide Bluto spots them through binoculars... (imdb)
Gift of Gag
Gift of Gag (1955) - Short Film
Popeye's nephews try to sneak a birthday present for their Uncle Popeye into his house.
Nurse to Meet Ya
Olive is playing nanny in the park as Popeye and Bluto bicycle past. They fight over her, waking the baby... (imdb)
Spinach vs Hamburgers
Popeye's nephews would rather have hamburgers than spinach, so Popeye recounts some of his past exploits where spinach saved the day. (imdb)
Tar with a Star
Gunfights are diminishing the population (1864- for the time being) in the tough Western town of Cactus Corners. (bcdb.com)
Toreadorable
Toreadorable (1953) - Short Film
Popeye and Olive are at a bullfight selling snacks. When toreador Bluto throws the bull, Olive falls for him. (bcdb.com)
Jitterbug Jive
Olive has invited the boys over, but finds Popeye old-fashioned compared to the zoot-suited Bluto. Popeye wants to dance a waltz... (imdb)
Barking Dogs Don\
Olive asks Popeye to walk her dainty new poodle Reggie, to his intense embarrassment. Bluto comes by with his bulldog... (imdb)
Hot Air Aces
Hot Air Aces (1949) - Short Film
Despite the title, the vehicles here are airplanes, not balloons. Bluto and Popeye are racing around the world; Bluto's got a sort of rocket plane... (imdb)
Lumberjack and Jill
Popeye and Bluto are lumberjacks who compete for the affections of their new cook, Olive Oyl. (imdb)
Beach Peach
Beach Peach (1950) - Short Film
Popeye and Olive are having a day at the beach; the lifeguard (not drawn as Bluto, though he sounds and acts like him) sees Olive and puts the moves on. (imdb)
Party Smarty
Party Smarty (1951) - Short Film
In this outing, Huey goes to a birthday party, causes his usual havoc and the baby ducks blindfold Huey and send him away playing pin the tail on the donkey. (imdb comments)
Spook No Evil
Casper the Friendly Ghost has been found guilty of being too friendly by the other ghosts and is sentenced to walk the plank. (bcdb.com)
Casper Comes to Clown
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)
Ghost of the Town
In this pun-title cartoon (from Toast of the Town) Casper, the friendly ghost, is banished from Ghost Town/Heaven/Territory... (imdb)
Punch and Judo
Popeye drops a TV off at the orphanage; the program that comes on is a boxing match he's supposed to be in... (imdb)
Pitchin\
Popeye takes Olive to the zoo, where she's spotted by zookeeper Bluto, who tries various stunts to impress her and/or get rid of Popeye... (imdb)
Let\
Popeye's nephews don't want to eat their spinach, so Popeye tells them about his youth, before he liked spinach... (imdb)
Jumping with Toy
A hungry fox disguises himself as Santa Claus, and arms himself with deadly gifts, hoping to make a duck dinner out of Baby Huey. (imdb)
Baby Wants Spinach
Popeye calls on Olive and gets stuck baby-sitting Swee'Pea. While Popeye is preparing food (spinach)... (imdb)
Popalong Popeye
Popeye is hosting three of his western-obsessed nephews on his ranch. To get them to eat their spinach... (imdb)
A Job for a Gob
Olive's ranch needs a helper, and the boys just happen to be passing by. Bluto's convinced he's better... (imdb)
Cops Is Tops
Cops Is Tops (1955) - Short Film
Olive joins the police force. Over-protective Popeye follows her around, "rescuing" her but she's fully capable of handling herself. Can't quite say the same for Popeye. (imdb)
Popeye Makes a Movie
Popeye and Olive prepare to make a movie while his nephews watch. The movie is a significant portion of Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves... (imdb)
Lunch with a Punch
Popeye and Olive take his nephews on a picnic. They don't want to eat their spinach, so Popeye tells them about his school days... (imdb)
Red White and Boo
Through the use of a Time Machine, Casper the Friendly Ghost gets transported back in time, In the stone-age... (imdb)
The Deep Boo Sea
Little Billy wants to play pirates with two older friends. However, the big kids won't let him play. He meets up with Casper, and the two ... (bcdb.com)
Once Upon a Rhyme
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... (imdb)
Boo Kind to Animals
Casper the Friendly Ghost helps Spunky the Donkey find a useful job.. (bcdb.com)
Gym Jam
Gym Jam (1950) - Short Film
Popeye runs a gym; his only customer on ladies day is Olive. Bluto, seeing Olive go in, dresses in drag to get admittance... (imdb)
By the Old Mill Scream
Casper befriends Short Tail, the beaver. (imdb)
Little Audrey Riding Hood
Little Audrey is taking a cake to her grandmother and discovers a burglar robbing the old lady's house... (imdb)
Popeye, the Ace of Space
Popeye is abducted by Martians who conduct a series of hideous experiments on him, but thanks to his copious spinach supply (4 cans), all the experiments fail. (imdb)
Base Brawl
Base Brawl (1948) - Short Film
ll the animals come out to watch in this singalong about an opening-day baseball game at the zoo between the Jungle Jumbos and the Forest ... (bcdb.com)
Mess Production
Olive Oyl, a regular Rosie the Riveter, receives a blow to the head from a swinging grappling hook, sending her into a sleepwalking state. Popeye and Bluto, two rival factory workers, fight each other for privilege of saving her life. (imdb)
Safari So Good
Popeye and Olive are on a safari, he with a gun and she with a camera. She wanders off to stalk a chimp... (imdb)
Shape Ahoy
Shape Ahoy (1945) - Short Film
Bluto and Popeye are vacationing on a men's only island, when Olive happens by on a shipwreck raft. They both pretend to ignore her, but woo her behind each other's back. (imdb)
Quick on the Vigor
Popeye takes Olive to the carnival; while he's busy winning candy at the "ring the bell" stand, strongman Bluto muscles in on her. There follows the inevitable contest, invevitably rigged. (imdb)
Spinach Packin\
Popeye donates blood, then dashes off to a boxing match with Bluto. He loses. Olive, who heard this on the radio... (imdb)
For Better or Nurse
The boys see lovely nurse Olive pass by and follow her to her hospital. She throws them out, so they scheme to hurt themselves enough to get hospitalized... (imdb)
Sock-a-Bye Kitty
An alley-cat, plagued with a bad case of insomnia, reads that the eating of a blackbird is a sure cure... (imdb)
Scout Fellow
Scout Fellow (1951) - Short Film
Baby Huey dreams of becoming a Cub Scout, but the patrol out on a camping trip considers him to be too big and stupid to join... (imdb)
Popeye Meets Hercules
The first Olympics, starring Hercules (looking, but not quite sounding, like a really pumped-up Bluto)... (imdb)
Boo Hoo Baby
Boo Hoo Baby (1951) - Short Film
After running away from home, Casper the Friendly Ghost finds a baby and takes it to a foundling home, where the babies welcome him... (bcdb.com)
Rodeo Romeo
Rodeo Romeo (1946) - Short Film
Popeye and Olive are at the rodeo, starring Badlands Bluto. Olive is impressed by Bluto's stunts, many of them designed to make Popeye look bad... (imdb)
Bull Fright
Bull Fright (1955) - Short Film
Casper, the Friendly Ghost, travels south of the border down Mexico way. He comes upon a baby bull, who is attempting to imitate his father... (imdb)
Jingle, Jangle, Jungle
"Jingle Jangle Jungle" is an animated short about life in Africa (non-PC.) Includes a sing-a-long of "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)." (imdb)
The Farmer and the Belle
Olive Oyl's Farm is desparately in need of a farmhand. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the boys are driving by... (imdb)
Service with a Guile
Olive runs a service station. The admiral pulls in and asks Olive to put some air in his tire, as he heads off to a cigar store... (imdb)
Double-Cross-Country Race
Popeye is driving across country against Count Noah Count. He's hopelessly outmatched; the Count has a very powerful car, and Popeye's is barely running. And to top it off, the Count doesn't play fair. (imdb)
No Ifs, Ands or Butts
A cat is trying to quit smoking. He sends away for a book advertised on the radio, which suggests a salad of crow meat... (imdb)
Jolly the Clown
Because of a cruel ringmaster, Jolly the Clown and Ellsworth Elephant are both fired from the circus. Jolly tries to help the pink pygmy elephant's act so that he can keep his job. (bcdb.com)
Fit to Be Toyed
Jonathan P. Grisley, the president of a toy company, is sent to a psychiatrist to find out why he plays with toys. (bcdb.com)
Out of This Whirl
A young boy, obsessed with rockets and space, goes outside to play.
Shootin\
Two rival TV cowboy stars, Wild Bill Hiccup and Quiet Burp, compete for the right to sign a little boy's autograph book. (bcdb.com)
Grateful Gus
Grateful Gus (1958) - Short Film
Grateful Gus, a happy-go-lucky panhandler, puts the touch on a bank executive who is hastily absconding with the bank's liquid assets... (imdb)
Pedro and Lorenzo
A musical story about a boy and his pet bull. They both grow up and must face each other in the arena.. (bcdb.com)
Sportickles
Sportickles (1958) - Short Film
A sports compilation from other earlier cartoons. (bcdb.com)
Robin Hood-Winked
Popeye is Robin Hood; he's got a sidekick, Little John. Bluto is the tax collector, and Olive is the owner/barmaid at the local pub... (imdb)
The Royal Four-Flusher
Popeye and Olive are feeding squirrels in the park when the rich and elegant Count Marvo (Bluto), the magician (and practical joker)... (imdb)
Baby Wants a Battle
Popeye and Bluto fight over taking Olive out; she decides they'll all stay home together. While looking over a family album, Popeye tells the story of a day-long fight he and Bluto had as infants. (imdb)
How Green Is My Spinach
After recalling several "spinach moments", Bluto realizes that if there's no spinach, Popeye won't be able to beat him... (imdb)
Silly Hillbilly
Popeye's traveling department store comes to hillbilly country. He gets upset as Bluto, mistaking a radiator for an accordion... (imdb)
Klondike Casanova
At the Polar Bar & Grill in the Klondike, Popeye and Olive Oyl are the sole proprietors. Dangerous Dan McBluto, the owner of a fur farm, walks in and kidnaps Olive. (imdb)
Rail Rodents
Rail Rodents (1954) - Short Film
"Hoiman" and his ratty mice cousins, to escape the winter cold in Brooklyn, hop a streamliner going to Florida... (imdb)
Git Along Li\
The over-sized Baby Huey wants to join the little ducks in their cowboy game but they don't want him... (imdb)
Better Bait Than Never
Katnip is trying to catch a really big fish, but is having no success. (bcdb)
Swab the Duck
Baby Huey sees some little ducks playing pirate and wants to join in, but when he jumps on their raft... (imdb)
As the Crow Lies
Buzzy the Crow is about to be eaten by a cat but the cat has hiccoughs. Buzzy, of course, has a few home remedies he graciously shares with the cat but none of them cures the cat's problems... (imdb)
Cat-Choo
Cat-Choo (1951) - Short Film
Katnip has a cold and reads that eating a fresh crow is a sure cure. Crows didn't come any fresher than Buzzy... (imdb)
Surf Bored
Surf Bored (1953) - Short Film
Audrey takes Pal to the beach regardless that dogs are not allowed. (wikipedia)
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Katnip the cat, shedding his fur (hair) is concerned that if he goes bald he will lose his fickle-feline girlfriend... (imdb)
Dawg Gawn
Dawg Gawn (1958) - Short Film
Little Audrey tells her puppy not to follow her to school, but he keeps on doing so until he is picked up by a dog catcher... (imdb)
Goodie, the Gremlin
Gremlins sow mischief. One small gremlin, Goodie, starts either preventing it, or doing damage control.
T.V. Fuddlehead
A day in the life of a television victim. Just say no, kids.
Swimmer Take All
Popeye and Bluto are in a swimming race across the English Channel. As usual, Bluto has a million ways to cheat... (imdb)
Herman the Catoonist
When the cartoonist takes a coffee break and leaves the office for a spell, Katnip and "Hoiman" break the 4th-dimesion wall (and several dozen real walls)with their escapades and conflicts and ideas exchanges. Katnip, per usual, gets the short end as Herman leaves him stuck in the ink bottle. (imdb)
Katnip\
Katnip is the surprised guest on a "This Is Your Life" type of TV show, "This Was Your Life." Buzzy the Crow; Rueben, Dueben and Louie; Spike the Cat; and Herman the mouse are guests. Scenes are used from "A Bicep Built For Two," "Cat-Choo," "Mousetro Herman" and "Drinks On The Mouse." Katnip has a chance to recall all the big events of his past. At first, it's a thrill. Then there's smoldering anger as he sees Butch take his true love from him and Herman give him a hard time as well.
Down to Mirth
A mad scientist invents an anti-gravity machine, and is using it to create havoc on earth. Casper, the Friendly Ghost, gets involved with the mad-man and eventually forces him to destroy the machine and bring earth back to earth. (imdb)
Ghost Writers
Two writers at Paramount Cartoon Studios try to think of good stories for Casper the Friendly Ghost. They review scenes from "Casper's Spree Under The Sea," "Once Upon A Rhyme" and "To Boo Or Not To Boo." Eventually Casper himself emerges from a poster on the wall and scares the writers away. Casper explains that he thought up that gag to end the cartoon!
Ghost of Honor
Casper the Friendly Ghost attends a premiere of one of his own cartoons and is interviewed in the lobby. He is asked how he happened to become a movie star, and gives a lively account of his Hollywood venture. The telephone operators, who have never seen a ghost before, flee in panic, and so do the script writers, animators and color artists. (imdb)
Sleuth But Sure
Moe the Hare (aka The Rapid-and-sometimes Rabid Rabbit)breaks out of jail so he can hustle down the road and marry his sweetheart. But, Tommy the Tortoise, an officer of the law who is a stickler that thinks jail-prisoners should remain in jail, turtles down the road after Moe. And he dogs after Moe, in his own fashion, until he returns Moe to jail...and winds up with Moe's girlfriend in the process.
Mister and Mistletoe
Christmas eve; Popeye's nephews are staying over with Olive, and Popeye is helping trim the tree. Bluto dresses as Santa and horns in on Olive until a candle burns off his beard and reveals him. (imdb)
News Hound
News Hound (1955) - Short Film
Snapper has to get a sensational picture for the Daily Bow Bow ("Tree Star Edition") or get fired.
Candy Cabaret
Set in a nightclub in Sugarland---not the one in Texas---the bon-bons, lollipops, taffy and other sweet-and-sticky citizens perform in a musical show. The grand finale features the Sugar Lump Orchestra playing "Ain't She Sweet" while the bouncing-ball leads the theatre audience in a sing-along. (imdb)
Shaving Muggs
Shore leave; Olive refuses to go out with either of the boys until they get a shave and haircut (Popeye actually has stubble). Barber Wimpy is out, so they take turns. First Popeye takes care of Bluto, making him actually look presentable; then it's Bluto's turn to give Popeye the works of course, he's going to get a different treatment. (imdb)
Starting from Hatch
The birth of Baby Huey! The headlines in "Barnyard Eggstra" read: "Duck Lays Huge Egg. Mother Eggcited. Egg To Be Named Huey." A fox steals the giant egg and escapes with it. When he uses a hammer to crack the egg, Baby Huey is hatched. The fox tries to cook the king-size duckling. Huey mistakes the fox for his mommy and thinks that he's just trying to give him a bath. He chases the fox, thinking that the fox is his mother and trying to escape him.
Friend or Phony
To convince Popeye to throw away his spinach, Bluto fakes his death, after showing clips of "spinach moments" from a couple earlier shows. (imdb)
Cat Carson Rides Again
The mice are having their after-hours way with a feast from the Free-Lunch counter in a western saloon when the dreaded-and-feared Cat Carson, aka Katip, shows up and starts a reign of terror in the wild west. But Herman, the city-slicker cousin of the western-rodents shows up, rescues his kin from the clutches of Cat Carson, and then goes to work on the villain himself. (imdb)
Clown on the Farm
Baby Huey, the man-sized duckling, wants to play circus with the regular-size ducks, and they trick him into a barrel which almost goes over a cliff. It doesn't but it puts him into the hands of a hungry fox, who tries all manner of tricks to make Baby Huey palatable. They all fail and Baby Huey winds up as the circus ringmaster, putting the defeated fox through all kinds of tricks. (imdb)
The Awful Tooth
A cat is being driven mad --- a short distance --- by an aching wisdom tooth and discovers in the Remedy Book a remedy that requires only the eating of a crow. The cat captures the first crow that comes along, but the crow is smarter than the cat, and offers other remedies, none of which call for crow-eating. (imdb)
One Quack Mind
Dumb and overgrown Baby Huey finds himself left to the untender mercies of a fox disguised as a baby sitter. Hue also turns out to be one tough duck when he discovers his new baby sitter likes to play rough. So does Huey, who proceeds to beat the stuffing out of the fox. (imdb)
Fresh Yeggs
Fresh Yeggs (1950) - Short Film
Singalong with spot gags about prison life.
Lulu at the Zoo
Little Lulu goes on a tour of the zoo, but she gets into trouble by feeding the animals, which is against the rules! (imdb)
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Little Lulu and her dog, Pal, are out walking and playing, but soon run into all manner of problems and situations trying to keep the dog-catcher from catching Pal and sending him to the dog-pound. (imdb)
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Bluto, the daring hot air balloon rider, catches the eye of Olive at a carnival, much to Popeye's chagrin. Bluto manages to make Popeye look bad several times, eventually winning a ring at the ball toss and taking her up in his balloon. Of course, he tries to get fresh with her, and Popeye comes to the rescue with the help of some fireworks. The hot air balloon gets a bit too hot, putting Olive in even more danger. (imdb)
Camptown Races
Join the Minstrel Show on the farm where animals show their talents. The audience asks for something from the seller. Watch for the gag where he uses his mouth to carry the items on sale. Follow the bouncing ball to sing "Camptown Races."
Campus Capers
Herman gets back at Knucklehead from cat college Quinston for crashing the Harbard (the mice's college) Alumni Dinner.
Gabriel Churchkitten
This cartoon concerns the efforts of a kitten, Gabriel, and a mouse, Peter, who apparently live in peaceful coexistence in the home of Parson Peaseporridge, to get the Parson to wake up at night and feed them their milk and cheese, respectively. The Parson repeatedly rises up, in a fit of sleepwalking, and reaches the cupboard, while muttering the need to feed the "churchkitten" and "churchmouse," but then proceeds to drink the milk and eat the cheese himself. (imdb)
Chew Chew Baby
A cannibal wreaks havoc in Cincinnati. (imdb)
Cane and Able
The Cat goes out West to clean up a rough town.
A Sight for Squaw Eyes
A Noveltoon cartoon.
Daffidilly Daddy
Little Lulu's daddy gives her a blue posey to exhibit at a flower show. She loses it on the way and a bulldog prevents her from reacquiring it, but she outwits him and proceeds to the show. There she breaks the stalk when she uses her bean-shooter at a hummingbird. She tosses the flower in a barrel of Vigaro and the flower suddenly bursts into bloom again. (imdb)
The Batman/Superman Hour
The Batman/Superman Hour is a Filmation animated series that was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1969. Premiering on September 14, 1968, this 60-minute program featured new adventures of the DC Comics superheroes Batman, Robin and Batgirl alongside shorts from The New Adventures of Superman and The Adventures of Superboy.[1] A similar animated television series aired from 1997 to 2000 as The New Batman/Superman Adventures. (wikipedia)
Popeye the Sailor
A strong man fights for the love of his life. (imdb)
Land of Lost Watches
Little Billy and Isabel are taken on an underwater tour by a talking fish. They visit the land-of-lost-watches and meet their father's timepiece there. The watch is separated from his sweetheart, Rosita Wristwatch, when he is sent to work in the clock hospital, and she is assigned to duty with a circus. The lovers are reunited when she is injured in her acrobatic at and is sent to her fiancée's hospital. (imdb)
The Adventures of Superboy
Six minute episodes airing with The New Adventures of Superman (1966-70), The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967-1968), and The Batman/Superman Hour (1968-1969) involving episodes of young Clark Kent evading class to save the day.
Madhattan Island
A humorous tour of Manhattan concludes with 3 bouncing-ball songs.
Germany - Handle with Care!
This "March of Time" entry examines the many problems, both human and economic, that faced the Allies in their respective zones of Germany -- USA, England and Russia -- following the end of World War II, and the Allied occupation of what was left of the country following the Nazi reign of Adolf Hitler. The Cold War issues had not yet fully surfaced, so this entry, with fleeting glances into each Zone of the time, traced what economic recovery had been made by the end of 1946.
Roaring Wheels
Documentary on racing, from miniatures to odd terrain cars.
The Little Cut-Up
"The Little Cut-Up" is released on January 21 1949, and it gives an unique spin on the well known story about young George Washington and the cherry tree.
Drippy Mississippi
Singalong with spot gags about the Mississippi River as it runs from Minneapolis/St. Paul through Davenport and St. Louis down to New Orleans.
Snooze Reel
Snooze Reel (1952) - Short Film
A burlesque of a movie newsreel as it kids some typical events that were happening at the time; Gloria Gorgeous christens a new ocean-liner which promptly sinks; and a 200-foot high statue of Longfellow is unveiled. It winds up by introducing a new singing cowboy, who promptly tells the audience to 'follow the bouncing ball" and sing "Jimgle, Jangle, Jingle" along with him. Some audiences did, and some didn't.
Law and Audrey
Little Audrey, by accident, hits the beat policeman while playing baseball on the street with her puppy. The policeman sends her to play in the park, where she gets into a motorboat, which sinks. The policeman, forgetting he can't swim, dives in to rescue the little girl. Audrey saves herself, and, seeing the police officer in danger, has the zoo elephants drain the lake. The grateful cop stops street traffic to play baseball with Audrey.
Dizzy Dinosaurs
A view of pre-historic days when the dinosaurs were the beasts of burden for the cavemen, and slapstick gags on that premise, that provides the cue for the introduction of the bouncing ball to come along and ask the theatre audience to sing along on "Sweet Adeline."
Gag and Baggage
This "depicts" the development of the American railroad, in cartoon (kartune) form from 1829 into the 1950s. When it gets to the streamliner era, they bring out the bouncing-ball which invites the audience to join in singing "I've Been Working on the Railroad."
Is Everybody Happy?
Part of The March of Time series, this episode (Volume 13, Number 1) deals with the question of whether people are happy. Despite new technology and labor saving devices everywhere, people seem to have no more time on their hands and in many ways seem unhappier. The correspondence with advice columnist such as Dorothy Dix, seems to be growing. Health and fitness advocates, like Charles Atlas, have a booming business as people search for something that will make them feel better.
Philharmaniacs
Singalong about an all-animal orchestra, spoofing the musicians and various instruments of the orchestra.
Steve Canyon
Air Force pilot Steve Canyon, the commander of Big Thunder Air Force Base, travels from base to base as an all-around trouble-shooter, when he's not dealing with the the personal and military problems of his own everyday life. (imdb)
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