Gifts from the Air

Gifts from the Air 1937

5.00

A toyless boy finds a broken soldier doll and gets a very special Christmas as a result.

1937

The Air Hostess

The Air Hostess 1937

1

A little boy (as pilot/crew/mechanic) and a little girl (the title air hostess) do their best to get a delapitated airplane airborne and take their full load of adult passengers to their destination. They fail spectacularly.

1937

The Merry Cafe

The Merry Cafe 1936

1

A musical extravaganza centered around Depression-struck Krazy Kat trying to cadge a free meal in an automat (The Eato-Mat Restaurant)

1936

Rodeo Dough

Rodeo Dough 1931

1

This was a Krazy Kat cartoon made for Charles Mintz and distributed by Columbia. While the studio originally based the character on the comic strip created by George Herriman, by 1931 he was changed in design and personality to be more like Walt Disney's popular Mickey Mouse (whose cartoons, ironically, were also distributed by Columbia at the time).

1931

Krazy Spooks

Krazy Spooks 1933

6.00

On a stormy, windy night, Krazy's car breaks down so he and Kitty must seek refuge in an eerie old house. Happy the pup finds a skeleton, but the really scary resident is a huge, violent gorilla that runs off with Kitty, and Krazy must rescue her.

1933

Camping Out

Camping Out 1932

1

Scrappy, his little brother, and the dog take the car and drive to the camping grounds.

1932

Beer Parade

Beer Parade 1933

1

Scrappy and Oopie, though little boys, happily celebrate the return of beer after fourteen years, with the help of brew-guzzling gnomes, apparently from the "Rip Van Winkle" story. They leave an allegorical "Prohibition" figure (ugly old man in stovepipe hat) stripped and chased off.

1933

The Great Experiment

The Great Experiment 1934

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Scrappy cartoon from Charles Mintz of Columbia Pictures. In this one, mad scientist Hugo Plotz experiments on the boy character in a water bowl by first turning him into a fish and then an old man. When his little brother comes in, Hugo then turns them into babies. And then when they go back to normal, they travel into the future, all the way to 1990. There they encounter people in propeller hats and attempt to rescue a girl from Plotz.

1934

The Novelty Shop

The Novelty Shop 1936

1

The novelty shop owner has gone home, and that means it's time for its items to animate and have fun.

1936

The Lyin' Hunter

The Lyin' Hunter 1937

1

Krazy Kat takes on all the animals in the jungle- until he stops dreaming. Then reality sets in, and real animals start chasing him.

1937

Holiday Land

Holiday Land 1934

5.57

Scrappy does not want to get up and go to school. As the days peel off his calendar, the holidays come to life, personified. Father Time takes Scrappy on a tour through Holiday Land.

1934

Scrappy's Party

Scrappy's Party 1933

1

Scrapy's birthday party is attended by a raft caricatures of famous movie stars and world leaders, including Mussolini, John D. Rockefeller, Will Rogers, Laurel & Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, Jimmy Durante, King George V,Ghandi, Babe Ruth, Ex-King Alphonso XII, Professor Picard and even Al Capone is seen, unfortunately unable to make it as he's in prison.

1933

Sandman Tales

Sandman Tales 1933

1

A Columbia Scrappy cartoon released October 6, 1933.

1933

Indian Serenade

Indian Serenade 1937

1

Against the background of the Grand Canyon, a young Indian boy and an-equally-young Indian maiden fall in love. While they are romancing along in the beautiful scenery, their little dog gets into a hassle with a snake. The snake was harmless, the animation was outstanding.

1937

Spark Plug

Spark Plug 1936

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Barney, Snuffy and Lowezie are in attendance at the track to see Spark Plug take part in a big race. Unfortunately, he's so slow that he doesn't finish until the next morning. Incredibly,though he next gets a one-on-one race against the legendary Man O'War. It looks like he'll be super loser again, except that Rudy the Ostrich kisses him,which gives Sparky the adrenaline to win instead.

1936

The Untrained Seal

The Untrained Seal 1936

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A newborn seal pup has to learn how to fish on his own, without help from any of his family or friends.

1936