Sara Berner

Sara Berner

Born: January 12, 1912
Died: December 19, 1969
in Albany, New York, USA
Sara Berner (born Lillian Ann Herdan; January 12, 1912 – December 19, 1969) was an American actress. Known for her expertise in dialect and characterization, she began her career as a performer in vaudeville before becoming a voice actress for radio and animated shorts. She starred in her own radio show on NBC, Sara's Private Caper, and was best known as telephone operator Mabel Flapsaddle on The Jack Benny Program.

Movies for Sara Berner...

Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Title: Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Character: (archive footage)
Released: August 10, 2010
Type: Movie
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl was released in conjunction with Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire None of these shorts have been released on disc before, and Chuck Jones's "Daffy Dilly" (1948) is a welcome addition to any cartoon library. Daffy sets out to win the money a gloomy millionaire is offering to anyone who can make him laugh--and succeeds in spite of himself. But many of these cartoons are, simply, duds. "This Is a Life?" (1955), "People Are Bunny" (1959), and "Person to Bunny" (1960) spoof largely forgotten TV shows. How many viewers under 65 will recognize caricatures of Art Linkletter and Edward R. Murrow? The films pitting Daffy against Bugs play like weak remakes of Jones's "Rabbit Fire" trilogy or Friz Freleng's "Show Biz Bugs"--"Person to Bunny" even repeats some of Daffy's tap dance to "Jeepers Creepers" in "Show Biz." The very late "Suppressed Duck" (1965) is painfully unfunny. Once again, some of the films have been inexplicably cropped to simulate a widescreen format.
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Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Title: Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Character: Agnes (voice)(archive footage)
Released: August 10, 2010
Type: Movie
This must-have animation collection "Looney Tunes Super Stars: Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl" (2010) is filled with shorts that have been released on disc before and will delight any Looney Tunes fans. Episodes include "Tick Tock Tuckered," "Nasty Quacks," Chuck Jones's "Daffy Dilly" (1948), "Wise Quackers," "The Prize Pest," "Design for Leaving," "Stork Naked," "This is a Life?" (1955), "Dime to Retire," "Ducking the Devil," "People Are Bunny" (1959), "Person to Bunny" (1960), "Daffy's Inn Trouble," "The Iceman Ducketh" and "Suppressed Duck" (1965).
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So Much for Justice!
Title: So Much for Justice!
Character: Little girl 2.
Released: February 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Concerning the Mátyás era in Hungarian history, during the reign of Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), the film focuses on three eras of the king's life: the young Mátyás fights for the throne, the older Mátyás as king, and the fate of the royal crown and the royal heir after his death.
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Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Title: Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Character: Goldilocks (archive footage)
Released: October 30, 2007
Type: Movie
The Looney Tunes Guide to Fairy Tales: In a storybook setting, Looney Tunes characters share with kids the necessary ingredients for a proper fairy tale
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Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
Title: Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
Released: December 4, 2001
Type: Movie
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Title: James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
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Title: CBS Playhouse
Released: December 8, 1966
Type: TV
CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series was nominated for a number of awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights.
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Spring Reunion
Title: Spring Reunion
Character: Paula Kratz
Released: March 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.
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Hold That Rock
Title: Hold That Rock
Character: Chilly Willy (voice)
Released: July 29, 1956
Type: Movie
Smedley is the manager of Balancing Rock Canyon where various boulders are perched atop high poles. As Smedley explains, the slightest noise is enough to send the rocks tumbling ("You gotta be quieter than a goldfish in a sound-proof aquarium") so it's hardly a surprise that he panics when Chilly Willy arrives selling various loud noisemakers among them firecrackers, a "boomerang brick", a joy buzzer, novelty gun, and exploding telephone.
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The Egg and Jerry
Title: The Egg and Jerry
Character: Baby Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1956
Type: Movie
A lost baby woodpecker, that believes Jerry is its mother, does everything it can to save the mouse from Tom, who is once again in pursuit. A CinemaScope remake of the 1949 Tom and Jerry cartoon Hatch Up Your Troubles.
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Artists and Models
Title: Artists and Models
Character: Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)
Released: November 7, 1955
Type: Movie
A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.
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Hot and Cold Penguin
Title: Hot and Cold Penguin
Character: Chilly Willy (singing voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 24, 1955
Type: Movie
More adventures of Chilly Willy and his quest to stay warm.
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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A Kiddies Kitty
Title: A Kiddies Kitty
Character: Suzanne's Mom (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1955
Type: Movie
To escape a bulldog, Sylvester Cat allows himself to be adopted by a little girl. The little girl turns out to be rougher than the bulldog, though in her case it is entirely out of love.
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The Naked Street
Title: The Naked Street
Character: Millie Swadke
Released: August 1, 1955
Type: Movie
To make an honest woman of his pregnant sister, Rosalie, callous New York mobster Phil Regal intimidates witnesses and bribes a store clerk to get Rosalie’s condemned boyfriend, Nicky Bradna, out of prison. But Regal’s meddling deeds soon backfire.
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Title: December Bride
Released: October 4, 1954
Type: TV
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.
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Rear Window
Title: Rear Window
Character: Woman on Fire Escape
Released: August 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
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Title: This Is Your Life
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: TV
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.
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Carrie
Title: Carrie
Character: Mrs. Oransky
Released: July 17, 1952
Type: Movie
Carrie's dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly paid factory work—that is, until a traveling salesman named Drouet steps into her life and changes her outlook.
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Garden Gopher
Title: Garden Gopher
Character: Spike's Laugh (voice)
Released: September 30, 1950
Type: Movie
When Spike tries to bury a bone he finds a belligerent gopher.
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The Story of Molly X
Title: The Story of Molly X
Character: Amy
Released: November 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Molly's husband Rick was a gang leader somewhere in the middle west. When he's shot, the tough woman moves to S.F. with a couple of the gang to start anew. Disguised as a noble woman, she and her gang rob security transports. But when one day Rob confesses to her that he killed Rick out of jealousy, she shoots him down immediately. In lack of proof she can't be convicted for the murder, but she goes to jail for the robberies. It's a new and very open female prison, where she learns a profession for the first time in her life.
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Cat-Tastrophy
Title: Cat-Tastrophy
Character: Owner (voice)
Released: June 30, 1949
Type: Movie
Kitty's owner introduces her to a puppy who will befriend and Kitty realizes that when the puppy grows up he becomes Kitty's enemy because dogs hate cats and makes a chase in the yard at the end of the flashback of kitty for the puppy and kitty chases the puppy and the horse gets into the garbage can.
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Hare Splitter
Title: Hare Splitter
Character: Various (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 25, 1948
Type: Movie
When Bugs arrives for his date with Daisy Lou and finds her out shopping, he puts on her clothes to fool his rival Casbah.
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The Gay Intruders
Title: The Gay Intruders
Character: Ethel
Released: September 2, 1948
Type: Movie
Psychiatrists move in with bickering stage spouses and start bickering too.
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King-Size Canary
Title: King-Size Canary
Character: Canary (voice)
Released: December 6, 1947
Type: Movie
A hungry cat has the idea of giving "Jumbo Gro" fertilizer to a scrawny canary to make him a bigger meal, which leads to a race between the cat, the canary, a dog, and a mouse to see who can grow the biggest.
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Backlash
Title: Backlash
Character: Dorothy, Maid
Released: March 1, 1947
Type: Movie
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
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Wife Wanted
Title: Wife Wanted
Character: Agnes
Released: November 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.
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Fair and Worm-er
Title: Fair and Worm-er
Character: Dog Catcher's wife (voice)
Released: September 27, 1946
Type: Movie
One long chase: worm chases apple; bird chases worm; cat chases bird; dog chases cat; dogcatcher chases dog; dogcatcher's wife chases dogcatcher; mouse chases dogcatcher's wife. With occasional interruptions by a skunk.
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Bacall to Arms
Title: Bacall to Arms
Character: Laurie Be-Cool / Mother in Law (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 3, 1946
Type: Movie
Movie patrons watch and interact with a variety of short subjects and a spoof of the film "To Have and Have Not."
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The Hick Chick
Title: The Hick Chick
Character: Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1946
Type: Movie
In this triangle drama a country chicken chooses between a country rooster and a city rooster.
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Hush My Mouse
Title: Hush My Mouse
Character: Sniffles (voice) (uncredited)
Released: May 3, 1946
Type: Movie
Take-off on the "Duffy's Tavern" radio program, with tough-guy Eddie G. Robincat demanding a meal of mouse knuckles, "of which we ain't got none," waiter Filligan informs his absentee boss on the phone. To fill the plate, Filligan then tries to catch the blabbermouth mouse, Sniffles.
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Apple Andy
Title: Apple Andy
Character: Angel
Released: April 9, 1946
Type: Movie
Andy Panda is very fond of apples and he eats a bushel of green apples, falls asleep and has a nightmare in which the devil is trying to entice him into Hades and stuffs him full of apple juice, applesauce and more apples. (In Andy's defense, since Andy was taught not to eat green apples, the devil had spray-painted the green apples red.)
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Baby Bottleneck
Title: Baby Bottleneck
Character: Mama Gorilla (voice) (uncredited)
Released: March 16, 1946
Type: Movie
As the baby boom commences, and with the delivery service overworked, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are placed in charge of a baby preparation factory, where they help the stork keep up.
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Lonesome Lenny
Title: Lonesome Lenny
Character: Rich Lady (voice) (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1946
Type: Movie
Screwy Squirrel becomes the playmate of Lenny, a lonesome, dopey, but strong dog, in this broad parody of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".
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Book Revue
Title: Book Revue
Character: Henry the VIII's mother - Swooning Girls (voice)
Released: January 5, 1946
Type: Movie
A secluded bookstore comes to life in madcap, pop culture reference-heavy fashion.
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Nasty Quacks
Title: Nasty Quacks
Character: Agnes (voice)
Released: December 1, 1945
Type: Movie
A doting father gives a cute little duckling to his little daughter. That duckling grows up to become Daffy Duck, who soon develops quite a night life, which he loudly explains at breakfast, in the process of eating everything in sight. When the exasperated father's attempts at violently removing Daffy fail, he tries one final measure to drive Daffy away...
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Tokyo Woes
Title: Tokyo Woes
Character: Tokyo Rose
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Created for the US Navy in World War II. The Mr. Hook character was created by Hank Ketcham while at Walter Lantz Studios, where the first- and only color- Mr. Hook cartoon was produced. A wartime propaganda film about Japan and war bonds. The loudspeaker grille is in the shape of a peace sign as it shouts at Mr. Hook.
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Simple Siren
Title: Simple Siren
Character: Mermaid
Released: September 20, 1945
Type: Movie
A homely mermaid tries to get a stranded sailor all to herself.
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The Bashful Buzzard
Title: The Bashful Buzzard
Character: Mamma Buzzard
Released: September 13, 1945
Type: Movie
Beaky Buzzard, the shyest, dopiest young buzzard in his family, is sent out to catch something to eat.
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Swing Shift Cinderella
Title: Swing Shift Cinderella
Character: Little Red Riding Hood / Cinderella / Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 25, 1945
Type: Movie
The big bad wolf starts out chasing Little Red Riding Hood but switches to Cinderella after seeing the film's title, and ends up being chased in turn by her fairy godmother.
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Anchors Aweigh
Title: Anchors Aweigh
Character: Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1945
Type: Movie
Two sailors, Joe and Clarence have four days shore leave in spend their shore leave trying to get a girl for Clarence. Clarence has his eye on a girl with musical aspirations, and before Joe can stop him, promises to get her an audition with José Iturbi. But the trouble really starts when Joe realizes he's falling for his buddy's girl.
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It's Murder She Says...
Title: It's Murder She Says...
Character: Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
Released: May 15, 1945
Type: Movie
A haggard mosquito complains how tough life is with the military taking the proper precautions against malaria infection.
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The Mouse Comes to Dinner
Title: The Mouse Comes to Dinner
Character: Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Released: May 5, 1945
Type: Movie
Tom invites Toots to an elegant dinner. However, he's made the mistake of trying to put Jerry to work, as a serving boy, a corkscrew, and other tasks. Jerry puts up with a little of this, but mostly gets revenge on Tom.
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Behind the Meat-Ball
Title: Behind the Meat-Ball
Character: Dog's owner (voice)
Released: April 6, 1945
Type: Movie
A dog, starved for meat, goes to different lengths to get a steak back from a little dog that keeps out-smarting him.
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Life with Feathers
Title: Life with Feathers
Character: Sweetypuss / Housewife (voice)
Released: March 24, 1945
Type: Movie
A spurned love bird tries to get Sylvester to put him out of his misery.
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Jasper's Boobytraps
Title: Jasper's Boobytraps
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
To get his comeuppance, Jasper sets a series boobytraps for Scarecrow.
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Big Heel-Watha
Title: Big Heel-Watha
Character: Minnie Hot-Cha (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1944
Type: Movie
To prove he's a true Indian Brave, Big Heel-Watha decides to catch a squirrel - but wouldn't you know it; Screwy Squirrel is the first one he sees...
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Booby Hatched
Title: Booby Hatched
Character: Mama Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1944
Type: Movie
A duck struggles mightily and finally hatches her eggs in the bitter cold. All but one, that is: poor little Robespierre. Mama doesn't notice him missing until after he has sprouted legs and run off in search of warmth.
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Plane Daffy
Title: Plane Daffy
Character: Hatta Mari
Released: September 16, 1944
Type: Movie
Daffy Duck is a message courier bird delivering a military secret that a femme fatale Nazi spy is determined to get.
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Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Title: Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Released: September 2, 1944
Type: Movie
The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf.
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Censored
Title: Censored
Character: Sally Lou's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1944
Type: Movie
Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his letter through uncensored is thwarted by a resourceful (and unseen) censor with an array of contraptions and booby traps. Not even Snafu's carrier pigeon can avoid the censor -- not when he has a hawk for an assistant. Technical Fairy, First Class, comes to the rescue and agrees to deliver the letter -- but he has good reason to say that he'll hate himself in the morning.
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Tangled Travels
Title: Tangled Travels
Character: Ladies
Released: June 9, 1944
Type: Movie
A collection of spot gags spoofing travelogues complete with narration.
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Swooner Crooner
Title: Swooner Crooner
Character: Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1944
Type: Movie
Porky Pig's egg faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.
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The Zoot Cat
Title: The Zoot Cat
Character: Jerry / Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Released: February 26, 1944
Type: Movie
Tom's advances on a young jive-talking girl cat get nowhere; nowhere, that is, until Tom gets a zoot suit. Armed with his miles of fabric and a new cool lingo, Tom still has to deal with the tricks of his nemesis, Jerry.
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Baby Puss
Title: Baby Puss
Character: Jerry / Little Girl (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1943
Type: Movie
Tom is dressed up and treated like a baby by the little girl of the house.
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An Itch in Time
Title: An Itch in Time
Character: A. Flea (singing voice)
Released: December 4, 1943
Type: Movie
Elmer threatens to give his dog a bath if he doesn't stop scratching, but the poor pooch is the victim of a hungry flea whose tools of the trade include pickaxes and dynamite.
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Good Night, Rusty
Title: Good Night, Rusty
Character: Rusty (voice)
Released: December 3, 1943
Type: Movie
A Puppetoon by George Pal.
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Jasper Goes Fishing
Title: Jasper Goes Fishing
Character: Rusty (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1943
Type: Movie
A George Pal Puppetoon
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One Ham's Family
Title: One Ham's Family
Character: Mother Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 14, 1943
Type: Movie
A hungry wolf with ham in the shape of a pig kid stands in for Santa Claus.
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The Truck That Flew
Title: The Truck That Flew
Character: child
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Rusty is tired of fairy tales, who only wants to "Drive cars, Smoke Cigars, Stay Up Til 2. Run, Jump, Leap, Anything But Fall Asleep."
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Canine Commandos
Title: Canine Commandos
Character: Andy Panda (voice)
Released: June 28, 1943
Type: Movie
A Walter Lantz Andy Panda cartoon released June 28, 1943.
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Who Killed Who?
Title: Who Killed Who?
Character: Cuckoo Bird / Maid (voice) (uncredited)
Released: June 19, 1943
Type: Movie
A murder has occurred at Gruesome Gables, and the dog detective trying to find the killer has to deal with some suspicious suspects and a haunted house.
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He Can't Make It Stick
Title: He Can't Make It Stick
Character: Adolf's Wife / German Ladies / German Children
Released: June 11, 1943
Type: Movie
An anti-Hitler cartoon. While the soundtrack survives in full, the animation is partly lost.
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Red Hot Riding Hood
Title: Red Hot Riding Hood
Character: Red / Grandma / Short Cigarette Girl (voice) (uncredited)
Released: May 8, 1943
Type: Movie
Tired of always playing the same roles, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother and the Wolf demand a new version of the tale. The story then plays out in a more contemperary urban environment, with Little Red Riding Hood working as a pin-up girl in a night club.
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The Unbearable Bear
Title: The Unbearable Bear
Character: Sniffles / Mama Bear (voice)
Released: April 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Sniffles the mouse's non-stop talking foils both the burglar and a tipsy Officer Bear, who's trying to sneak past his rolling pin-toting, sleepwalking wife.
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Pigs in a Polka
Title: Pigs in a Polka
Character: First Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1943
Type: Movie
A tuxedo-clad wolf Master of Ceremonies announces the evening's program: the tale of the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs, set to the music of Johannes Brahms's Hungarian Dances. Queue the fairy tale.
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Air Raid Warden
Title: Air Raid Warden
Character: Andy Panda (voice)
Released: December 21, 1942
Type: Movie
A Walter Lantz Andy Panda cartoon released December 21, 1942.
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Ding Dog Daddy
Title: Ding Dog Daddy
Released: December 4, 1942
Type: Movie
A dumb mutt falls in love with the metal statue of a greyhound.
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Lucky Jordan
Title: Lucky Jordan
Character: Helen
Released: November 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.
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Road to Morocco
Title: Road to Morocco
Character: Mabel (uncredited) (voice)
Released: November 10, 1942
Type: Movie
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
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The Daffy Duckaroo
Title: The Daffy Duckaroo
Character: Daisy June (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 23, 1942
Type: Movie
Singing cowboy Daffy retires to the Painted Desert (still wet). He falls for an Indian maiden with a Brooklyn accent, but her very large boyfriend catches them. Daffy dresses in drag, which fools him for a while until Daffy's wig falls off. The boyfriend chases Daffy into the Petrified Forest (where Daffy freezes and breaks tomahawks). The Indian sends smoke signals from a phone booth and his tribe attacks Daffy, trapping him under his house trailer.
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The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
Title: The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
Character: Dora Standpipe (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 19, 1942
Type: Movie
Three fun-loving, morally upright brothers from Pimento University save their fiancée from their fiendish archenemy, Dan Backslide, in this spoof of the Rover Boys.
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The Gullible Canary
Title: The Gullible Canary
Character: Canary Wife
Released: September 17, 1942
Type: Movie
A hobo crow tricks a canary out of his comfortable cage with inflated promises of happiness in the outside world.
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Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
Title: Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
Character: Honey Bee / Dancehall Girls (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 22, 1942
Type: Movie
A live action piano player tells the story of a clothes-devouring moth who is on his way to marry a honey bee but gets caught by a black widow spider looking for a man of her own.
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Foney Fables
Title: Foney Fables
Character: Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1942
Type: Movie
A series of fractured fairy tales vignettes.
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Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
Title: Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
Character: Mama Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
Released: July 11, 1942
Type: Movie
Mama Buzzard wants her children to learn to bring back meat for dinner. One buzzardling is shy and has to be kicked out of the nest. He's told to at least bring back a rabbit.
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Wacky Blackout
Title: Wacky Blackout
Character: Cow / Mother Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Released: July 10, 1942
Type: Movie
We tour a farm and see how the various animals are preparing for the war, in a series of blackout skits.
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Cinderella Goes To A Party
Title: Cinderella Goes To A Party
Character: Cinderella / Fairy Godmother / Sisters
Released: May 3, 1942
Type: Movie
An irreverent, animated modernization of the Cinderella story.
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The Wild and Woozy West
Title: The Wild and Woozy West
Character: The Widow Jones (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1942
Type: Movie
Wild and Woozy West is another of the unsung cartoons from the Columbia studio of the '40s. It concerns the capture of the western wolf villain Angel Face, wanted dead or alive (perferrably dead). Among his list of crimes is "using naughty words".
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Horton Hatches the Egg
Title: Horton Hatches the Egg
Character: Maysie / Baby (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 11, 1942
Type: Movie
Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie bird's egg while she vacations. Much later, after...
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Aloha Hooey
Title: Aloha Hooey
Character: Leilani (voice)
Released: January 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Sammy Seagull and Cecil Crow have stowed away on the same ship. Cecil, from Iowa, wants to see a hula dancer; fortunately, they've just come within flying distance of a tropical island with a lovely dancer. They take turns trying to impress her, with such stunts as skywriting hearts (Cecil almost drowns) and fancy dives (Cecil almost crashes, then gets into a fight with a shark, a turtle, and a starfish).
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Red Riding Hood Rides Again
Title: Red Riding Hood Rides Again
Character: Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1941
Type: Movie
This satirical version of "Red Riding Hood" was, especially the ending, very topical when released in 1941, as the US had instituted a draft lottery long before Pearl Harbor (December 7,1941.) The wolf convinces Red he is a police dog and he hastily beats a path to Grandma's house with intentions of making a meal of her. But Grandma's boyfriend shows up and takes her dancing. He then plans on eating Red, but the postman arrives with his draft induction notice.
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Pantry Panic
Title: Pantry Panic
Character: Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1941
Type: Movie
Woody's friends warn him that the groundhog has predicted a blizzard. Unconcerned, Woody decides not to go South with his pals. Soon enough, the blizzard sweeps in and destroys the loony woodpecker's stash of food. Facing starvation, a glimmer of hope arrives in the form of a cat. The cat is also starving and it turns into a match of brawn and wits to see who eats who.
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Robinson Crusoe Jr.
Title: Robinson Crusoe Jr.
Character: Snucks (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 24, 1941
Type: Movie
Stranded on an island after his ship was wrecked by a hurricane, Porky meets a friendly African Native. They build a house, and Porky begins to explore the island. On his way we see various sight gags.
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The Crystal Gazer
Title: The Crystal Gazer
Character: Little Girl
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
A theatre-crowd is gathered to listen to Zaza Raja, a renowned mystic, who answers all questions regarding people's life and future. In response to a question from a young girl in the audience, the psychic goes wonder-gazing into his crystal ball and visions ancient Egypt. In search of the answer to the question, he wanders off into the tombs of the ancient Pharaohs, where many mummies held him solve the riddle of the young lady's future. But, when Zaza Raja snaps out of his spell, he finds he has forgotten the answer. He learns the theater audience is none too pleased about it.
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The Henpecked Duck
Title: The Henpecked Duck
Character: Mrs. Daffy Duck / Hen / Divorce Court Crowd (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Mrs. Duck sues Daffy for divorce in Judge Porky Pig's courtroom, charging her husband with losing their egg in an abortive magic trick.
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The Merry Mouse Cafe
Title: The Merry Mouse Cafe
Character: Ms. Pepe LeMouse (voice)
Released: August 15, 1941
Type: Movie
After the "Squawk Club" closes for the night, the mice come out and put on a show of their own. The Mouse of Ceremonies introduces the vastly-talented Miss Hedy La Mouse, and Hedy stops the show. Elmer, a rube-mouse from out of town, wanders in and falls for Hedy but the jealous M.C. attempts to restrain Elmer. The latter, evidently not all that far from out of town, assists Hedy in a couple of dances, including a Conga in which all the mice join in. But the night janitor, a real party-pooper, shows up, and all the mice scurry for cover.
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We, the Animals - Squeak!
Title: We, the Animals - Squeak!
Character: Kansans City Kitty (voice)
Released: August 8, 1941
Type: Movie
Porky hosts a radio program, where animals tell their stories. The guest star is Kansas City Kitty, the best mouser in the country. She tells the story of her life, including her marriage to Tom Collins, the birth of Little Patrick (not necessarily in that order), and the turning point of her life. The mice have plotted out a major operation like gangsters. They sneak out and kidnap Patrick and hold him hostage...
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Woody Woodpecker
Title: Woody Woodpecker
Character: Bird (voice)
Released: July 16, 1941
Type: Movie
Woody Woodpecker spends his day singing loudly and pecking holes in trees. He infuriates the other woodland creatures - when he isn't baffling them with his bizarre behavior. Woody overhears a squirrel and a group of birds gossiping about him. Even though he just sang a song proclaiming his craziness, he denies their whispered accusations that he's nuts. But after they trick him into knocking his head on a statue, the poor bird hears voices in his head and decides the animals might be right. He decides to see a doctor.
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The Alley Cat
Title: The Alley Cat
Character: Female Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1941
Type: Movie
An alley cat spies a high-class female cat on her balcony and falls for her. Her butler sends the family bulldog to deal with the alley cat, but the cat's too clever.
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Tom Thumb's Brother
Title: Tom Thumb's Brother
Character: Pee-Wee (voice)
Released: June 12, 1941
Type: Movie
While Tom Thumb is very, very small, his kid brother, Pee Wee, is even smaller and Pee Wee's only wish is to be as big and strong as Tom. When tiny Tom is cornered by a kitten, Pee Wee comes to his brother's rescue and proves to himself that what he lacks in size, he makes up for in quality.
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Hollywood Steps Out
Title: Hollywood Steps Out
Character: Greta Garbo / Coat Check Girl / Henry Fonda's Mother / Dorothy Lamour (voice) (uncredited)
Released: May 24, 1941
Type: Movie
A tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars.
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Farm Frolics
Title: Farm Frolics
Character: Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Released: May 10, 1941
Type: Movie
A series of wacky vignettes involving farm animals.
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The Trial of Mr. Wolf
Title: The Trial of Mr. Wolf
Character: Little Red Riding Hood / Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 26, 1941
Type: Movie
The Big Bad Wolf is on trial for crimes committed against Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. When given a chance to speak in his defense, Mr. Wolf explains the supposed real story: He is the victim.
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Porky's Preview
Title: Porky's Preview
Character: Various (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1941
Type: Movie
The audience enters Porky's movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as usher, a kangaroo taking tickets and putting the stubs in her pouch, a chicken buying child tickets for her eggs. A skunk tries to buy a ticket, costing a nickel, but he only has one scent. He looks for a way to sneak in. Meanwhile, Porky introduces the show: a collection of cartoons, drawn as stick figures. At the end, the audience is all gone because the skunk managed to sneak in. Porky's cartoons include: Circus Parade, Choo-Choo Train, Soldiers (Marchin), Horse Race, and Dances (hula, Mexican hat, and ballet). All accompanied by a self-parody musical score.
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Hysterical Highspots in American History
Title: Hysterical Highspots in American History
Character: Brandy / Kerdina
Released: March 30, 1941
Type: Movie
A comical twist on the history of America.
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Mrs. Ladybug
Title: Mrs. Ladybug
Character: Mrs. Ladybug (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 21, 1940
Type: Movie
A mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores. A big black spider dresses up as a maid to get in the door.
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Paunch 'n' Judy
Title: Paunch 'n' Judy
Character: Baby Snooks
Released: December 13, 1940
Type: Movie
A father tries to take picture of his easily distracted daughter, which is made more difficult by an angry group of dogs.
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Knock Knock
Title: Knock Knock
Character: Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1940
Type: Movie
A woodpecker (Woody) repeatedly pecks the roof of Andy Panda's and his father's home. Daddy sets out to stop it.
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Recruiting Daze
Title: Recruiting Daze
Character: Screaming Bomb (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A Cartune short featuring Punchy.
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Prehistoric Porky
Title: Prehistoric Porky
Character: Triceratops (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Caveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur. After Rover's playfulness causes a disruption to the prehistoric peace and quiet, Porky's copy of "Expire" magazine arrives in the mail, filled with ads for fashionable new bearskins. Porky decides to go out and get himself a new suit, and sets off with his trusty club.
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Crazy House
Title: Crazy House
Character: Andy Panda / Echos (voice)
Released: September 22, 1940
Type: Movie
When Andy Panda and his father are stranded miles away from home by a thunderstorm, they take shelter in a nearby house. Little do they realize that the house where they're spending the night is actually a fun house, with hidden practical jokes everywhere. The house also has a noisy merry go-round, a trick drinking fountain,and a dance floor with an ever-changing background.
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Calling Dr. Porky
Title: Calling Dr. Porky
Character: Various (voice)
Released: September 20, 1940
Type: Movie
A dog thinks he is being chased by small pink elephants, and goes to the hospital. While Porky is working on medication, the pink elephants find him and cause havoc. Porky finally gives him some medication, that only works temporarily, but then sees them again. He rushes back in and is once again ill.
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Patient Porky
Title: Patient Porky
Character: Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 24, 1940
Type: Movie
Porky checks into a hospital with a tummyache; he has the bad luck to encounter a patient posing a "Dr. Chilled-Air" who is a bit too eager to operate.
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Ye Olde Swap Shoppe
Title: Ye Olde Swap Shoppe
Character: Kids
Released: June 28, 1940
Type: Movie
Mice get into trouble with toys and record players in a closed toy store.
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A Gander at Mother Goose
Title: A Gander at Mother Goose
Character: Mistress Mary / Little Miss Muffet (voice) (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1940
Type: Movie
A series of gags based on Mother Goose stories.
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The Hardship of Miles Standish
Title: The Hardship of Miles Standish
Character: Grandson - Priscilla (voice)
Released: April 26, 1940
Type: Movie
In this version of "The Courtship of Miles Standish", Elmer Fudd is messanger John Alden, sent to give Miles' love letter to Pricilla. While delivering the message, however, her house is attacked by Indians, and John is the only one who can save her.
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The Bear's Tale
Title: The Bear's Tale
Character: Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 13, 1940
Type: Movie
The Three Bears meets Little Red Riding Hood, told in the style of Tex Avery.
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Confederate Honey
Title: Confederate Honey
Character: Various (voice) (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Nett Cutler (Elmer Fudd) romances Crimson O'Hairoil in this send-up of Gone With the Wind (1939).
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Cross Country Detours
Title: Cross Country Detours
Character: Various (voice) (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1940
Type: Movie
A wacky travelogue takes us to the forests of Yosemite, the rocks of Brice Canyon, the frozen wastes of Alaska, the desert wastes of New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River and the giant redwoods of California.
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Peace on Earth
Title: Peace on Earth
Character: Baby Squirrel (uncredited)
Released: December 9, 1939
Type: Movie
Two baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when he comes in singing "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war. This classic animation short was an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee.
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Fagin's Freshman
Title: Fagin's Freshman
Character: Mama Cat (voice)
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Momma's singing "Three Little Kittens" with her brood, but Blackie thinks it's for sissies and he'd rather listen to crime dramas on the radio. Momma sends him to bed, where he dreams of venturing out. He sees a sign looking for boys, no experience needed. It's Fagin's school, where he trains boys to steal. The cops raid the place. In the shootout, the phone rings; Fagin answers and passes the message on to a cop: bring home a pound of butter. Blackie dives out a window, gets tangled up in a curtain, and wakes up, tangled in his blanket; he runs downstairs and joins in "Three Little Kittens."
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Fresh Fish
Title: Fresh Fish
Character: Starfish (voice)
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
A tour of the waters near a South Sea island, introducing us to the various kinds of marine life, including the pickled herring, the hermit crab, the starfish, a seahorse race, and many other puns. Among the running gags, a two-headed fish who keeps asking for directions to Mr. Ripley and a professor in a diving sphere looking for a rare wim-wam whistling shark.
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The Good Egg
Title: The Good Egg
Character: Mama Hen (voice)
Released: October 20, 1939
Type: Movie
A hen adopts an abandoned egg which hatches into a turtle. The baby turtle becomes the butt of all the real chicks' jokes until danger threatens.
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The Autograph Hound
Title: The Autograph Hound
Character: (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1939
Type: Movie
While trying to collect autographs at a Hollywood studio, Donald meets a number of movie stars, and runs afoul of a security guard.
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Dangerous Dan McFoo
Title: Dangerous Dan McFoo
Character: Sue (voice) (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1939
Type: Movie
An arctic saloon. The tiny dog, Dan McFoo, is playing a pinball-like marble game in the back. His girlfriend, Sue, sounding like Katharine Hepburn, stands by. A stranger comes in with eyes for Sue; he begins a boxing match with Dan. After Dan gets knocked down, he accuses the stranger of having something in the glove; the ref finds four horseshoes and a horse. After the fight goes on a while with no conclusion, the narrator tosses a couple of guns, the lights go out, and Dan is shot or is he?
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Lucky Pigs
Title: Lucky Pigs
Released: May 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A down-and-out family of pigs wins a sweepstakes, are immediately besieged by reporters and photographers, and then go on a wild spending spree, which soon exhausts their windfall-prize money. Than the tax collector shows up. After paying the taxes, the pigs are right back where they started from.
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Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Title: Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Character: Katharine Hepburn / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo / Freddie Bartholomew (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1938
Type: Movie
Various Mother Goose rhymes are portrayed by Hollywood stars for example, Old King Cole's fiddlers three are the Marx Brothers, and Humpty Dumpty is W.C. Fields, who falls while tormenting Charlie McCarthy; Simple Simon and the Pieman are Laurel and Hardy.
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Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Title: Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Character: Katherine Hepburn Chick / Fat Lady (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 3, 1938
Type: Movie
Daffy causes trouble on a Hollywood set.
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The Daffy Doc
Title: The Daffy Doc
Character: Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1938
Type: Movie
After being thrown out of the operating room as Dr. Quack's assistant, Dr. Daffy Duck makes Porky Pig his own - unwilling - patient.
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A Feud There Was
Title: A Feud There Was
Character: Woman with Coffee / Chicken (voice)
Released: September 23, 1938
Type: Movie
The McCoys and the Weavers are two feuding hillbilly clans. Elmer Fudd, Peacemaker, attempts to end the fighting; but violence and zaniness win out.
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Queen's Kittens
Title: Queen's Kittens
Character: Girl on Phone (voice)
Released: August 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Four kittens escape fro a wicker basket as Her Majesty walks past in the palace. They get into all sorts of trouble.
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Cinderella Meets Fella
Title: Cinderella Meets Fella
Character: Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
Released: July 23, 1938
Type: Movie
Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets Prince Charming (Egghead).
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A Star Is Hatched
Title: A Star Is Hatched
Character: Emily (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 2, 1938
Type: Movie
Emily the chicken lives in Hickville but dreams of Hollywood. Her chance comes when director J. Megga-Phone happens to drive past and gives her his card.
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The Sneezing Weasel
Title: The Sneezing Weasel
Character: Mama Hen (voice) (uncredited)
Released: March 12, 1938
Type: Movie
When Mama hen takes her chicks out to get breakfast, little Wilbur is soaked in a sudden rainstorm and comes down with a head cold. Mama puts him to bed, then goes back out to get the doctor. A conniving weasel, seeing Mama leave, disguises himself as a doctor and comes calling on the unattended chicks.
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Porky's Hero Agency
Title: Porky's Hero Agency
Character: Porky's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Porky is reading the Greek myth of the gorgon, who turned everyone she looked at into stone. Mother tells him it's bedtime; he dreams of being Porkykarkus, the hero that saves Greece.
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Porky's Double Trouble
Title: Porky's Double Trouble
Character: Petunia Pig
Released: November 12, 1937
Type: Movie
Porky Pig has some problems when his mobster lookalike decides to frame him for a bank job.
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The Case of the Stuttering Pig
Title: The Case of the Stuttering Pig
Character: Petunia Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 30, 1937
Type: Movie
Porky Pig and his family inherit Uncle Solomon's estate, but if they die everything goes to the lawyer, who turns himself into a Mr. Hyde-style monster in an effort to kill off the pigs.
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She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
Title: She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
Character: Bette Savis / Little Oscar / Barking Woman / Duckling (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1937
Type: Movie
An evening at the local movie theater, including a sing-along led by Maestro Stickoutski at the Mighty Fertilizer organ, a Goofy-Tone newsreel, and the feature, Petrified Florist, featuring caricatures of Bette Davis and Leslie Howard.
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I Only Have Eyes for You
Title: I Only Have Eyes for You
Character: Katie Canary (voice) (uncredited)
Released: March 6, 1937
Type: Movie
The iceman is in love with a pretty girl, and an old spinster is pining and cooking for him. But his dreamgirl prefers crooners like Bing Crosby, Rudy Vallee, or Eddie Cantor. After leaving her, he spots the sign of an imitator, and thinks he could ask him to do the crooning for him while he is trying to date his girl. The imitator accepts, and at first the trick is working, until the imitator gets too cold amid the ice in the back of the van and the girl gets suspicious.
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Little Boy Blue
Title: Little Boy Blue
Character: Little Bo Peep / Sheep (voice)
Released: July 30, 1936
Type: Movie
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.
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Mary's Little Lamb
Title: Mary's Little Lamb
Character: Mary / Teacher (voice)
Released: May 1, 1935
Type: Movie
An animated version of the children's story.
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The Big Bad Wolf
Title: The Big Bad Wolf
Character: Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 14, 1934
Type: Movie
The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
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I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
Title: I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
Character: Greta Garbo / Zasu Pitts / Mae West (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1933
Type: Movie
Blackout gags and music, including the title song originated in the movie musical Gold Diggers of 1933. Hollywood figures caricatured include Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Bing Crosby, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, Mae West, Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey, Ed Wynn, George Bernard Shaw, Mussolini, Ben Bernie, The Boswell Sisters and Greta Garbo, who does the "Dat's all, folks!".
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I Like Mountain Music
Title: I Like Mountain Music
Character: Co-Ed (voice) (uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1933
Type: Movie
After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mussolini, Ignacy Paderewski, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, and Ed Wynn. A robbery sequence features bad guys breaking into the cash register and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the case. King Kong also makes an appearance. A Merrie Melody cartoon.