Toby Tortoise Returns
Director: Wilfred Jackson Release Date: August 22, 1936 Stars: Max Hare, Toby Tortoise, The Three Little Pigs Rating: ★★★★★ Review: One of the few sequels in Disney’s pre-video era, ‘Toby Tortoise...
View ArticleMickey’s Mechanical Man
Director: Wilfred Jackson Release Date: June 17, 1933 Stars: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse Rating: ★ Review: Mickey has build a robot to fight a gorilla in a boxing match, which is called “the battle of...
View ArticleRabbit Punch
Director: Chuck Jones Release Date: April 10, 1948 Stars: Bugs Bunny, The Crusher Rating: ★★★½ Review: When Bugs jeers at the champion of a boxing game, he’s suddenly ‘invited’ to be in it. The boxing...
View ArticleThe Wonder Gloves
Director: Bobe Cannon Release Date: November 29, 1951 Rating: ★★★★ Review: ‘The Wonder Gloves’ is one of the more extreme films by the UPA studio: the characters have an extraordinarily thick outline,...
View ArticleTo Duck or not to Duck
Director: Chuck Jones Release Date: January 9, 1943 Stars: Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd Rating: ★★★½ Review: In ‘To Duck or Not to Duck’ Elmer Fudd shoots Daffy out of the sky. The duck then challenges the...
View ArticleThe Robot
Director: Dave Fleischer Release Date: February 5, 1932 Stars: Bimbo, Betty Boop Rating: ★ Review: Even though ‘The Robot’ was released half a year after ‘The Herring Murder Case’ (1931) it features...
View ArticleThe Bully
'The Bully' is a Flip the Frog featuring Flip's little human child friend from 'The Milkman' and 'What a Life'. However, unlike those two cartoons it's not sentimental, but a gag-packed cartoon.
View ArticleThe Art of Self Defense
The first five Goofy shorts all progressed the Goofy character, and none was like the previous one. ‘Goofy and Wilbur’ had made Goofy a solo star, ‘Goofy’s Glider’ introduced the pompous narrator John...
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