Shorts 1934
All short movies I have seen from 1934 ranked from best to worst.
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- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsDorothy ComptonPinto ColvigWhen a lazy grasshopper prefers to sing and dance rather than forage like his friends the ants, he learns to regret it when winter approaches. The ants save his life and in return he entertains them with his music.
- DirectorDavid HandStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigMelvin J. GibbyMickey and an early version of Donald Duck are police officers chasing dognapper Pegleg Pete. Despite their bumbling, they manage to repeatedly get the drop on Pete at his sawmill hideout, though they ultimately make a shambles of the place.
- DirectorDavid HandStarsPinto ColvigDorothy ComptonMarion DarlingtonTo the tune "I Would Like to Be a Bird," a young mouse fashions wings from a pair of leaves, to the great amusement of his brothers when his attempts to use them fail. When the butterfly he rescues from a spider proves to be a fairy, he wishes for wings. But his bat-like appearance doesn't fit in with either the birds or the other mice, and he finds himself friendless; even the bats make fun of him.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsBilly BletcherWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerIndependent cowgirl Minnie ends up in over her head when pursued by bandit Pete, so it's up to Mickey to rescue her.
- DirectorDavid HandStarsAlyce ArdellPinto ColvigWalt DisneyWhile out camping, Mickey and friends make battle with a horde of angry mosquitoes.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsCharles CarverWilliam CostelloLou FleischerPopeye comes to ask Olive out, but finds she's gone off with the title character. Popeye goes to the circus (ringmaster Wimpy) looking for her, to find she's part of the act; an aerial battle ensues.
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschAfter testifying in court against a dangerous criminal, the boys plan to skip town, but the criminal escapes prison and comes after them.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsJimmie CushmanLester DorrJack MowerTwo penguins woo.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsKenny BakerJessica DragonetteTudor WilliamsThe lovely goddess of spring, Persephone, is kidnapped by Hades, thus bringing about the winter season.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMarcellite GarnerBeatrice HagenJayne ShadduckMickey puts on a big show to raise money for the orphaned mice.
- DirectorAnthony GrossHector HoppinA tone poem: two woodland sprites dance about, atop power lines and among flowers and leaves, while being pursued. Everyone spends some time pulling levers to switch trains, too.
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschStan and Ollie take a trip into the mountains ('the high multitude') so Ollie can recover from gout. Bootleggers have dumped their moonshine in the well from which the boys sample their 'healthy' mountain water. Mr. Hall, who has left his wife with the boys while he refuels his car, is not amused at his wife's condition when he returns.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigDorothy ComptonRed Riding Hood is accompanied by Fiddler Pig and Piper Pig as she takes a shortcut through the forest to deliver food to her sick grandmother.
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschA gruff sea captain, who absolutely detests the word "ghost," is having trouble manning his ship because of the rumor it's...well...haunted. He inveigles Stanley and Oliver into helping him shanghai a crew from the sailors at a dockside bar. The comic duo accomplish this by using one of the funniest devices ever put into a movie, and of course it all goes wrong. Once aboard, the captain warns them that whoever says the word "ghost" will get his head twisted from north to south. After much time at sea and many port stops later, one of the drunken sailors falls into a trough of whitewash, terrorizing Stanley and Oliver into blurting out "ghost" in front of the enraged captain, which brings about the story's Laurel and Hardy trademark "another fine mess" ending.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloLou FleischerWilliam PennellPopeye and Bluto each wants to save Olive as she sleepwalks onto a construction site. But most of their efforts go into preventing each other from being the hero.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczStarsWladyslaw StarewiczA stuffed animal goes on a journey through frightening streets to get its kid an orange.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigA statue of Pan seeks to break up a pair of lovers.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschKeen to climb the social ladder by marrying a rich widow, Oliver finds the nerve to cheat on his partner Stanley. What he doesn't know is that her favorite hobby is murder--and it looks like he's next. Who can save Oliver the Eighth?
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigBilly DeltcerFlorence GillDonald and Peter Pig refuse to help the Wise Little Hen plant her corn or harvest it, but they are plenty anxious to help eat it.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyLee MillarMickey's trying to do some yardwork, but Pluto wants to play. They end up indoors; Mickey breaks a screen, spreads flypaper, and they both get stuck.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloLou FleischerCharles LawrencePopeye, Olive, and Wimpy stumble across a ghost ship. They climb aboard, and it proceeds to scare them in various ways.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelIn a melodrama at the Slumbertown Theatre, Freddie is the sheriff and Betty is a school-marm desired by outlaw "Phillip the Fiend."
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerWilliam PennellBonnie PoeIn her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsElvia AllmanBilly BletcherWalt DisneyIt's up to Mickey to rescue himself and Minnie from Captain Pete and his crew.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloMae QuestelPopeye pushes a baby pram down city sidewalks and lots of noise keeps the kid awake and crying. In typically brutal manner, Popeye deals with the noise makers including a busking Harpo Marx, music school, construction site, and car horns.
- DirectorDavid HandStarsBeatrice HagenJayne ShadduckWalt DisneyMickey drives a steamroller and takes Minnie's little ones for a ride. While he takes a break to court Minnie, the little ones climb aboard and start the steamroller moving.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerMickey is looking after the orphans. He tells them the story of Gulliver (with Mickey in that role) in Lilliput, though without the satire and bawdy bits. The story ends with Mickey fighting a giant spider, about twice his size.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsCharles CarverWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellPierre Bluto, running a logging camp, has thrown Olive into the river because he didn't like her spinach. Popeye rescues her and proceeds to beat Bluto in a lumberjack contest.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsMarie ArbuckleMelvin J. GibbyBeatrice HagenBetty Boop and Koko dabble in dentistry, complete with laughing gas.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellMae QuestelWhen rival firefighters Popeye and Bluto respond to Olive Oyl's house fire, they find themselves fighting each other more than the fire.
- DirectorRudolf IsingThe delightfully animated adventure of a faun and a satyr who is only animate during daylight.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenMary ModerWe see bunny rabbits preparing for Easter, by making chocolate eggs and rabbits, decorating eggs, and weaving and filling baskets.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsBonnie PoeWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellPopeye wants to join a club of fighters. But can he take their grueling initiation test... and can the club take his rough-housing?
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelA traffic cop tries to make time with Betty; she speeds to get away, is arrested, and undergoes a musical trial.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterA musical rendition of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale where a brave tin soldier with only one leg and a toy ballerina find happiness.
- DirectorBasil WrightStarsLionel WendtA short film which documents the lives of the Sinhalese people.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigMarcellite GarnerWalt DisneyMickey Mouse and Pluto find themselves in charge of a baby who was left on their doorstep.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellMae QuestelPopeye and Olive visit a dance hall, where a contest is in progress (though judge Wimpy seems far more interested in his hamburgers than the dancers). He dances terribly. Bluto cuts in, and Popeye sulks in a corner next to a convenient bowl of spinach. Popeye dances impressively; Bluto comes back and manhandles Olive.
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsRudolf IsingJohnny MurrayIn this second entry in MGM's Happy Harmonies series, an old man tells a newsboy about his adventures with Native Americans in the Old West.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsMae QuestelA miserly mill-keeper kidnaps two Dutch children, but their pet duck runs for help like Lassie.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsBonnie PoeBetty Boop, sleepless on a freezing night, builds a nice hot fire which proves too much of a good thing; in a dream she visits Hell, sings "Hell's Bells, " and makes Hell freeze over!
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop puts on a musical show of new inventions and styles; her creation of "ankle skirts" sweeps the nation.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloMae QuestelOlive and Popeye open up a diner, but have to deal with Wimpy and Bluto being deadbeat customers.
- DirectorEarl DuvallFriz FrelengStarsBernard B. BrownShirley ReedThe RhythmettesAfter introducing the small town Bugtown, inhabitated by bugs, this short shows what happens to two honeymooning lovebugs at the Honeymoon Hotel in town, due to the fact, that their love is a little bit to hot.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterA young grizzly bear, undaunted by his mother's warnings of the coming winter, runs away from home only to be confronted by Old Man Winter himself.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloBonnie PoeMae QuestelOlive runs some kind of boarding school. She serves her charges a huge bowl of spinach, but they are less than enthusiastic about it. Popeye comes by and demonstrates the values of spinach: he feeds some to a tree, which grows huge and sprouts a variety of fruit; he feeds a hen, which lays a dozen eggs, and he eats some himself to resist a prizefighter passing by. The children, inspired, feed some to a couple of sorry looking cows, which grow into vicious bulls, sending them up a tree. Popeye saves them, and they finally dig in.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterA comically ridiculously altered version of the classic tale, in which Don Quixote is victorious over his imaginary enemies and emits Tarzan-like yells of triumph.
- DirectorWalt DisneyStarsWalt DisneyThe Chocolate Soldiers seek to attack Pastry Village.
- DirectorDave FleischerRoland CrandallStarsBonnie PoeBetty Boop appears on stage with Freddie in an old-fashioned mortgage melodrama.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop wins the Irish Sweepstakes, and fantasizes about what she'll do with the money.
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsEthel JacksonEsther CampbellDorothy LloydA canary is frustrated by being caged, particularly with a parrot taunting him when humans aren't watching. One day, he tricks the kind old lady that owns him into opening the window, and she also leaves the door to his cage open. Freedom! But it's not all it's cracked up to be; the other birds are either cuckoos (complete with Napoleon hat) or shun him, the rain comes and there's no shelter, and a cat is skulking around. After a series of narrow escapes, the canary is more than happy to dash home to the nice warm fire.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAladdin is a child labourer who works for a guy that exchanges "new lamps for old". This guy swaps a "new" lamp for 2-3 replacement old lamps, then brings back the old lamps for Aladdin to polish and make look like new. One day Aladdin sees a princess riding by as he looks out the window, and he falls for her. But then he must return to his lamp polishing. As he polishes one of the old lamps, a genie comes out and offers Aladdin the opportunity to escape the drudgery of his life. Of course, Aladdin's wish is to marry the princess, but even with the genie's help he encounters a few obstacles, including that of the Sultan accidentally swallowing his lamp....
- DirectorDave FleischerRoland CrandallStarsBonnie PoeThe White Rabbit materializes from a jigsaw puzzle and leads Betty Boop through the looking glass into Wonderland.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterA tailor aides his king, who is threatened by a giant and a swarm of bees.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBernard B. BrownOn a cold winter's night, Buddy puts his dog, Towser, in charge of protecting the chickens.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloPopeye sings his theme song and tells the audience to sing along with him by following the bouncing ball.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop recruits for the Army by offering inductees a kiss. The recruits march off to war with a force of giant mosquitoes!
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloCharles LawrenceWilliam PennellBluto is the boxing champ; Popeye is his challenger; Wimpy the timekeeper. Popeye is pounded mercilessly until Olive comes by with a can of spinach.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelPudgy the Pup makes a mess of Betty Boop's picnic, is sent home, and runs afoul of the dog catcher.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterWhen the kittens of Puss in Boots are saved from drowning by a bagpiper, the cat offers to help the man rescue a princess as repayment of his debt.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBernard B. BrownThe GuardsmenCy KendallA little girl falls asleep and dreams she is in Toyland, where she and a toy soldier contend with the Beast from "Beauty and the Beast."
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterPlaying cards come to life. As in the nursery rhyme, the queen of hearts bakes some tarts; the jack of hearts steals them.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsCharles CarverWilliam CostelloCharles LawrenceWimpy is such a terrible helper that blacksmith Olive fires him. Both Popeye and Bluto see the help wanted sign; they compete for the position. Of course, their competition wrecks the shop.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterStarsNorm BlackburnIn this classic fable, a hen asks help with chores from other farm animals. None of the animals want to help do work, but they all want to share the fruits of the hen's labor.
- DirectorFriz FrelengHugh HarmanStarsRochelle HudsonCarman MaxwellBosko entertains while his girlfriend goes out to get an ice cream cone.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBernard B. BrownThe RhythmettesThe Varsity ThreeToys in a shop window come to life and visit a poverty-stricken little girl as she sleeps. She awakens to find that her shack has been refurbished and that the toys are about to throw her a party.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsBonnie PoeBetty takes a trip to the beach and needs the assistance of a big, hunky lifeguard when she rides her rubber horsy out too far!
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsCount CutelliMarion DarlingtonThe GuardsmenA robin sings, and the vegetation turns spring-like, followed by some more action by birds and bees. A grasshopper teaches his sons to chew and spit tobacco. Two spiders play the title tune on their web; some worms animate some apples to the tune; a chorus of frogs sings. Beavers play tennis, using spider webs as a net and their tails as racquets. A bear on the prowl is rebuffed by a turtle, then traps several beavers in a tree. They drop a beehive on him; he rolls down a hay-covered hillside, landing amid a farmer's mounds of hay; the farmer tosses the bear-stack into his "bailer", and the bear turns into a walking hay bale.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsElvia AllmanBernard B. BrownThe Varsity ThreeCeramic figurines come to life after one of them is knocked over and broken by the household cat.
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherTommy BondBuddy must solve the case of a young girl who has been kidnapped by an insane musical sorcerer.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonDorothy SebastianGeorge J. LewisWhen Buster's girlfriend falls for a trapeze artist, Buster tries to beat him at his own game.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsCab CallowayDave FleischerMax FleischerA reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.
- DirectorLou BreslowStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges discover Curly's hidden talent for boxing, which appears only when he hears the tune "Pop Goes the Weasel". With the help of Larry's violin, Moe attempts to turn him into a champion.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBernard B. BrownThe GuardsmenThe Rhythmettesin a general store. all the products come to life and start singing about Sunday.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are mistaken by a gangster for the "Three Horsemen of Boulder Dam", famous football players. Hired to play for his team, they blow the big game and get it in the end. Lucille Ball has a nice part as a gun moll.
- DirectorBernard B. BrownStarsBernard B. BrownThe RhythmettesThe Varsity ThreeWhile at the park, a group of birds engage in a swimming contest.
- DirectorBernard B. BrownStarsBernard B. BrownThe GuardsmenAt a 4th of July picnic, a hero and a villain battle for the heart of a girl.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterIchabod Crane has been invited to Katrina Van Tassel's Party while reading about the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsJohnny MurrayBrox SistersThe Four BlackbirdsStation ABC broadcasts the Toyland Revue, featuring music from baby-doll singers, a roly-poly bandleader, a jack-in-the-box crooner, a wind-up music box and more.
- DirectorBen HardawayStarsBilly BletcherJack CarrThe GuardsmenBuddy & Cookie's hot air balloon gets thrashed by a violent thunder storm and they ended up landing on foreign grounds. The town Buddy & Cookie are in is called "Sourtown". The residents are always in a bad mood due to them drinking and eating sour products and due to the strict laws which outlaws laughter, dancing, singing, and jazz. Buddy doesn't take the laws seriously as he tries to play some jazz to lighten everyones mood. Unfortunately the king of Sourtown doesn't take law breakers likely.
- DirectorArchie GottlerStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges join the "Women Haters" club and vow to have nothing to do with the fair sex. Larry marries a girl anyway and attempts to hide the fact from Moe and Curly as they take a train trip.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsAndy AndrewsThe RhythmettesMysteriously, late at night, the laundry comes to life.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBernard B. BrownStanley FieldsShirley ReedBuddy runs his own trolley. Most of it seems to be a musical number. However, there is a criminal living in the ditches as he breaks loose and hijacks Buddy's trolley.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges become doctors at a large hospital where they disrupt patients and staff alike.
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherBernard B. BrownA musical number with Buddy in the role of a woodsman. Goes through a lumberjack's days chopping down trees. A bear raids the lumberjacks while having pasta as Buddy and Cookie have to dispose of him.
- DirectorBen HardawayStarsBilly BletcherBernice HansenJackie MorrowBuddy's dog gets hooked on sugar, and ends up with a toothache. Buddy tries to wiggle the tooth, but it makes the dog feel very uncomfortable. So Buddy tries gas, but it backfires and Buddy's own tooth ends up falling out. A 1934 Looney Tunes short directed by Ben Hardaway.
- DirectorUb IwerksWillie Whopper and his dog visit Hell, where they meet Satan, Cerberus, and some of the infamous members of the damned.
- DirectorBen HardawayStarsThe GuardsmenA fiddling hobo experiences life on a train and in the country.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMelvin J. GibbyBeatrice HagenPurv PullenAnother retelling of Rip Van Winkle who has a vivid dream before awakening.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsThe RhythmettesThe Varsity ThreeAnimals put on a musical show, to comedic effect.
- DirectorUb IwerksWilly is a Boy Scout who recounts his good deeds to the scoutmaster.
- DirectorEarl DuvallJack KingStarsBilly BletcherBernard B. BrownJane WithersWhile having lunch at the garage, Cookie is kidnapped by a man and Buddy engages in a car chase to rescue her.
- DirectorUb IwerksWillie tells his friend that he was once a cowboy.
- DirectorVernon StallingsStarsCharles J. CorrellFreeman F. GosdenAndy agrees to become a circus lion tamer, believing that the "wild animal" he's taming is actually a man wearing an animal skin. However, he soon finds out differently. Complications ensue.
- DirectorJack KingStarsAndy AndrewsBilly BletcherBuddy's baseball team battles to the final inning with their rival.
- DirectorJack KingStarsJack CarrJackie MorrowJane WithersBuddy is a owner of a circus; he must save a baby who fell from the seats and performs with the circus acts.
- DirectorUb IwerksWillie Whopper tells a tall tale of his girlfriend being carried off by a Sultan and his efforts to rescue her.
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherJack CarrPancho shoots up the cantina and makes a play for Buddy's girl. Buddy retaliates. A parody of Viva Villa! (1934)
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsThe GuardsmenA passed out drunken farm hand dreams of entering heaven on a mule.
- DirectorBen HardawayStarsBilly BletcherBernard B. BrownBuddy must battle a group of natives who have kidnapped his girlfriend.