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- DirectorJess RobbinsStarsOliver HardyStan LaurelFlorence GilbertIn their first screen appearance together, Stan plays a penniless dog lover and Oliver plays a crook who tries to rob him and his new paramour.Watched January 1st 2018 on DVD
- StarsJim VarneyDanny BreenSheryl BernsteinErnest P. Worrell becomes the world's first "Splashronaut", when he volunteers to be the first person to ride Disneyland's Splash Mountain.
- DirectorPatrick GregoryStarsCharlie LaneJim VarneyA comedy about proper measures of gun safety and the dos and don'ts of hunting.Watched January 2nd 2019 on YouTube
- DirectorPatrick GregoryStarsCharlie LaneJim VarneyA comedy about proper measures of gun safety and the dos and don'ts of hunting.Watched January 2nd 2019 on YouTube (Misadventures of Bubba part II, 1993)
- StarsJim VarneyA comedy short anthology series featuring forty stories about Ernest P. Worrell's family with the way our world is, but how billionaire Astor Clement sees it.Watched January 8th 2019 on DVD
- StarsJim VarneyA reel of more Ernest commercials.Watched January 10th 2019 on DVD “Ernest Greatest Hits Volume 1”
- DirectorJohn R. Cherry IIIStarsJim VarneyDan HollyJohn R. Cherry IIIErnest introduces a contest for a viewer to win 10 thousands dollars, if they can properly name the right number of times he says, 'vern' and, 'knowutimean' throughout the whole video.Watched January 14th 2019 on YouTube
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJack MercerPopeye's nephews have been practicing their music and are getting good, but it's bedtime. After Popeye puts them to bed, they discover that many of the things in their bedroom can also be used to make music. And they are also blessed with an uncanny ability to appear to sleep every time Popeye comes to check on them.Watched January 16th 2019 on DVD Mill Creek 200 Classic Cartoons
- DirectorCecil M. HepworthPercy StowStarsMay ClarkCecil M. HepworthBlairThis is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch. She follows him down a hole and finds herself in a hall of many doors.Watched January 31st 2019 on Blu-ray extras from Alice (1988) Neco z Alenky (original title) tt0095715
- DirectorRichard TaylorStarsCarleton HobbsElizabeth ProudWilliam Rushton1974 animated, educational public service short about the basics of labeling consumer food products, Writ/Dir Richard Taylor for "Housewife's Trust" and the "Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food".Watched January 31st 2019 on Blu-ray extras from Alice (1988) Neco z Alenky (original title) tt0095715
- DirectorStephen QuayTimothy QuayA tear falls from the eyes of a veiled face. A white ball whips around a heart-shaped paddle. A mournful voice sings, "Are we still married?" A child's stuffed rabbit watches, sees someone's legs hanging and shoes jiggling, and sees a girl holding a heart-shaped paddle. A hand seen through a door's glass knocks incessantly; the lock jiggles, the child holds the heart-shaped object and leans against the wall, sometimes moving up and down on the toes of her shoes. The rabbit watches, plays with the ball, tries to keep the door shut. The child raises her face; we see a woman's eyes.Watched January 31st 2019 on Blu-ray extras from Alice (1988) Neco z Alenky (original title) tt0095715
- DirectorStephen QuayTimothy QuayA short black and white animated film with a contemporary musical accompaniment.Watched January 31st 2019 on Blu-ray extras from Alice (1988) Neco z Alenky (original title) tt0095715
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsHewitt T. WhelessRonald ReaganFranklin D. RooseveltThis short film in support of the war effort dramatizes the training and missions of Army Air Forces Captain Hewett T. Wheless, a former Texas ranch hand who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in the early days of WWII.Watched February 12th 2019 from extras on Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) DVD
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancSara BernerKent RogersMama 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.Watched February 12th 2019 from extras on Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) DVD
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancKen BennettDaffy is an agent representing Sleepy Lagoon trying to sell him to talent scout Porky. Daffy spends a great deal of time and energy explaining and demonstrating what the kid can do, while the kid sits on a couch licking a giant sucker.Watched February 12th 2019 from extras on Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) DVD
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetBugs lectures his nephew Clyde about early America, inserting himself into events wherever possible.Watched February 12th 2019 from extras on Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) DVD
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsBallet Russe de Monte CarloLéonide MassineMilada MladovaIn a Paris nightclub setting, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performs to the music of Jacques Offenbach.Watched February 18th 2019 on DVD from The Maltese Falcon (1941) special features LB
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBugs reads "Hiawatha" and winds up being hunted by him.Watched February 18th 2019 on DVD from The Maltese Falcon (1941) special features LB
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherRobert C. BrucePorky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.Watched February 18th 2019 on DVD from The Maltese Falcon (1941) special features LB
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryFrank GrahamJoi LansingA narrator takes us on a tour of the dream house of the future, and its many innovative appliances.Watched February 27th 2019 on DVD special features from Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) LB
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsRobert BenchleyA humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep.Watched February 27th 2019 on DVD special features from A Night at the Opera (1935) LB
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsReginald DennyGeorge HamiltonLouis & CelesteThe Brian Sisters are also featured in this short.Watched February 27th 2019 on DVD special features from A Night at the Opera (1935) LB
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancDave BarryNorman NesbittBugs helps a penguin go home via New Orleans, Martinique, the Panama Canal and finally the South Pole. But the penguin's home is in New Jersey.Watched February 27th 2019 on DVD special features from Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancAt Eureka Experimental Hospital, a doctor plans to switch the characteristics of a chicken into the brain and a rabbit, into each other. Bugs Bunny was registered as the experimental rabbit, Number 46.Watched February 27th 2019 on DVD special features from Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- DirectorNoel M. SmithStarsJohnnie DavisPenny SingletonAnthony AverillThis musical comedy has a popular basketball star playing for a different college than what his father wanted after he falls in love with a co-ed.Watched May 6th 2019 on DVD special features of Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsElvia AllmanMel BlancTommy BondEmily 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. She makes her way to Hollywood, and Megga-Phone's office, where she discovers a whole flock of hens with the same card and a completely uncaring Megga-Phone. She returns home to faithful Clem, and a chick with foolish notions.Watched May 6th 2019 on DVD special features of Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsJoan LeslieNana BryantClara BlandickIn a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.Watched May 15th 2019 on The Sea Hawk (1940) special features DVD LB
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancPorky Pig owns a fish store and goes out to lunch. After a cat is not having much success with a mouse, he goes into the fish store when Porky is away. When the cat thinks he has the good appetite, the fish go to war against him and drive him out of the store. He is then freaked out by the mouse and shrinks as the mouse grows.Watched May 15th 2019 on The Sea Hawk (1940) special features DVD LB
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsFritz FeldKathryn KaneJohn CarrollIn this musical short, a director named Nitvitch, unhappy with the lead actress in his Western, makes an unexpected discovery in the studio cafe where some big stars are being served by a bevy of beautiful singing, dancing waitresses.Watched May 15th 2019 on They Drive by Night (1940) special features DVD LB
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJames CagneyAnn SothernMargaret O'BrienJohn Jones' (James Cagney) daughter is rehearsing the Gettysburg Address in preparation for a school elocution when he is called away by an air raid alarm. He sits alone in the evening and contemplates how lucky he is in America, where no bombing occurs. He imagines "his baby" (Margaret O'Brien) suffering in the war-torn nations of England, Greece, China, Yugoslavia, France, and Russia, and thanks God that no harm has come to her. When he returns home, his daughter completes her recitation of the Gettysburg Address with her parents as audience.Watched May 16th 2019 on Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) bonus material DVD LB
- DirectorMichael DoughertyThis animated twist on Halloween memories involves the traumatic theft of a candy bag on Halloween night. The boy who put the "trick" into "trick-or-treat" confronts the boogie man thief.Watched May 29th 2019 on special features from Trick ‘r Treat (2007) DVD LB
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanThe Sportsmen QuartetIn the Canadian North Woods, Bugs is wanted dead or alive and Elmer is out to bring him in.Watched May 29th 2019 on special features from Captains of the Clouds (1942) DVD LB
- DirectorRobert ClampettFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancRobert C. BruceWhen James Cagney wins the Oscar, Bugs shows a clip from "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941) and demands a recount of the voting.Watched May 29th 2019 on special features from Captains of the Clouds (1942) DVD LB
- DirectorJoel GallenStarsJohn KeefeJocelin DonahueRachel SpecterA parody of popular teen TV dramas such as "Beverly Hills, 90210", "Dawson's Creek", and "Laguna Beach."Watched June 6th 2019 on YouTube
- DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsJennifer GarnerAlfred MolinaA short film that deals with the forbidden love of a woman for her pastor, which she reveals to him while confessing.Watched June 6th 2019 on YouTube
- DirectorZion MyersJules WhiteStarsZion MyersJules WhiteIn this Dogville spoof of _Broadway Melody, The (1929)_, Mr. Cur, a Broadway producer, puts on a show and makes a play for the leading lady.Watched June 18th 2019 on The Broadway Melody (1929) special features
- DirectorJosh BinneyStarsCab CallowayIda JamesJeni Le GonCab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers.Watched July 22nd 2019 on DVD LB from the special features of Black Legion (1937)
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsFred LawrenceJane BryanFritz LeiberSet in the springtime of 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the War Between the States, this colorful short profiles the heroic Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson the night before he would meet his fate in battle.Watched July 22nd 2019 on DVD LB from the special features of Black Legion (1937)
- DirectorUb IwerksStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherPorky and Gabby are driving off to a camping vacation. But between a road rage incident and some trouble negotiating hills, it's off to a bad start. On arrival, they face mishaps with a fly, the tent, and a runaway outboard motor.Watched July 22nd 2019 on DVD LB from the special features of Black Legion (1937)
- DirectorChris BuckJennifer LeeStarsKristen BellIdina MenzelJonathan GroffOn Anna's birthday, Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever, but Elsa's icy powers may put more than just the party at risk.Watched August 3rd 2019 on Blu-ray Cinderella (2015) bonus features
- DirectorRobert D. KrzykowskiStarsSean BridgersIn the sleepy town of Campbell Falls, Ridley Hooper awakens to discover that his little sister has been stolen by an army of creepy Shadowmen. Arming himself, Ridley embarks on a terrifying adventure to rescue Elsie Hooper...Watched August 12th 2019 on Blu-ray special features of The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
- DirectorWilfred JacksonThe princess violin from the sleepy Land of Symphony is chased by a more lively alto saxophone from the Isle of Jazz. Soon the queen (a viola) discovers them and locks the sax in the metronome.Watched August 12th 2019 on DVD bonus features on Make Mine Music (1946)
- DirectorJack CuttingStarsBilly BletcherMelvin J. GibbyFlorence GillThe farm comes to life, to various classical tunes. The high point is a rooster serenading a chicken, with all the animals joining in. But then comes the sound that's even more welcome to the animals: the farmer and his wife with food (the only actual words spoken).Watched August 12th 2019 on DVD bonus features on Make Mine Music (1946)
- DirectorJack KinneyClyde GeronimiBurt GillettStarsJune ForayWilliam WoodsonHoping for a son to redeem his name, Casey has several daughters instead who happen to be all dynamite baseball players themselves.Watched August 13th 2019 on DVD bonus features from Melody Time (1948)
- DirectorJack HannahStarsDessie FlynnJames MacDonaldClarence NashDonald the apple farmer notices his apples have been nibbled on and catches Chip n' Dale in the act. In the ensuing battle, Donald uses a helicopter to spray them (but they have tiny gas masks). And then he brings in the really heavy artillery.Watched August 13th 2019 on DVD bonus features from Melody Time (1948)
- DirectorJack HannahClyde GeronimiStarsSterling HollowayJune ForayStan FrebergA mix-up by Mr. Stork finds a little lion cub in the care of a gentle flock of sheep. But when a hungry wolf begins to stalk the herd, will Lambert find the courage to protect his mama?Watched August 13th 2019 on DVD bonus features from Melody Time (1948)
- DirectorMatthew A. CherryEverett Downing Jr.Bruce W. SmithStarsIssa RaeA father tries to do his daughter's hair for the first time.Watched August 20th 2019 before Angry Birds (2019) at Regal Cinemas Hamburg Lexington
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonPhyllis CoatesEdward GarganJoe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a raise. Joe works hard and is selected, but manages to get himself de-selected when he hears his boss rehearsing for a gangster role in a play and calls the police.Watched September 3rd 2019 on DVD special features from Montana (1950) LB
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancA cat chases a hummingbird and repeatedly stumbles onto the property of a sleepy bulldog, who punishes the cat for each interruption of his slumber.Watched September 3rd 2019 on DVD special features from Montana (1950) LB
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsRobert ShayneJuanita StarkWarner AndersonThe city of Tulsa is founded after the 1893 Oklahoma land rush. Judge John Kincaid becomes mayor, and his son, Ned, is sheriff. Saloon owner Whip McCord, who has a criminal past, plots against them to gain control of the city.Watched September 3rd 2019 on DVD special features from Montana (1950) LB
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsThom YorkeDajana RoncioneFrida Dam SeidelIn a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead scores and stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.Watched October 22nd 2019 on Netflix
- DirectorNick KnightStarsYeKim KardashianRay RomulusA choir and Ye perform in the Roden Crater located in Arizona's Painted Desert.Watched October 30th 2019 in IMAX at Regal Cinemas Hamburg Lexington
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsRobert ShayneNina FochCharles MiddletonA U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father.Watched November 5th 2019 on DVD special features of Montana (1950)
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsRobert ShayneLupita TovarPedro de CordobaDon Diego is a large ranch owner, the uncle of Dolores and the guardian of a young American, Steve Randall. Steve has just delivered a large herd of cattle to the ranch, where Don Diego has just found out that he must pay the local tax commissioner, Harkness, a fine for unpaid taxes on a herd of over one thousand cattle. Steve offers to drive the cattle to the commissioner's office, even though he feels the fine is unjust. Arriving at the office, Steve learns that Harkness (whom he has never met), who has a reputation for dishonesty, is out. Dropping by the cantina, Steve gets into a fight with Harkness, and Harkness swears vengeance on Steve, especially after Steve stampedes the cattle through the town.Watched November 5th 2019 on DVD special features of Montana (1950)