Music videos and their antecedants
by enriquemadera | created - 5 months ago | updated - 2 days ago | PublicMusic videos... from short theatrical musical cartoons and live action musical short subjects to 'Screen Songs', "follow the bouncing ball" and other sing-along shorts to Scopitones and other video juke box shorts to promotional short films and videos, etc.
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1. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 9,372
2. Minnie the Moocher (1932)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family
Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Cab Calloway, Billy Murray, Mae Questel
Votes: 1,455
3. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
The characters of the traditional fairy tale demand a new approach to the story as a sexy urban comedy with Red as a nightclub singer.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Daws Butler, June Foray, Frank Graham
Votes: 2,327
4. One Froggy Evening (1955)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: William Roberts
Votes: 5,309
5. Snow-White (1933)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Trouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest. Cab Calloway sings "St. James Infirmary Blues."
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Roland Crandall | Stars: Cab Calloway, Billy Murray, Mae Questel
Votes: 1,789
6. Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Bored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical powers to help achieve her ends.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Frank Graham, Imogene Lynn
Votes: 698
7. Rabbit of Seville (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 4,910
8. The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)
7 min | Animation, Short, Music
Betty Boop goes to see the fearsome Old Man of the Mountain for herself; he sings the title song and a duet with Betty.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Bernard Wolf | Stars: Cab Calloway, Bonnie Poe
Votes: 529
9. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
So White flees from the wicked Queenie, wins over the thugs from Murder Inc. and meets her overrated Prince Chawmin'.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Ivie Anderson, Mel Blanc, Ruby Dandridge, Vivian Dandridge
Votes: 1,346
10. Magical Maestro (1952)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A magician is spurned by an opera singer, and takes a spectacular revenge by replacing the conductor and turning the hapless tenor into one thing after another. And watch out for the hair ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, Tex Avery, Paul Frees, Danny Webb
Votes: 1,030
11. Nine Inch Nails: Closer (1994 Video)
5 min | Short, Horror, Music
The controversial promotional video for Nine Inch Nails' 1994 single "Closer."
Director: Mark Romanek | Star: Trent Reznor
Votes: 568
12. Shake!: Otis at Monterey (1987)
19 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Documentary on Otis Redding's performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.s, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn
Votes: 657
13. Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938)
Not Rated | 18 min | Comedy, Short
Three bumbling gas station attendants are mistaken for college professors arriving from Germany to teach at a prestigious women's college.
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Samuel Adams
Votes: 722
14. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.
Director: Walt Disney
Votes: 4,279
15. Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
When Bugs attempts to perform Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, he is troubled by a mouse.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,139
16. Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
The last of Tex Avery's variations on Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilised behaviour when watching... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, Colleen Collins, Pinto Colvig, Imogene Lynn
Votes: 1,114
17. Sound?? (1966 TV Movie)
25 min | Music
Director: Dick Fontaine | Stars: John Cage, Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Votes: 68
18. The Legend of Rockabye Point (1955)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The old fishing boat captain tells the story of Chilly Willy, a singing polar bear and a bulldog who quickly falls asleep when he hears a lullaby.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, Dal McKennon
Votes: 324
19. Peter and the Wolf (1946)
TV-G | 15 min | Animation, Short, Family
Animated version of the fairy tale of the Russian boy Peter and his hunt for a raiding wolf, presented to the music of Sergei Prokofiev.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Ivan, Mischa, Peter
Votes: 2,827
20. Long-Haired Hare (1949)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Action
Bugs Bunny retaliates against the pompous opera star who does him violence.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Nicolai Shutorev
Votes: 2,430
21. A-Ha: Take on Me (1985 Video)
4 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Official music video for "Take on Me" by A-Ha.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: A-Ha, Bunty Bailey, Alfie Curtis, Magne Furuholmen
Votes: 1,713
22. Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer (1986 Video)
6 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Peter Gabriel's video for his 1986 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, a collaboration with Aardman Animations which set new standards for the industry and became one of the most awarded videos in history.
Director: Stephen R. Johnson | Stars: Peter Gabriel, Anna-Marie Gabriel, Melanie Gabriel
Votes: 943
23. Madonna: Express Yourself (1989 Video)
5 min | Short, Music, Musical
Music video by Madonna performing 'Express Yourself'.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Madonna, Cameron Alborzian, Todd Gordon, Gustav Vintas
Votes: 914
24. Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991 Video)
5 min | Short, Music
A music video for Nirvana's song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.
Director: Samuel Bayer | Stars: Nirvana, Burton C. Bell, Andy Bialk, Kurt Cobain
Votes: 1,721
25. Madonna: Like a Prayer (1989 Video)
6 min | Short, Drama, Music
Music video for Madonna's song Like a Prayer.
Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Madonna, Tony Ward, Leon
Votes: 1,023
26. UNKLE Feat. Thom Yorke: Rabbit in Your Headlights (1998 Video)
5 min | Short, Music
A man wearing a heavy parka is walking along the middle of the road in a busy car tunnel. He appears to be disoriented, mumbling and shouting incoherences, only occasionally including ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Richard File, Craig Kelly, Denis Lavant, James Lavelle
Votes: 130
27. Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932)
8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
On a south sea isle, Bimbo meets Betty in the guise of a hula dancer.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: The Royal Samoans, Billy Murray, Satini Pualoa, Mae Questel
Votes: 276
28. Der Fuehrer's Face (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 3,976
29. Mysterious Mose (1930)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop (with dog's ears) can't sleep on a scary night, so she sings the title song and meets the gentleman in question...a surreal version of Bimbo.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Margie Hines, Billy Murray
Votes: 216
30. The Barber of Seville (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
An opera-singing Woody Woodpecker takes over a barbershop and harasses the customers.
Director: Shamus Culhane | Stars: Mel Blanc, Ben Hardaway, Lee Sweetland
Votes: 679
31. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 26 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam | Stars: Boris Karloff, Thurl Ravenscroft, June Foray, Dal McKennon
Votes: 45,522
32. Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Robin is crooning to a Mae West-like Jenny Wren when he is shot with an arrow. A court is convened; the judge, an owl, keeps singing the title. A variety of birds are brought to the witness... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen
Votes: 689
33. Peter & the Wolf (2006)
G | 32 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite. Peter is a slight lad, solitary, locked out of the woods by his protective grandfather, his only friend a duck. In town, he's bullied. When a... See full summary »
Director: Suzie Templeton
Votes: 3,817
34. Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983 Video)
PG | 13 min | Short, Horror, Music
A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Michael Jackson, Ola Ray, Forrest J. Ackerman, Reed Armstrong
Votes: 15,777
35. Madonna: Vogue (1990 Video)
5 min | Short, Music, Musical