Tex Avery - Public Domain set
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- DirectorTex AveryStarsLeone Le DouxSara BernerPinto ColvigYet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.1.1
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryFrank GrahamDick NelsonThe early worm barely escapes the bird, again. In search of a way to get rid of the bird, he enlists the help of a cat, but the bird is too smart for the cat.1.2
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonFrank GrahamThe Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.1.3
- DirectorTex AveryStarsElvia AllmanSara BernerDaws ButlerThe characters of the traditional fairy tale demand a new approach to the story as a sexy urban comedy with Red as a nightclub singer.1.4
- DirectorTex AveryStarsKent RogersTex AverySara BernerA man is murdered in an isolated mansion, and the detective tries to find out whodunit. But the house he's investigating is decidedly haunted, and he never knows just what's 'round the next corner.1.5
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerPinto ColvigA hungry wolf with ham in the shape of a pig kid stands in for Santa Claus.1.6
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerWilliam HannaPat McGeehanTwo buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.1.7
- DirectorTex AveryStarsWilliam HannaCal HowardWally MaherA screwy squirrel provokes a pedigreed birddog to chase him throughout the picture.1.8
- DirectorTex AveryStarsPinto ColvigWilliam HannaLeone Le DouxA series of visual gags about baseball. One running gag has an angry fan screaming "Kill the ump!" Be careful what you wish for.....1.9
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryWilliam HannaWally MaherThe screwy squirrel escapes from Moron Manor, and is chased by the watch dog.1.10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerPaul FreesFrank GrahamTo 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...1.11
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerBilly BletcherPinto ColvigScrewy Squirrel is pursued by a truant officer.1.12
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryBea BenaderetThis starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out to be Droopy, it turns into another Droopy-versus-the Wolf gagfest.1.13
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryFrank GrahamLeone Le DouxA Pilgrim ventures out to procure a turkey for the first Thanksgiving.1.14
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerBilly BletcherPinto ColvigBored 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.1.15
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonAnn Pickard RheaTex AveryThe Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as "the hero" at the end, in fact barely features in this one - but connoisseurs of Tex Avery wolves will have a field day.1.16
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerWally MaherScrewy Squirrel is bought in a pet shop to be the companion of a daft dog so strong that he squeezes his playmates to death.1.17
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerFrank GrahamCal HowardIn this triangle drama a country chicken chooses between a country rooster and a city rooster.1.18
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryFrank GrahamA wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.2.1
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryDick NelsonGeorge and Junior are two hungry bears who try to make a meal out of a not too bright barnyard chicken.2.2
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryDick NelsonGeorge and Junior get a job as dog catchers, but are increasingly frustrated in their attempts to catch one measly little dog.2.3
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryDick NelsonForest rangers George and Junior try to snuff out a frisky flame with a sparky personality that threatens to set the forest alight...2.4
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerRuby DandridgePaul FreesUncle Tom tells the blood curdling story of how the evil Simon Legree tried to foreclose on Tom's simple log cabin.2.5
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryVonnie BeranerSara BernerThe king of the jungle, after a well-spent day terrorising the rest of the animals, is petrified by a mouse...2.6
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerPinto ColvigA mangy cat on the verge of starvation finds a tiny canary and a bottle of 'Jumbo-Gro' fertilizer, which gives him an idea that leads to giant cats, dogs, mice and canaries chasing each other round Lilliputian towns and cities...2.7
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryWilliam HannaA dog lives in harmony with Homer the flea. But Homer spots a lady flea on a passing dog, and soon he's being attacked by that dog. And he just can't leave the lady flea alone. Meanwhile, his original host finds a goodbye note from Homer and goes looking.2.8
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBea BenaderetSara BernerWalter CraigB.O. Skunk tries desperately to win the love of a girl, any girl, and goes to such lengths as imitating Frank Sinatra, vintage 1948.2.9
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryRoy GlennPat McGeehanGeorge and Junior hunt for the world's smallest pygmy.2.11
- DirectorTex AveryStarsPaul FreesColleen CollinsPinto ColvigA black cat explains reason after reason why he cannot stand people, and opts to relocate to the moon. When he does, he finds characters there that make him realize people aren't so bad anyway.2.12
- DirectorTex AveryStarsWilliam HannaHarry LangPat McGeehanA cute and very tormented kitten is bullied by an incomparably evil bulldog, who lives to know better after a black cat crosses his path.2.13
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonLina RomayTex AveryA bullfight contest between Droopy and The Wolf, staged in the Chili Bowl.2.14
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryFrank GrahamJoi LansingA narrator takes us on a tour of the dream house of the future, and its many innovative appliances.2.15
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerWilliam HannaAn energetic dog needs a night's rest if he's going to be ready for rabbit hunting at dawn. A crafty rabbit does everything he can to keep him awake.2.16
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryWilliam HannaPat McGeehanA millionaire with two dogs (Spike and Droopy) leaves his fortune to Droopy with the stipulation that should he be killed the entire fortune will revert to Spike. Guess what Spike is up to?2.17
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerColleen CollinsPinto ColvigThe 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 girls in nightclubs - without, it has to be said, a great deal of success.2.18
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerDroopy is an unlikely fox-hound, but the highly civilised (and resourceful) English upper-class fox makes even more unlikely prey...3.1
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryColleen CollinsMarion DarlingtonA cat steals the headpiece of a dog to deceive the bulldog Spike and get a chance to eat the canary Spike is guarding.3.2
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryRed CoffeyA cat learns the art of ventriloquism in order to play a series of practical jokes on a slow-witted bulldog...3.3
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerWilliam HannaA cat is driven up the wall by the inhabitant of the cuckoo clock, so he spends the film trying to catch him.3.4
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerTex AveryWilliam HannaWhen Spike tries to bury a bone, he finds a belligerent gopher, setting off an escalating battle.3.5
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerFrank GrahamDon MessickDroopy and Spike compete in a series of athletics contests, and no prizes for guessing who starts cheating...3.6
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerA poor, sick cobbler, given the last crust of bread in the house by his wife, feeds it instead to some birds that are really shoemaker elves. They show their gratitude by finishing all his work while he and his wife are asleep. This provides Tex Avery a chance to show off lots of shoe gags.3.7
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerSimilar in tone to The Chump Champ (1950), but this time Droopy and Spike are in competition for a circus acrobat's job.3.9
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerDroopy the Boy Scout attempts to do good deeds, but has various Spike-related hurdles to overcome first...3.10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsJohn BrownAt the gates of Heaven, the admitting officials have a hard time understanding a newcomer's life story with all his contemporary slang.3.11
- DirectorTex AveryStarsFrank LachapelleTex AveryJune ForayA series of demonstrations of the kind of motoring accessories we'll all take for granted in the future...3.12
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonDaws ButlerDroopy and his identical twin brother Drippy are assigned to look after a house, and are told to deal violently with strangers. But Droopy takes pity on his friend Spike, and agrees to put him up for a few days - but he forgets to warn Drippy...3.13
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerTex AveryCarlos RamírezA magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.3.14
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryDaws ButlerJune ForayA happily married pair of taxicabs are delighted when Junior enters their lives, but this delight turns to consternation when he states his ambition to become a hotrodder...3.15
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerDaws ButlerSpike gets a job running the house for a hibernating bear. Only problem is that same bear is VERY noise-sensitive, and Spike's got a rival that wants his job.3.16
- DirectorTex AveryStarsJune ForayDaws ButlerColleen CollinsJohn and Mary are a married couple of airplanes. John currently is out of work because jet planes now are favored over his prop design. When Junior comes along, they are in for a surprise.3.17
- DirectorTex AveryStarsJohn BrownDaws ButlerPaul FreesA variety of fanciful innovations in "future" T.V. sets, including a model with a built-in stove, and a number of highly interactive models. And of course, even with dozens of channels, there's nothing on...or more accurately, there's nothing but the same Western.3.18
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonDaws ButlerRed CoffeyA variation on the age-old 'Three Little Pigs' theme, with Droopy and pals being the target of one of the most laid-back wolves you'll ever see.4.1
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDroopy is a shepherd. His sheep graze into cattle country, despite the warning sign. He gets in an argument with the cattle owner, but of course, nobody wins a battle against Droopy.4.2
- DirectorTex AveryDick LundyStarsDaws ButlerA farmer is initially delighted to get a baby goat, but this soon turns to apprehension when he discovers that it eats literally anything (including, at one point, the animation artwork).4.3
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryColleen CollinsPaul FreesHomesteaders are not popular in cattle country, so when the cows complain to Dishonest Dan, The Cattle Man, he makes it tough on the Droopy family.4.4
- DirectorTex AveryStarsPaul FreesTex AveryJohn BrownThe farm of tomorrow proves to be filled with wacky inventions and crazy cross-breeding.4.5
- DirectorTex AveryStarsFrancoise Brun-CottanDaws ButlerWilliam HannaThe entire entourage of a flea circus runs away to join a dog.4.6
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryJohn BrownDon't be fooled by the title - Droopy looks like Droopy, but he's actually jazzman John Pettibone, with his performing flea combo, and the film shows how it came into being.4.7
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex RitterTex AveryJune ForayThe first Texas bad man come running into town a million years B.C.4.9
- DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerA jailhouse, a tempting safe, and a sleeping sheriff. Can the two villains make off with the loot without waking him up? Not if deputy Droopy, who is on patrol guarding the safe, has his way. Much of this cartoon is a remake of Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952).4.10
- DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsTex AveryGus BivonaPaul FreesSpike has just finished the 20-year process of digging a tunnel from his prison cell but he picks the wrong place to hide.4.11
- DirectorMichael LahStarsBill ThompsonButch and Droopy have equal shares in a gold mine. When they finally strike gold, Butch tries to make his share more equal by doing away with Droopy, with no success.4.12
~TA - DirectorMichael LahStarsDaws ButlerJoe TrescariA wolf with a Southern accent walks by just as a teacher is getting fed up with his class and walks out. Unfortunately, the class consists of three junior clones of Droopy, who manage to try his patience.4.13
~TA - DirectorMichael LahStarsBill ThompsonSir Droopalot and Sir Butchalot (Droopy and Butch) vie with each other to kill a dragon that is terrorizing their kingdom. Whoever vanquishes the dragon will marry the king's daughter.4.14
~TA - DirectorMichael LahStarsDaws ButlerBill ThompsonJoe TrescariDroopy guards his flock of sheep from the southern wolf, whose unsuccessful schemes to capture his prey work against him.4.15
~TA - DirectorMichael LahStarsVic PerrinBill ThompsonDroopy and Butch are competing race car drivers in a road race. While Butch has the faster car, his cockiness and the time he spends on unsuccessful schemes to stop Droopy work against him.4.16
~TA - DirectorMichael LahJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsJulie BennettLucille BlissBill ThompsonDroopy, on an Irish stopover of an international flight, buys a souvenir leprechaun hat, and is mistaken for a real leprechaun by Butch.4.17
~TA - DirectorDick LundyTex AveryStarsCharles LungManuel ParísBill ThompsonDroopy is on his way to woo his lovely senorita when he is waylayed by a wolf intent on winning the fair lass. But the wolf wasn't counting on Droopy's uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time...4.18
- DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsDaws ButlerTex AveryRed CoffeyAn orange cat lets it be known that it hates dogs. When the cat runs across a big mean-looking bull dog, the cat does whatever it can to avoid the wrath of the dog while tormenting it. The cat comes across a device that lets it throw its voice, which the cat uses to trick the dog into thinking it's where it's not really located. Ultimately, the cat uses the device to turn another group of canines against one of their own. But the cat's action has an unforeseen consequence against itself.4.19
remake of Ventriloquist Cat (1950) @3.3 - DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsBill ThompsonTex AverySara BernerDespite what's printed on the credits, Tex Avery had nothing to do with this cartoon - it's a CinemaScope remake of 'Wags to Riches' (1949), put together by others from his original artwork and production cels. Apart from the new CinemaScope backgrounds, it's identical to the earlier film.4.20
remake of Wags to Riches (1949) @2.17 - DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryBernice HansenJackie MorrowA bellhop in the No 1. hotel of a smalltown awaiting the arrival of Miss Glory dreams he has to page Miss Glory at a first class hotel in New York, and this turns out to be a nightmare. Finally he is awakened by the manager, because Miss Glory's car has arrived, but instead of a beautiful lady, a child star a la Shirley Temple steps out ...5.1
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryBilly BletcherTommy BondA spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.5.2
- DirectorTex AveryStarsMel BlancTex AveryKent RogersThis time Bugs is chased by hunting dog Willoughby.5.3
- DirectorTex AveryStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanWhile hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny, who tricks and harasses the hunter.5.4
- DirectorTex AveryStarsElvia AllmanTex AveryMel BlancA partial updating of the Cinderella story. When the fairy godmother is late, Cinderella calls the police, who put out an APB and find her in a bar. Her first attempt at turning the pumpkin (canned) and mice into a coach produces Santa. Cinderella gets to the ball (in a stagecoach) and meets Prince Charming Egghead. They dance, and spend some quality time on the balcony. Midnight, dropped slipper, and all that; Egghead finds her house with the help of some neon signs, but all that's there is a note that she got tired of waiting and went to a Warner Bros. show. She pops up from the audience, and they head off to the tenth row together.5.5
- DirectorTex AveryStarsElvia AllmanTex AverySara BernerIt's amateur night at the local theatre, and a procession of bad acts comes and goes: various musicians, a magician, and some actors. But they keep getting interrupted by Elmer Fudd singing "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain".5.6
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDanny WebbTex AveryMel BlancKiller and his gang are robbing every bank in town in numerical order, except they skip the 13th National Bank. The police are unable to catch them, despite their predictability (and their endless sight gags). Finally, they get help from an unlikely source: the guy in the front of the theatre who sat through the picture before. They capture Killer, and he gets a long sentence, which he has to write on the blackboard 1,000 times.5.7
- DirectorTex AveryStarsLou MarcelleBea BenaderetSara BernerA 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.5.8
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerMel BlancAn 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?5.9
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryBea BenaderetSara BernerThe bears go out for a bicycle ride while their porridge cools. Goldilocks comes along, but stops at grandmother's house instead, where the wolf is waiting. He sends her away, then realized she'd do just fine, so he rushes over to the bears house. Red gets to granny's house, finds a note from the wolf, and calls Goldy.5.10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsMel BlancRobert ClampettTedd PierceA very early appearance of a barely recognisable Daffy Duck, seen here tormenting Egghead, a prototype Elmer Fudd who is just as unsuccessful with ducks as he was later to be with a certain wascally wabbit.5.12
- DirectorTex AveryStarsMel BlancJim BannonSara BernerDaffy Duck wreaks havoc on a movie set at Wonder Pictures ("if it's good, it's a Wonder"). Daffy's creative editing impresses producer I. M. Stupendous.5.13
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDave BarrySara BernerMel BlancA tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars, including (in order) Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Edward G. Robinson and Ann Sheridan, Johnny Weissmuller, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and George Raft, Harpo Marx, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Leopold Stokowski, James Stewart and Dorothy Lamour, Tyrone Power and Sonja Henie, The Frankenstein Monster, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Oliver Hardy, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland and Lewis Stone, Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Henry Fonda, J. Edgar Hoover, Ned Sparks, Jerry Colonna, and Groucho Marx; many more just get sight gags, such as Claudette Colbert, Norma Shearer, William Powell, Don Ameche, Wallace Beery, C. Aubrey Smith, Boris Karloff, Arthur Treacher, Buster Keaton and Mischa Auer.5.15