1935 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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- DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.10/10
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdward Everett HortonAn American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.10/10*
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsBeatrice HagenElvia AllmanPinto ColvigMickey, Donald and Goofy are firefighters. As you might expect, their attempts at fighting a boarding house fire are not particularly effective. They hear Clarabelle singing in the bathtub and rescue her, tub and all, against her will (she won't believe there's a fire).10/10
- DirectorDavid HandStarsBilly BletcherDon BrodiePinto ColvigPluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds him, and goes off to wash the kitten. Pluto falls asleep in front of the fire, and dreams of a hell ruled by cats where he is put on trial for all his crimes against cats and, of course, found guilty.10/10
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigClarence NashMickey is a frustrated bandleader dealing with obnoxious peanut vendor and flute player Donald, who tries to persuade the band to play "Turkey in the Straw," and a cyclone hits before his concert of "William Tell Overture" is completed.10/10
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsWilliam CostelloMae QuestelGus WickePoliceman Wimpy loses his handcuffed prisoner when he's distracted by a hamburger shop. The escapee drops into the weapon-filled pawn shop Popeye and Olive are running, and quickly gets in a fight with Popeye.10/10
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJames CagneyMargaret LindsayAnn DvorakJames Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.9/10
- DirectorDavid HandStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMickey is stranded on an island. He runs into some cannibals who are about to cook a fellow cannibal. Mickey scares them off and makes friends with the cannibal whom he calls Friday. Together, they build a fort to protect themselves from the cannibals when they come back, but end up fleeing for their lives on Mickey's raft.9/10
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsIrene DunneFred AstaireGinger RogersAn American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.9/10
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleLionel BarrymoreEvelyn VenableIn the post-Civil war south, a darling little girl attempts to restore the peace between her parents and her plantation owner grandfather.8/10
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.8/10
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsShirley TempleJohn BolesRochelle HudsonWealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones." As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.8/10
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsJack MercerMae QuestelGus WickeA Mardi Gras celebration, looking pretty much like any carnival. Bluto is a strongman, claiming to be King of the Mardi Gras, and drawing a large crowd. Popeye, nearby, claims only, "I yam what I yam," and has no crowd, but still draws Bluto's wrath. He manages to spoil a balance trick, then tops it with Wimpy in a chair. Olive then volunteers to be levitated; Bluto pulls her over and saws her in half. Olive escapes to a roller coaster with the boys in pursuit.8/10
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsEverett ClarkJack MercerGus WickeTwo piano movers, a fireman and a traffic cop all drop what they're doing to join Betty Boop at the contraption-happy Grampy's eccentric party.8/10
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherTommy BondJack CarrA cartoonist falls victim to the very villains he has drawn. It's up to Beans the Cat to save the day.8/10
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleJohn BolesJack HoltShirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Shirley and "Bojangles" Robinson beg President Lincoln to intercede.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellMae QuestelTo the classic tune of "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye because she's in love with Barnacle Bill (an unusually large Bluto), who then comes by and proceeds to pound Popeye (until he eats his spinach, of course).7/10
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsClarence NashPinto ColvigWalt DisneyThe insects have completely taken over Mickey's garden. He spritzes them with insecticide, but runs out and they keep feasting. He mixes a new batch. Meanwhile, Pluto stalks a bug and gets his head stick in a pumpkin. He stumbles around and bumps into Mickey and the sprayer, giving Mickey a faceful of bug juice. He awakens to a warped reality, where the bugs and plants are giant sized, and the bugs get drunk on the insecticide and chase our heroes.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloBonnie PoeGus WickePopeye and Bluto are deep sea divers. Popeye has a treasure map; for some reason he cuts Bluto in on the deal, but of course, Bluto's idea of 50-50 isn't exactly fair.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelBetty Boop, annoyed by 'public pests' like backslappers, gum parkers, and mud splashers, imagines what she'd do to them if she were a judge.7/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBilly BletcherTommy BondThe CaliforniansPorky digs up some gold and send Beans to town to stake a claim.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloMae QuestelGus WickeWhen football star Bluto sweeps Olive Oyl off her feet during a game, Popeye retaliates by joining the opposing team.7/10
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie MannheimA man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.6/10
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherAbe DinovitchJackie MorrowBuddy is tasked with a secret investigation into the mistreatment of inmates at the Sing Song Prison.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerMae QuestelGus WickePopeye's ensemble is rehearsing the opening of the Poet and Peasant Overture (with interpolations of the Popeye theme and nautical tunes). Maestro Bluto drops in from next door to conduct and play violin and show up Popeye. Popeye plays horribly until he unlocks the previously unexplored artistic benefits of spinach.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop tells naughty Little Jimmy a corrective fairy tale (with herself as fairy). Part of the action is replayed in reverse.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam PennellFloyd BuckleyMae QuestelPopeye and Olive can't ignore it when produce vendor Bluto comes by with his terribly overloaded cart, whipping his horse and denying it water. They intervene and, while Bluto fights them off for a while, ultimately prevail.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskySeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerMae QuestelGus WickeIn live action, a big kid is attacking a little kid for his "Adventures of Popeye" comic book, so Popeye gives the little kid pointers, in the form of clips from four of his earlier pictures.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop tries to give Pudgy the Pup a bath, with slapstick results.5/10
- DirectorBen HardawayStarsThe Four BlackbirdsJackie MorrowBuddy brings his travelling variety store to a local village in Africa.5/10
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMickey, Goofy & Donald have 10 minutes to fix Pete's car. Or else!5/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsJan DugganJackie MorrowTedd PiercePeter Rabbit tries to stop his little brother, Elmer, from crying but nothing seems to work, until he gets tired of listening to it and leaves the house leaving the baby alone. Elmer is kidnapped by a weasel so Peter goes to rescue him.5/10
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerMickey and friends have various levels of enjoyment skating on a frozen river. As Mickey and Minnie glide romantically, Donald plays tricks on Pluto and ends up in trouble himself with a kite, from which Mickey must save him.5/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelBetty Boop and Freddie appear on stage in a melodrama, wherein Betty sings the title song to the villain.5/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsGus WickeWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellPopeye takes Olive to a stage show of a hypnotist (Bluto), who also levitates objects. While he's doing this, Popeye makes him lose his concentration, so in retaliation, the hypnotist pulls Olive on stage and turns her into a chicken. Popeye comes down to fight and the hypnotist tries to turn him into a monkey, but Popeye pulls a mirror into place. He recovers, and turns Popeye into a donkey, then smacks him around a bit, but spinach comes to the rescue.5/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloMae QuestelGus WickePopeye's failures in the kitchen send him on a quest for a wife. He visits the "matrimonial agency" and picks Olive at the same time Bluto picks her. Of course, the boys settle their problem with their fists. Soon, Bluto and Olive are visiting Justice of the Peace Wimpy, with Popeye temporarily detained.4/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop takes her stage act on the road, and plays in Japan to great acclaim.4/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsElvia AllmanBilly BletcherBernard B. BrownThe occasion is a school musical with many acts in which each of them end with a problem. The biggest one being when Beans pulls a gag on Oliver and embarrasses him in front of the rest of the students.4/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop brings home a cat as playmate for Pudgy, but the cat is a bully who only gets Pudgy into trouble.4/10
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherTommy BondBernice HansenBeans sneaks in to a Hollywood movie studio lot, where he gets into a heap of trouble.4/10
- DirectorDave FleischerEdward NolanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop emcees a stage show presenting "future stars"...performing infants (including racial stereotypes).3/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellMae QuestelThe boys arrive at Olive's house at the same time, but at different doors. They both come in, and whenever Olive isn't looking, they start fighting. She catches them, and tells them one will have to leave. Bluto tells Popey that whoever does the best trick can stay. As a result, they find ever more creative ways to abuse each other, much to Olive's merriment. Eventually, though, they start destroying her house, and Olive throws them both out, for a little while, anyhow.3/10
- DirectorTom WallsStarsTom WallsRalph LynnYvonne ArnaudBusinessman Sir Duncan Craggs and two of his managers visit the Chinatown district in London where a sinister Russian (the first husband of Sir Duncan's wife) is plotting blackmail, but is foiled during a skirmish in a Chinese opium den.2/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsCount CutelliJan DugganBernice HansenPeter Rabbit is constantly causing trouble at the local farm with his youthful antics.2/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsTommy BondThe DebutantesMermaids sing to us about mermaids and fishes at play; they and some other sea creatures dance to it. Buddy as a merman plays tag with a girl mermaid, but he gets too rough and turns her off. Buddy looks inside a shipwreck and drags the girl to it; she busies herself playing with the jewelry in a treasure chest. Meanwhile, Buddy finds some props in another trunk and does an imitation of Charles Chaplin. The girl finds a piano and plays the title song. The noise draws an octopus, who grabs her and swims off, with Buddy in pursuit. The octopus (squid?) drops the girl to fight Buddy, and does so with some success until Buddy lures it into a pipe and ties the tentacles to a flange, then starts bashing the octopus with a battering ram. The girl kisses Buddy; he blushes, then gets hit by the battering ram into her arms.2/10
- DirectorDavid HandStarsDon BrodiePinto ColvigWalt DisneyMickey Mouse receives a kangaroo from Australia and is thrilled-until its wild antics and a playful joey wreak havoc. Together with Pluto, Mickey scrambles to contain the chaos, leading to comedic misadventures.2/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelTo escape her noisy city apartment, Betty Boop retreats to her country home, but the insects are against her.2/10
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherTommy BondBuddy sails to a lost world and battles with cave men and prehistoric creatures.1/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelHenry, comic strip character, gets a job at Betty Boop's pet store.1/10