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Browse 163 movies from Van Beuren Studios
Happy sunshine-bottling gnomes battle gloomy swamp-dwellers.
Jan 1935
A little boy chasing after a duck encounters a cartoon frog, who tells him the story of how he saved that duck's life.
Aug 1934
Tom and Jerry, together with their faithful hound and horse, go hunting and end up matching wits with a rascally rabbit.
Feb 1932
Animals take on human characteristics in this good-natured comedy.
May 1929
Tom and Jerry are captured by cannibals while dancing and engaging in musical hi-jinx in the jungle. Can Jerry save their lives by impressing the chief with his yodeling skills?
Nov 1931
RKO cartoon about a feline flapper who helps a farmer get his place up and running.
Jun 1932
A documentary film about adventures in the jungle featuring Frank Buck, a well-known American hunter, animal collector, writer, and actor in the 1930s. Buck demonstrates his ingenious methods for catching wild birds, mammals, and reptiles. Many scenes were shot on the vast Malay estates of Buck's friend, Sultan Ibrahim of Johor, who appears in the film himself.
Mar 1934
[Animated] short of kittens taking unfair advantage of a well meaning dog, who actually is functioning as their protector.
May 1935
Waffles the Cat and Don Dog set out on an adventure to find the North Pole.
Aug 1930
A crazy Aesop's Fables cartoon about Noah's Ark. With a storm and flood coming, Noah takes two of each animal aboard his ark. After the storm, the animals celebrate their safety by dancing.
May 1930
Three singing kettles go on a picnic.
Farmer Alfalfa and his cat are having a wash day and mice starts a soap war.
Jul 1929
A grandfather clock comes to life and tells two children a story (presented in animated cartoon form) about clocks going to school and playing football.
Jun 1934
A catfish living in a submarine in a lake, lures a cat to pursue her. Their playful antics are interrupted by an octopus, and a fight ensues.
Oct 1932
Some elderly parrots are washing and cleaning up around the house, when one of them is phoned by Matron Birdkins, who invites them over to the Old Folks Home to play some tunes. They're hindered by a snowstorm, but make it none the worse for wear, warming themselves by a fire they help stoke. They play and sing some songs, and then a chaotic dinner ensues. This is followed by more singing and dancing, and a good time is had by all.
The annoying animal antics- combined with the collapse of his porch- finally get to Farmer Al Falfa, so he sells his house to odd-looking twins. But their money bag is filled with mice who chase Al Falfa into the lake. Drawn into a whirlpool, he magically travels through a faucet back into his house. The mice also pour out and chase him- and the loony twins- down the road.
Feb 1929
Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a spin, and fails to finish the repair job on time. Mercury returns; in a panic, the centaur strips the wings from a couple birds and nails them to some plain sandals, but Mercury is not fooled. He turns the centaur into a pretzel.
Aug 1936
An Aesop's Fables cartoon about a musical fly.
May 1931
A wedding in the Aesop's Fables jungle.
Jul 1932
An animated short film, and part of Paul Terry's Aesop's Film Fables, in which some animals play a game of baseball.