Nicky Gnome warns Cinderella that she must get home from the ball by midnight. To prevent this, her evil stepsisters have a wicked witch send high winds, rain, and other inclement weather to delay Cinderella’s journey. However, Cinderella easily beats the clock in her new coach, driving home in time to meet the Prince, who has tracked her to her home with a bloodhound.
Newly-wed flies go to stay at the Cobweb Hotel which is run by a hungry spider. Animation by David Tendlar and William Sturm. Music by Sammy Timberg and Bob Royhberg. Produced in 1936.
As the headline on the Daily Planet tells the public: “Mechanical Monster loots bank!” In fact, a scientist has an army of these flying robots able to steal anything in sight. Police are set up everywhere to guard an exhibition of rare jewels, but it’s no use. When a robot crashes into the building, it [...]
Betty runs for the office of President against Mr. Nobody. Both candidates state their platform through song and dance, referring to political issues of the time. Not long after this cartoon was released, Herbert Hoover was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election.
Betty is the cleaner a the local courthouse. On the bus ride to work one day, she grows tired of all the liberties her fellow citizens take. She falls asleep and dreams about what she’d do if she were the judge. Among her decrees: a thoughtless smoker learns about second-hand smoke the hard way, and [...]
A mad scientist attempts to blow up Manhattan. Lois Lane investigates and Superman saves the day. Animation by Steve Muffati and Arnold Gillespie, story by Seymour Kneitel and Isadore Sparber, music by Sammy Timberg. Produced in 1942.
After sending his giant bird, Rokh, to wreck Popeye’s boat and kidnap Olive Oyl, Sindbad forces Olive to dance for him by firing buckshot at her feet with a pea-shooter. Popeye attempts to rescue her while J. Wellington Wimpy follows a duck around with a meat-grinder. After Popeye disposes of Rokh and Sindbad’s two-headed, Yiddish-accented [...]
Bluto’s window cleaning service is not above drumming up a little business for himself. But when he gets to Olive’s stenographer office, about 10 floors up, she says no: Popeye’s going to wash her windows. And the battle is on.
The miners at Never Mine go to Betty Boop’s Tavern (a jazz-jumpin’ place) for lunch; back in the mine, Bimbo delves into weird realms.
The story of Aladdin is portrayed by Popeye and Olive Oyl here. It all begins when an evil sorcerer coaxes Aladdin (Popeye) to a dangerous cave to retrieve the magic lamp. When he retrieves the lamp, the sorcerer tries to trap Aladdin in the cave, but drops the lamp in first. When the lamp is [...]