Forces of Geek: Top ten cartoons of each year, 1930-1950
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- DirectorBurt GillettStarsLarry SteersWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerA gorilla has escaped; Mickey, panicked, calls Minnie, but she plays a song to show she is not afraid. That is, until the gorilla comes up behind her and grabs her. Mickey rushes right over to save her.
- DirectorMannie DavisJohn FosterWaffles the Cat and Don Dog find themselves at the mercy of animate skeletons inside an Egyptian tomb.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsWalter LantzWhen one of Oswald's customers says he is so hungry he can eat a horse, Oswald gives him just want he wants.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerA spider sneaks in to a toy store and sees the toys come to life as he plays a tune on the toy piano and record player.
- DirectorArthur DavisDick HuemerSid MarcusThis cartoon is basically about a little dog who is a rather bad and cheeky museum cleaner. Not surprisingly, his boss is very impatient with him and urges him to keep cleaning. As the cleaner cleans, some of the things in the museum come to life.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsMargie HinesBilly MurrayBetty 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.
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsRochelle HudsonCarman MaxwellThe music-happy Bosko and Honey take a car ride, but bad luck briefly interrupts their fun.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsPinto ColvigWalter LantzThe Phantom of a cheap opera house helps an aspiring singer by putting a phonograph machine down her skirt. When she spurns him for Oswald the Rabbit, the Phantom takes his revenge.
- DirectorDave FleischerTed SearsStarsWilliam CostelloBilly MurrayWalter ScanlanBimbo is seen late at night, trying to steal a chicken. He runs away from a policeman and enters a haunted cemetery. Various ghosts and monsters tell him that he will be punished for his sin.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyA hillbilly sleeps; atop his bald head, flies have constructed a playground. Other flies ski-jump off his nose. A couple is having a picnic when a spider drops in; the boy runs away as the girl fends off the spider. The spider slinks home and reports the news to his wife: "No flies." A fly goes by in an airplane; he picks up a girl fly that is passing by, but when he gets fresh, she slaps him. He throws her out of the plane, and she lands in the spider's web. The spider, elated, starts playing a tune on the web like a guitar. The fly joins in, but when she shows the spider her shoulder, the spider's wife sternly orders him: "No flies."
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsMargie HinesBilly MurrayWilliam PennellBimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsJohnny MurrayRudolf IsingBosko is a doughboy in the Great War.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerPurv PullenThe emperor's musicians play their instruments (and a stray cat) while the ladies of the court dance. Meanwhile, the children fish and play. But soon, the children anger the emperor, who gives chase. And the whole story was told in a plate.
- DirectorDave FleischerAl EugsterStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayBetty Boop is queen of the Masquerade Ball where, among other antics, Bimbo and a lecherous old man vie for her affections.
- DirectorHerman Roessle
- DirectorUb IwerksFlip The Frog goes out to buy a new car.
- DirectorDick HuemerA Columbia Scarppy animated short. Scrappy gets himself into all kinds of trouble on his way to Sunday school.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMarcellite GarnerWalt DisneyMickey is driving a taxi. His first fare is a very large gentleman. Mickey stops traffic and gets a tongue-lashing from the officer. The cab runs into some bad road, bounces the fare down to almost nothing, then bounces the customer right out of the cab. Mickey pulls up to the curb and picks up his second passenger, Minnie. She plays her accordion while they ride. The cab gets a flat tire, and Mickey uses a pig to pump it up. Snake oil salesman Pegleg Pete happens by and pours some of his elixir into the car; it takes off without him, crashes, loses its wheels, and lands on a cow. The cow takes off, crashes into a barn, and then a poultry shed.
- DirectorJohn FosterVernon StallingsTwo passengers refuse to pay their cab fare, so the taxi drives chase after them.
- DirectorFriz FrelengRudolf IsingStarsMarcellite GarnerRudolf IsingThe King's MenHecklers hijack a stage show.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloMae QuestelBetty, Bimbo, and Koko sell a concoction in their medicine show which has odd side effects.
- DirectorWilliam NolanWalter LantzStarsTex AveryOswald the Rabbit takes his date to a carnival and has to contend with a bullying guy.
- DirectorDick HuemerScrappy runs a dime-a-night flop house,cheerfully sprinkling disinfectant around before the night's customers arrive. They're all animal people except Oopie, who as usual can'help but make trouble, and breaks things and makes a racket enough that the other denizens can't sleep.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsClarence NashEsther CampbellPinto ColvigA jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
- DirectorBerthold BartoschWhen a liberal idea emerges in a tyranny ruled society, power and wealth unite to bring it down.