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Biography
Rudolf Carl Ising (August 7, 1903 – July 18, 1992) was an American animator who created the Warner Bros. Cartoons and MGM Cartoons and his collaboration with Hugh Harman during the golden age of American animation. In 1940, Ising produced William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's first cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot, a cartoon featuring characters later known as Tom and Jerry.
Movies & TV shows
1946.
1 Movie
Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy
1946
Private Snafu (Situation Normal All Fucked Up) presents his brother Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up) who was a carrier pigeon keeper and has joined the Navy
1943.
3 Movies
The Uninvited Pest
1943
Barney is settling in for his hibernation when a squirrel spots his bedtime snack: a bowl of walnuts. The squirrel sneaks in and wakes Barney up. Barney chases out the squirrel, who proceeds to drop f...
The Boy and the Wolf
1943
A little Mexican boy is herding sheep with his dog Perrito. The boy plays a prank on Perrito, pretending the wolf is attacking the flock.
Bah Wilderness
1943
Barney's on a camping trip, but the great outdoors is a bit too wild for him: first the wildlife, then the air mattress, then a bit of rain...
1942.
8 Movies
Wild Honey, or, How to Get Along Without a Ration Book
1942
Barney sets off in search of honey, but his various gadgets don't always work out they way they should.
Little Gravel Voice
1942
A little burro is beloved by all the cute woodland creatures until he opens his mouth and they hear the horrible braying. Dejected, he wanders off on a mountain trail to cry. A wolf spots him, and beg...
The First Swallow
1942
The story of a single swallow who, taking a rest from southward flight at a mission in California, ultimately brings about the famed migration of swallows to the mission at San Juan Capistrano.
The Bear and the Beavers
1942
Barney has run out of firewood in mid winter. His quest for more is not too successful. Meanwhile, the beavers have been busily cutting and stacking their wood, which proves too tempting for Barney. T...
Bats in the Belfry
1942
A trio of belfry-dwelling bats explain to us, musically, (and demonstrate) why they are associated with nuttiness. Especially the smallest.
Barney Bear's Victory Garden
1942
Barney Bear grows a victory garden that a gopher is only too happy to gobble up.
Fraidy Cat
1942
Tom hears a ghost story on the radio and is spooked by it; Jerry notices this and takes advantage of it, using a variety of tricks to scare Tom.
Dog Trouble
1942
Tom's chasing Jerry when he runs right into a sleeping dog and the two of them must work together to fend him off.
1941.
7 Movies
The Night Before Christmas
1941
It's snowy and cold outside, and warm inside where Jerry squeezes past a mousetrap to cavort under a present-laden Christmas tree. Mistaking the sleeping Tom for a plush toy, Jerry wakes him and a mad...
The Flying Bear
1941
Barney's an aviation mechanic for the Army, though his technique is more like a bartender. His plane is a cute little prop that's not only much smaller than the jets but much more anthropomorphic. Onc...
The Rookie Bear
1941
In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.
The Prospecting Bear
1941
Barney and his severely overloaded pack mule are prospecting, high on a mountain, when Barney spots gold nuggets, and a whole cave lined with gold.
Little Cesario
1941
Little Cesario, a clumsy, and not too bright, St. Bernard puppy, is the junior member of a family of decorated life-savers.
Dance of the Weed
1941
A clumsy yokel of a male weed courts a delicate female flower ballerina by trying to dance with her.
1940.
8 Movies
Home on the Range
1940
To the sound of the title song being sung by a campfire, a cow and her calf are bedding down for the night. The calf is frightened by a shadow, until it's revealed to be a jackrabbit. He follows the r...
Mrs. Ladybug
1940
A mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores. A big black spider dresses up as a maid to get in the door.
Puss Gets the Boot
1940
Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".
Swing Social
1940
Another one of those cartoons that gets the political-incorrect, history revisionists all knotted up. The Deacon is on his way to church in the Deep South and sees a brother from the congregation sett...
Romeo in Rhythm
1940
This cartoon is by Rudy Ising, and is the last of a long line of black animal musicals done at MGM in the late 30s and early 40s.
The Milky Way
1940
Three little kittens are sent to bed without dinner because they lost their mittens. From their room, they can see the Milky Way and use a basket and balloons to travel up to it, where they will find ...
The Fishing Bear
1940
Barney's going fishing, but just as he's getting ready to hook a whole school of trout, a rather persistent duck keeps getting in the way.
1939.
3 Movies
One Mother's Family
1939
A mother hen is taking her brood for a walk. They encounter obstacles along the way, such as traffic. There's a runt of the litter, who has more trouble with these than the rest. Momma stalks an inch-...
The Little Goldfish
1939
A goldfish dreams of living in the ocean, and ends up getting there after being accidentally washed down the drain, then finds that it’s too scary.
The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
1939
Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out. And that's just t...
1938.
2 Movies
Pipe Dreams
1938
The hear/see/speak no evil monkeys come to life from a small statue on a shelf. They find a pipe and smoke it, and enter a world where all manner of smoking paraphernalia comes to life.
Merbabies
1938
A salt water version of "Water Babies" (1935); adorable redheaded 'merbabies' materialize out of the crashing surf and proceed to the sea floor where they conduct a circus along with a variety of sea ...
1937.
6 Movies
Swing Wedding
1937
This film is very reminiscent of "Cabin In The Sky", in that you have a very sexy Ethel Waters about to be married to Stepin Fetchit. Fetchit's friends Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller are trying to ge...
The Wayward Pups
1937
The cat of the house has his nap interrupted when two puppies, playing with a balloon, hit him with it...
Little Buck Cheeser
1937
Little Cheeser and his friends, inspired by Buck Rogers (and visions of cheese), build a rocket ship and fly to the moon.
The Hound and the Rabbit
1937
A dog chases a rabbit, ultimately cornering him against a tree. But the dog doesn't want to eat the rabbit, just make friends. The rabbit takes his new friend (who he names Sniffy) to where the rest o...
1936.
8 Movies
Two Little Pups
1936
A hen tries to get something to eat from a garden, but is chased around the yard by the titular pups.
The Pups' Picnic
1936
Two little puppies, one black, one brown, are underfoot as a woman is laying out a picnic. The black one noses around a stack of sandwiches and a roast turkey, and gets scolded; his brother gets prais...
The Old Mill Pond
1936
The fish and frogs gather at the old mill pond to hear a jazz concert. Performers include caricatures of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and tap dancer Bill Robinson ("Bojangles").
Little Cheeser
1936
Little Cheeser is a young mouse who thinks he's more grown up than he is. Mama tells him to go to bed, calling him "Mama's little man"; he doesn't want to. His devil side emerges and guides him to the...
The Early Bird and the Worm
1936
A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then a snake and two crows join the chase.
Bottles
1936
A dark and stormy night in a drugstore. The druggist mixes a potion and falls asleep. The skull-and-crossbones on the bottle comes to life and drips the potion on the druggist…
The Pups' Christmas
1936
On Christmas morning two pups and the household's children are up early. The pups are frightened by a large stuffed dog, a train set, a crying doll, a toy tank, and other toys. By the time the parents...
1935.
10 Movies
Poor Little Me
1935
Bunnies, turtles, and other small woodland animals play. A skunk sits apart, singing "I ain't got nobody" and mopes his way home. His mother, Mrs. O. Dora Skunk, sings of her love to her large brood. ...
Alias St. Nick
1935
Mrs. Mouse is reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to her brood when a cat tries to break in. The cat overhears them arguing about the existence of Santa, so he dresses up accordingly.
When the Cat's Away
1935
The mice will loot the kitchen. The roaches also get into the act. A rat menaces the lead mouse couple, until the cat returns.
The Old Plantation
1935
'Black beauty' must win a race against other toys in order to save the Old Plantation, a doll house.
The Lost Chick
1935
A chicken has hatched seven chicks. She locates six of them, but the other, Eggbert, is lost.
Honeyland
1935
An MGM Happy Harmonies cartoon in which a group of industrious bees, working to make honey among other products, attempt to outwit a spider who's chasing two of the bees.
Hey, Hey Fever
1935
This MGM "Happy Harmonies" entry stars Bosko. He falls asleep at a sign promoting Mother Goose bread, and Mother Goose characters come to life.
Barnyard Babies
1935
There is a baby contest going on in the barn, but the rooster and hen haven't hatched their brood yet.
The Chinese Nightingale
1935
A Chinese emperor is gladdened by the song of the nightingale and is moved to play his own song. One day the Japanese send a music box with a mechanical bird; the nightingale feels rejected and leaves...
The Calico Dragon
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1935
A little girl reads a story about a dragon; as she falls asleep, her doll rides off on his calico horse through a calico land to do battle with a three-headed singing calico dragon.
1934.
5 Movies
Toyland Broadcast
1934
Station ABC broadcasts the Toyland Revue, featuring music from baby-doll singers, a roly-poly bandleader, a jack-in-the-box crooner, a wind-up music box and more.
Tale of the Vienna Woods
1934
The animated adventure of a faun and a satyr who is only animate during daylight.
The Old Pioneer
1934
In this first entry in MGM's Happy Harmonies series, an old man tells a newsboy about his adventures with Native Americans in the Old West.
The Discontented Canary
1934
A canary is frustrated by being caged, particularly with a parrot taunting him when humans aren't watching. One day, he tricks the kind old lady that owns him into opening the window, and she also lea...
Bosko's Parlor Pranks
1934
Bosko keeps Wilbur occupied with tales of his past exploits while Honey steps out on an errand.
1933.
12 Movies
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
1933
An animated singing and dancing revue of babies (representing a variety of stereotypes) who are being prepared for delivery by stork.
The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
1933
Christmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the bo...
Bosko in Dutch
1933
Set on a frozen pond in Holland, various animals attempt to skate on the slippery ice.
Young and Healthy
1933
Warner Bros. animated short featuring the song 'Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)'
The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
4
1933
Utensils and food dance, sing, and play in the kitchen, until a lump of dough turns into a monster and they all unite to stop it.
The Organ Grinder
1933
In this Merrie Melodies animated short, an organ grinder and his monkey make their way down a city street.
One Step Ahead of My Shadow
1933
Several Chinese residents play music. A dragon frees himself from a cage and goes after them, but fireworks are shoved down the dragon's throat. This causes him to explode and turn into a walking drag...
We're in the Money
1933
After the last human has left the department store, the toys walk over to the music department where they start performing the Warren/Dubin song "We're in the money". The money soon joins for a chorus...
Bosko in Person
1933
Bosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante.
Bosko's Picture Show
1933
Bosko runs a movie theater that shows a wacky newsreel with Jack Dumpsey, a slapstick short from Haurel and Lardy, and a turn-of-the-century melodrama starring Honey.
I Like Mountain Music
1933
After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mu...
Wake Up the Gypsy in Me
1933
A camp of Russian gypsies, dancing and playing music. After an opening dance, a quartet of beer-drinkers gargles the Volga Boatman song, then another group hauling on a rope sings it (we finally see t...
1932.
26 Movies
You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!
1932
A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil ladybug. The whole hive turns out to fight the ladybug and get her ...
Three's a Crowd
1932
An old man is reading a book by the fire. The clock strikes 8, and he heads off to bed. From his book, Alice in Wonderland, out crawls Alice, who turns the radio to the title tune. This wakes up Rip V...
Pagan Moon
6
1932
On a tropical island, a native boy sings "Pagan Moon" to his sweetheart. Later, he plays music underwater with an octopus-pianist and other jazz-loving sea life.
Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
1932
An American Indian boy and girl sing and dance in the forest along with the animals. Trouble begins when a fire threatens baby birds in their nest.
Bosko and Bruno
1932
Bosko, carrying his hobo stick, travels along the railroad tracks with his dog, Bruno. Unfortunately, they're both on the tracks as they cross a bridge and realize that a train is coming perilously ne...
A Great Big Bunch of You
1932
A mannequin in the city dump improvises a piano from the junk to play and sing the title song The various animals and pieces of junk all join in.
I Wish I Had Wings
1932
An expectant father rooster fetches doctor stork, who comes out with a basket full of white chicks and one little black one, who gets crowded out of the food. After singing the title song, he manages ...
I Love a Parade
1932
A circus parade, to the title tune. Next, a series of sideshow acts: the wild boy, the rubber man, siamese twin pigs, a tattooed man, a hula-dancing hippo, an Indian snake (or goat) charmer. Into the ...
Bosko and Honey
1932
Honey is a music teacher; her pupil is a kitten who hates playing the violin. No matter what she does to correct him, the kitten plays horribly. She phones Bosko, who is asleep. Bosko's dog, Bruno, tr...
Bosko's Woodland Daze
1932
While romping through the forest, Bosko falls asleep and dreams of giants and gnomes. (bosko.toonzone.net)
Ride Him, Bosko
1932
Ride Him, Bosko! is a western-flavored cartoon with lots of shooting gags involving body reduction, and card characters singing! There's also an alcohol gag that has a really strong one turning a male...
Bosko the Lumberjack
1932
Bosko and his friends are cutting down trees in a forest. He battles a burly woodsman named Pierre who has gone off and kidnapped his beloved Honey.
The Queen Was in the Parlor
1932
The king returns to his castle, and asks where the queen is; she's in the parlor, and won't be seen, according to the title song. He goes to his throne and summons his jester, Goopy Geer. A black knig...
It's Got Me Again!
1932
Late at night, the mice come out and sing and play to the title tune, among others. That is, until the cat arrives, but he's quickly sent packing.
Goopy Geer
1932
At a nightclub, the crowd demands Goopy Geer, and the lanky dog doesn't disappoint them. He gives a zany performance on the piano, but the employees and the customers are just as wacky. A gorilla wait...
Bosko's Party
1932
Bosko whistles "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo" as he walks down the sidewalk in the pouring rain. His umbrella provides a good sailboat when he wants to cross a flooded street. Meanwhile, Honey is getting...
Big-Hearted Bosko
1932
While ice-skating on a frozen pond, Bosko and his dog discover a baby abandoned in the snow.
Battling Bosko
1932
Bosko is a brave little boxer who battles the champion, Gas House Harry. The enormous brute proves a bit much, even for a plucky underdog.
Bosko at the Zoo
1932
Bosko and Honey go to the zoo. Honey is frightened by the lion, but Bosko is the one who ends up in danger.
Freddy the Freshman
1932
Freddy comes to a party and is a hit; he then goes on to be the star quarterback at the football game.
1931.
17 Movies
Ain't Nature Grand!
1931
Bosko fishes, and sings and dances with frogs. But two ladybugs use a wasp as an airplane, and a beehive and tree branch as a machine gun to drive him away.
Dumb Patrol
1931
During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.
Big Man from the North
1931
Bosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive.
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
1931
The wacky/jolly/hair-raising adventures of singing streetcar conductor Foxy.
Bosko Shipwrecked!
1931
Bosko is shipwrecked on an island where he is chased by a lion and pursued by simian cannibals.
Ups 'n Downs
1931
Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but he sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.
Yodeling Yokels
1931
Bosko and Honey yodel happily in the Alps until a series of disasters end with Honey rushing downriver on an ice floe.
Red-Headed Baby
1931
The old toymaker goes to sleep, and his toys immediately come to life and sing "Red-Headed Baby." A red-haired baby doll begins the song. She's soon joined by her sweetheart, a toy soldier named Napol...
Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
1931
In this first Merrie Melodie short, things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.
Bosko's Soda Fountain
1931
Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty kitten pupil.
You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
1931
Piggy picks up his girlfriend and takes her to a theater where a hot jazz orchestra is playing.
One More Time
1931
Cop Foxy is trying to enforce the law in town, but dangerous drivers and gangsters who also kidnap his sweetheart are making this difficult.
The Tree's Knees
1931
Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
1931
Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land. One of the "Censored 11" banned from TV syndication by United Artists in ...
1930.
5 Movies
The Booze Hangs High
1930
Bosko has a grand time on the farm, dancing with a cow, playing a horse's tail like a violin and getting drunk with three pigs.
Hold Anything
1930
Bosko is a construction worker who impresses Honey by making music from everything in sight, including a decapitated mouse, a typewriter and a goat filled with hot air.
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
1930
The film opens with Bosko taking a bath while whistling "Singin' in the Bathtub". A series of gags allows him to play the shower spray like a harp, pull up his pants by tugging his hair, and give the ...
1929.
3 Movies
Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid
1929
Original short that introduced Bosko, never released. Producer-directors Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising showed it to various studio executives as a pilot for the Bosko character.
Plane Crazy
1929
Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip, inspired by the flight from New York to Paris.
Homeless Homer
1929
Friz Freleng's second directorial effort -- under his legal name of 'Isadore' and credited as co-director with Rudolf Ising -- is a silent Oswald the Lucky Rabbit effort, made soon after Charles Mintz...
1928.
2 Movies
Poor Papa
1928
Oswald gets a visit from the stork ... again and again and again. He has to resort to a variety of strategies to stop the continual flow of babies.
Fiery Fireman
1928
Oswald and his faithful horse rush to a blazing apartment area to rescue troubled residents.
1927.
14 Movies
Alice's Knaughty Knight
1927
Pete, dressed in a suit of armor, steals away the female that Julius is after. So Julius devises his own suit of armor, made mostly out of junk, to win her back.
Alice at the Carnival
1927
Alice and Julius visit a carnival where they ride the rides and take in the sideshow.
Alice in the Klondike
1927
Julius and Alice go prospecting for gold in the Klondike and strike it rich. However, they have to protect their claim against Pete, who wants to take it for himself.
Alice's Channel Swim
1927
Julius and Pete have a contest to swim across the English Channel, with Alice as the referee.
Alice in the Alps
1927
Alice and Julius go ice-skating in the Swiss Alps, and later go on a mountain-climbing expedition with Pete.
Alice's Picnic
1927
Alice and her friends decide to go to the park and have a picnic. Everything is going well until a gang of rats steals their food. Alice and her friends decide to go after the rats and get their food ...
Alice the Collegiate
1927
Alice gets a job teaching football at a local college, where the star quarterback is none other than Julius.
Alice Foils the Pirates
1927
Julius discovers that Alice has been captured by Pete and held prisoner on his pirate ship. He sets out to rescue Alice.
Alice's Medicine Show
1927
Alice and Julius are in a traveling medicine show, and part of their job is to sell patent medicine to audiences.
Alice in the Big League
1927
Alice attempts to umpire a big league baseball game where the animals begin to take exception to her bad calls.
Alice's Auto Race
1927
Alice, Julius and Peter enter a road race. Pete, of course, tries to cheat by pulling such stunts as switching road signs, but Julius is on to Pete's tricks.
Alice's Three Bad Eggs
1927
Alice and Julius have to hold their western fort against The Three Bad Eggs and a band of marauding Indians.
Alice at the Rodeo
1927
Julius wins a bronc-riding contest at the rodeo. However, Pete steals his prize money, so Julius must go after him to get it back.
1926.
7 Movies
Alice Charms the Fish
1926
Alice and Julius go fishing where Alice charms the fish ashore with a tune from her flute.
Alice Cuts the Ice
1926
Julius tries to elope with Alice's maid. Alice gets ahold of a policeman and they give pursuit.
Alice's Monkey Business
1926
Alice and Julius, while out hunting big game, find themselves brought before the court of the Lion King.
Alice the Lumberjack
1926
Pete schemes to kidnap Alice while she and Julius are working as lumberjacks along the river.
Alice's Brown Derby
1926
Another horse race with Julius riding a mechanical horse and Pete unsuccessfully trying to cheat to win.
Alice's Spanish Guitar
1926
Putrid Pete becomes infatuated with Alice's guitar playing, so he kidnaps her and imprisons her in his castle.
Alice the Fire Fighter
1926
When the local hotel is found to be on fire, the firemen (all of them Julius the cat lookalikes), led by Fire Chief Alice, are called in. The residents are busy escaping the blaze while the cats get t...
1925.
4 Movies
Alice Plays Cupid
1925
Julius is a lifeguard at the beach, where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful female cat. Alice decides to help out by driving the car when the two decide to elope.
Alice in the Jungle
1925
Alice and Julius the cat are riding an elephant through the jungle. Julius falls and is nearly eaten by crocodiles but manages to escape nevertheless. Meanwhile, two elephant children are having fun a...
Alice's Tin Pony
1925
Alice and Julius are driving a train, which is carrying a large payroll. Pete the Bear and his gang find out about it and devise a plan to rob the train.
Alice Gets Stung
1925
Julius goes rabbit hunting while Alice goes bear hunting. Alice and her cat learn at their own expense that one shouldn't bother animals, whether those be rabbits or bears.
1923.
1 Movie
1922.
1 Movie
Little Red Riding Hood
1922
Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all 9 lives. Mother puts toget...
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