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The Little Bantamweight (1938) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

The Little Bantamweight

director: Rudolf Ising

The big bantamweight fight is in a few months and papa rooster is getting nervous: the eggs start hatching, and all the males look like real fighters - except for one little runt.

Barnyard Babies (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

Barnyard Babies

director: Rudolf Ising

other title: Les Bébés de la ferme

There is a baby contest going on in the barn, but the rooster and hen haven't hatched their brood yet.

The Prospecting Bear (1941) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

The Prospecting Bear

director: Rudolf Ising actor: Rudolf Ising / William Hanna

other title: L’Ours Prospecteur

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.

The Discontented Canary (1934) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData

The Discontented Canary

director: Rudolf Ising actor: Ethel Jackson / Esther Campbell …

other title: Le Canari mécontent

A canary is frustrated by being caged. One day the kind old lady who owns him opens a nearby window, and also leaves the door to the cage open. Freedom! But it's not all it's cracked up to be.

The Homeless Flea (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

The Homeless Flea

director: Rudolf Ising

A flea sets up its new home in the fur of a sleeping dog.

Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee

director: Rudolf Ising actor: Johnny Murray

other title: Crosby, Columbo & Vallee

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.

Big-Hearted Bosko (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

Big-Hearted Bosko

director: Rudolf Ising actor: Carman Maxwell

While ice-skating on a frozen pond, Bosko and his dog discover a baby abandoned in the snow.

The Rookie Bear (1941) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

The Rookie Bear

director: Rudolf Ising actor: Gayne Whitman / Rudolf Ising

other title: Une Bonne Recrue / 菜鳥小熊 …

In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.

Tale of the Vienna Woods (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

Tale of the Vienna Woods

director: Rudolf Ising

other title: Conte de la forêt viennoise

The animated adventure of a fawn and a satyr who is only animate during daylight.

Young and Healthy (1933) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

Young and Healthy

director: Rudolf Ising

A king is bored with the stupid people in his court. He goes out in search of young people.

The Tree's Knees (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

The Tree's Knees

director: Hugh Harman / Rudolf Ising actor: Johnny Murray

Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.

I Love a Parade (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

I Love a Parade

director: Rudolf Ising

other title: Love a Parade / Me Gusta el Desfile …

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 ring, we have a hippo riding a horse (much to the horse's dismay), a high-wire act (again, to the title song), and finally a lion tamer.

Box Car Blues (1930) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

Box Car Blues

director: Rudolf Ising / Hugh Harman actor: Bernard B. Brown / Ken Darby

other title: Bimmelblues

Bosko and his porcine friend are hobos in a runaway boxcar.

A Great Big Bunch of You (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

A Great Big Bunch of You

director: Rudolf Ising actor: Johnny Murray

other title: Ganz schön viel von Dir!

A mannequin in the city dump improvises a working piano from junk, then plays and sings the title song. Various discarded items join in with song or dance.

The Queen was in the Parlor (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

The Queen Was in the Parlor

director: Rudolf Ising actor: Ken Darby / Johnny Murray …

other title: The Queen Was in the Parlor / Die Königin war im Salon

The last Goopy Geer cartoon. 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 knight arrives and threatens one of the young ladies in court; Goopy Geer fights him off, first with an ax, then in armor from kitchen utensils, then butting him with a mounted animal head, which makes the knight's armor fall apart. He pulls it together again and runs away.

Hold Anything (1930) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

Hold Anything

director: Hugh Harman / Rudolf Ising actor: 罗谢尔·哈德森 / Johnny Murray

other title: Looney Tunes #3: Hold Anything / Liebeswerben eines Maurers

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.