Movies: Gene Deitch

The Independent League of Loners, known as the ILL, has studied the problem of excess camaraderie and has formulated this happy guide to solitude. A case study of person types to avoid....

An adaptation of the book by Verna Aardema...

Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa....

On a snowy night in the city, Jerry is comfortably asleep in his hole inside a penthouse, while Tom tries to keep from freezing to death in the alley below....

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Mickey falls through the dark into the Night Kitchen where three fat bakers are making the morning cake and so begins an intoxicating dream fantasy in this animated short adaptation of Maurice Sendak's 1970 Caldecott Honor children's picture book....

The day to day existence of a little fly that wants to be a superhero and is not afraid to dream really big....

A deliciously scary story about a boy who outsmarts an old witch-woman before she can have him and his brothers for dinner....

Sidney the elephant is looking for a mother, even though he's 44. The hippo and giraffe turn him down....

Young Roger Windsock loves airplanes. One day Roger discovers he has grown a pair of wings, but is dismayed to find out that he cannot fly....

An adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale...

Through a stray dog's mishaps, the stray gets mixed up with people who aren't really paying attention. He starts out as a shoe shine boy, then ends becoming the president of the GALLAGER and Foofer Frankfurter Co....

A suspicious pear-thieving beast becomes fast friends with a lonely man who proudly presents him to the prestigious Academy of Sciences....

Short with Gaston Le Crayon....

George was a dog. His mother was a dog too. George made different sounds, which made his mother take him to the vet/veterinarian. A veterinarian/vet will take an animal's health and temperatures. The vet said "Please bark, George" every single time a...

A farmer wanted words to go with the tune he was playing when he saw a frog sitting on the bank of the stream. The frog did something silly which gave the farmer the words for his song. The farmer went to the corner store to sing his song for people ...

With his purple crayon, Harold draws a picture for his room - and then becomes part of it....

Adaptation with verse and accompanying music of an old folk tale about the building and firing of a cannon....

In a series of vignettes, we see how to "win" a barroom fight by such tactics as going limp, garlic breath, screaming, enlisting the help of a large, intimidating friend, etc....

The three original beloved Bunny Planet stories are now available in a single-volume gift edition with magnetic closure and ribbon place marker. Featuring full-color illustrations and a new poem introducing Janet the Bunny Queen, it's a must-have for...