Movies: Gene Deitch

An adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale...

A king attempts, through various methods, to remove his son's persistent frown....

After receiving a call stating that Mr. Flamboyant will be arriving at the apartment for inspection, Clint tries to clean the place up. During the process, he goes through clogged up garbage chutes, broken trash cans, faulty electricity, and a leakin...

In this Cinemascope Terrytoon, Spoofy is a zany little fox that comes to life on the animator's drawing board and subdues a western gunslinger with trick props and gadgets....

John's next-door neighbor tries to help him become more assertive against his wife Jane and tell her that he won't do any more housework....

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....

Dinky quits the cartoon business and gets a job as a spokes-duck for TV commercials....

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...

The Hat is the story of a poor, disabled veteran, named Benito Badoglio, who finds a magical hat (actually, it finds him) and how that changes his life....

When Winnie, who never reads, lifts off with a foxy stranger, sensible Harriet must use every ounce of energy and brain power to rescue her....

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

Clint Clobber, superintendent of the Flamboyant Arms, is watching the fights on an old-fashioned TV set....

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....

Three archaeologists learn about the impact television, especially the CBS network, had on postwar America....

A Terrytoons cartoon of 1959 with Gaston le Crayon...

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....

This is the diary of a spider who's a lot like you! He goes to school, but he also spins sticky webs and takes wind-catching lessons....

After six months at sea, Popeye and Brutus see that Olive has become overweight after eating too much out of feeling lonely. Popeye wants to help her get thinner while Brutus says she is fine like that. The sailor's attempts to make her exercise are ...

A shepherd named Charlie need a new cloak, so he shears a sheep and makes one from it's wool....

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