Tulips Shall Grow

Tulips Shall Grow 1942

6.80

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside being overrun by unfeeling, unthinking mechanical men and machines that lay waste to everything in their path. In 1997 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

1942

Tubby the Tuba

Tubby the Tuba 1947

6.31

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), Tubby the Tuba is disappointed that his sound limits what he's permitted to do in an orchestra of self-playing instruments that, unlike him, get to play pretty melodies. A chance meeting with a bullfrog changes everything.

1947

The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty 1935

6.50

Centuries ago in the past, the witch, who doesn't like Beauty, puts her to sleep, then flies throughout the castle spreading sleep powder, placing all into slumber. Eventually we flash forward to present time: A young hepcat in a convertible tries awakening Sleeping Beauty, and everyone in the castle, with some Big Band music. Will it work? A Puppetoon animated short film.

1935

The Puppetoon Movie

The Puppetoon Movie 1987

7.60

Animated characters introduce a compilation of George Pal replacement animation Puppetoon short films from the 1930s and 1940s.

1987

The Great Philips Review

The Great Philips Review 1938

6.00

Puppet animation of Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra performing. A Puppetoon animated short film.

1938

Jasper in a Jam

Jasper in a Jam 1946

6.50

In this entertaining Puppetoon animated short film, a young boy, Jasper, gets trapped inside a pawnshop at midnight. All the musical instruments come to life and play jazz. A whooping wooden Indian chief self-animates as well, and goes on the warpath.

1946

Together in the Weather

Together in the Weather 1946

7.00

In this Puppetoon animated short film, Judy, an enticing blonde, lives across the way from Punchy and uses all her feminine wiles to try to snare him.

1946

John Henry and the Inky-Poo

John Henry and the Inky-Poo 1946

5.90

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), legendary American folklore figure John Henry (voice of Rex Ingram) goes to work for the C&O Railroad, which shortly thereafter buys an automatic steel-driving engine, The Inky-Poo. John Henry matches his strength against the engine, saying that any man can beat a machine because a man has a mind. Can he prevail? In 2015 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2009.

1946

Hoola Boola

Hoola Boola 1941

9.00

Jim Dandy lands on a tropical island and falls in love with a beautiful maiden. Soon a tribe of cannibals kidnap him. A Puppetoon animated short film.

1941

The Little Broadcast

The Little Broadcast 1943

1

The Great Maestro gets to conduct more than he can compose himself to. A Puppetoon animated short film.

1943

Philips Cavalcade

Philips Cavalcade 1934

7.30

In this Puppetoon animated short film, a variety of music styles are heard as, in various locations, characters dance or sing.

1934

Love on the Range

Love on the Range 1939

1

Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.

1939