Rudolf Ising
Director · 1903 – 1992 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Rudolf Ising was an American producer and director of animated short films. Some of the titles he is known for are The Calico Dragon (1935), The Old Mill Pond (1936), The Hound and the Rabbit (1937), Puss Gets the Boot (1940), The Milky Way (1940), and Bats in the Belfry (1942).
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Movie5.5AnimationComedyA streetcar conductor, Foxy has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while Foxy, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
1931 · 32 votes
Movie6.0AnimationComedyBarney'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 the beginning.
The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
1939 · 6 votes
Movie6.2AnimationInstead of Wonderland, Alice visits the Walt Disney animation room.
Alice's Wonderland
1923 · 49 votes
Movie5.4CrimeAnimationBosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive.
Big Man from the North
1931 · 16 votes
Movie5.3MusicAnimationChristmas 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 boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild. He plays with a few toys. A candle falls off the tree and starts a fire. The toys try in vain to fight the fire; the boy hooks up a hose to a set of bagpipes and takes care of it.
The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
1933 · 18 votes
Movie5.6AnimationComedyPiggy picks up his girlfriend and takes her to a theater where a hot jazz orchestra is playing.
You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
1931 · 17 votes
Movie7.8AnimationHorrorA 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.
Bottles
1936 · 4 votes
Movie6.3AnimationBarney 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 Prospecting Bear
1941 · 6 votes
Movie5.7AnimationComedyIn this animated short featuring the Bear Family, Papa Bear attempts to fix a leaky roof during a rain storm.
A Rainy Day with the Bear Family
1940 · 6 votes
Movie7.4AnimationFamilyA 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 rabbit deep into the woods. Neither of them notices the wolf following.
Home on the Range
1940 · 7 votes
Movie5.6AnimationComedyA cartoonist draws Bosko, who promptly comes to life.
Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid
1929 · 36 votes
Movie7.0AnimationComedyBarney 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. The beavers are not pleased.
The Bear and the Beavers
1942 · 3 votes
Movie6.5AnimationComedyRide 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 piano player into a woman instantly!
Ride Him, Bosko
1932 · 13 votes
Movie5.6AnimationComedyA 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 large predator.
You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!
1932 · 14 votes
Movie7.6AnimationComedyBarney 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 first the nut, then himself, down Barney's noisy tin roof.
The Uninvited Pest
1943 · 5 votes
Movie5.2ComedyAnimationPiggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
1931 · 23 votes
Movie6.3FamilyAnimationPapa Bear attempts to give the family's pet canary a bath. An MGM Bear Family cartoon.
Papa Gets the Bird
1940 · 3 votes
Movie7.3AnimationComedyBarney'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.
The Fishing Bear
1940 · 3 votes
Movie6.2AnimationComedyIn a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.
The Rookie Bear
1941 · 10 votes
Movie5.2AnimationMusicA beloved Italian organ grinder plays his music and sings his song through an immigrant-filled ghetto neighborhood, where hard-scrabble kids and well-proportioned matrons get hep to the beat that flows from the organ grinder's calliope. There are lots of spoofs of life on the Lower East Side and lots of monkeyshines as the organ grinder's pet performs "42nd Street" and imitates some Hollywood greats. The monkey takes wing and gets behind the wheel of a car, driving all over the area and wrecking everything.
The Organ Grinder
1933 · 9 votes
Movie5.9WarAnimationBosko is a doughboy in the Great War. Bullets and bombs are everywhere. (A bomb even blows up the title card.) Bosko and his fellow infantrymen are hardly safe in their trench. Bosko is happily eating from a pan full of beans when a bomb hits the pan and destroys his meal. Bosko misses Honey; he pulls out her picture and kisses it. A cannonball tears through it, making her head a gaping hole. Now Bosko is angry. He vows revenge but the moment his helmet appears above the trench, it’s hit with dozens of bullets, knocking him back down. Another soldier briefly cheers him up with harmonica music. Bosko gets his chance to be a hero when his buddy swallows a cannonball.
Bosko the Doughboy
1931 · 19 votes
Movie4.7MusicAnimationOn 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.
Pagan Moon
1932 · 16 votes
Movie6.7AnimationComedyBarney'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...
Bah Wilderness
1943 · 6 votes