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).
Sunny-sweet the prune shows us how prunes are made from certain kinds of plums, why they're so good for you, and, in live action, some recipes made with prunes. As a subplot, he also explains why California prunes are better than those from the Pacific Nor ...
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Private Snafu (Situation Normal All Fucked Up) presents his brother Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up) who was a carrier pigeon keeper and has joined the Navy ...
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Barney 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 ...
Watch NowA little Mexican boy is herding sheep with his dog Perrito. The boy plays a prank on Perrito, pretending the wolf is attacking the flock. ...
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Barney'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... ...
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Barney Bear grows a victory garden that a gopher is only too happy to gobble up. ...
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Barney sets off in search of honey to compensate for wartime rationing, but his various gadgets don't always work out the way they were intended. ...
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A trio of belfry-dwelling bats explain to us, musically (and demonstrate), why they are associated with nuttiness. Especially the smallest. ...
Watch NowA little burro is beloved by all the cute wild creatures until he opens his mouth and they hear the horrible braying. ...
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Barney 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. ...
Watch NowThe story of a single swallow who, taking a rest from southward flight at a mission in California, ultimately brings about the famed migration of swallows to the mission at San Juan Capistrano. ...
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Tom hears a ghost story on the radio and is spooked by it; Jerry notices this and takes advantage of it, using a variety of tricks to scare Tom. ...
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In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training. ...
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Barney's an aviation mechanic for the Army. His plane is a cute little prop that's not only much smaller than the jets but much more anthropomorphic. ...
Watch NowLittle Cesario, a clumsy, and not too bright, St. Bernard puppy, is the junior member of a family of decorated life-savers. ...
Watch NowA clumsy yokel of a male weed courts a delicate female flower ballerina by trying to dance with her. ...
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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. ...
Watch NowA mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores. A big black spider dresses up as a maid to get in the door. ...
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This cartoon is by Rudy Ising, and is the last of a long line of black animal musicals done at MGM in the late 30s and early 40s. ...
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The three little kittens have lost their mittens and are sent to bed without dinner. From their room, they see the Milky Way and sail up to it, using a basket and helium balloons, passing through some fanciful astronomical bodies, until they reach a Milky ...
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The Deacon is on his way to church in the Deep South and sees a brother from the congregation setting out to do some Sunday fishing. The preacher advises the fisherman that he will not be catching any fish on the Sabbath, as the fish are having their own u ...
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A 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. ...
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Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot". ...
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Barney'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. ...
Watch NowA mother hen is taking her brood for a walk. They encounter obstacles along the way, such as traffic. There's one clumsy chick who repeatedly has more trouble than the rest. ...
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Barney'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. ...
Watch NowA goldfish dreams of living in the ocean, and ends up getting there after being accidentally washed down the drain, then finds that it's too scary. ...
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Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on the sea floor, where they interact with a parade of seahorses, s ...
Watch NowThe 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. ...
Watch NowThe hear/see/speak no evil monkeys come to life from a small statue on a shelf. They find a pipe and smoke it, and enter a world where all manner of tobacco smoking paraphernalia comes to life. ...
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Little Cheeser and his friends, inspired by Buck Rogers (and visions of cheese), build a rocket ship and fly to the moon. ...
Watch NowThe cat of the house has its nap interrupted by two playing puppies, which sets off a chain of events. ...
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A hound chases a young rabbit, ultimately cornering him against a tree. But the dog doesn't want to eat the rabbit, just make friends. The bunny takes his new friend (who he names Sniffy) to where the rest of the rabbits are playing football and, after int ...
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This film is very reminiscent of "Cabin in the Sky", in that you have a very sexy Ethel Waters about to be married to Stepin Fetchit. Fetchit's friends Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller are trying to get him to the church on time, but Stepin isn't in any hur ...
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On Christmas morning two pups and the household's children are up early. The pups are frightened by a large stuffed dog, a train set, a crying doll, a toy tank, and other toys. ...
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Little Cheeser is a young mouse who thinks he's more grown up than he is. Mama tells him to go to bed, calling him "Mama's little man"; he doesn't want to. His devil side emerges and guides him to the cheese in the pantry, where his angel side appears to s ...
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Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours. ...
Watch NowTwo little puppies, one black, one brown, go on a picnic outing with their human family. The pups wind up unwitting participants in a fox hunt. ...
Watch NowA hen tries to get something to eat from a garden, but is chased around the yard by the titular pups. ...
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The fish and frogs gather at the old mill pond to hear a jazz concert. Performers include caricatures of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and tap dancer Bill Robinson ("Bojangles"). ...
Watch NowA young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then a snake and two crows join the chase. ...
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A 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. ...
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Mrs. Mouse is reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to her brood when a cat tries to break in. The cat overhears them arguing about the existence of Santa, so he dresses up accordingly. ...
Watch NowA group of brave honey bees attempt to rescue a girl bee who's been abducted by a spider. ...
Watch Now'Black beauty' must win a race against other toys in order to save the Old Plantation, a doll house. ...
Watch NowThere is a baby contest going on in the barn, but the rooster and hen haven't hatched their brood yet. ...
Watch NowBunnies, turtles, and other small woodland animals play. A child skunk remains apart, heartbroken that he has no friends. ...
Watch NowA Chinese emperor is gladdened by the song of the nightingale and is moved to play his own song. One day the Japanese send a music box with a mechanical bird; the nightingale feels rejected and leaves. Soon the clockwork breaks down, and the emperor dispat ...
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A little girl reads a story about a dragon; as she falls asleep, her doll rides off on his calico horse through a calico land to do battle with a three-headed singing calico dragon. ...
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A chicken has hatched seven chicks. She locates six of them, but the other, Eggbert, is missing. ...
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The mice will loot the kitchen. The roaches also get into the act. A rat menaces the lead mouse couple, until the cat returns. ...
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This MGM "Happy Harmonies" entry stars Bosko. He falls asleep at a sign promoting Mother Goose bread, and Mother Goose characters come to life. ...
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Bosko keeps Wilbur occupied with tales of his past exploits while Honey steps out on an errand. ...
Watch NowThis short opens showing numerous mice eating all the food in Honey's kitchen and ruining everything in her house. She tires valiantly to run them off but they outsmart her. She makes a phone call and Cubby appears at her door. The mice make quick work of ...
Watch NowThe animated adventure of a fawn and a satyr who is only animate during daylight. ...
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In this first entry in MGM's Happy Harmonies series, an old man tells a newsboy about his adventures with Native Americans in the Old West. ...
Watch NowA 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. ...
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Bosko runs a movie theater that shows a wacky newsreel with Jack Dumpsey, a slapstick short from Haurel and Lardy, and a turn-of-the-century melodrama starring Honey. ...
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After the last human has left the department store, the toys proceed to the music department where they start performing the Warren/Dubin song "We're in the money". The money soon joins for a chorus, as well as display dolls in the wardrobe department. ...
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Utensils and food dance, sing, and play in the kitchen, until a lump of dough turns into a monster and they all unite to stop it. ...
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An animated singing and dancing revue of babies (representing a variety of stereotypes) who are being prepared for delivery by stork. ...
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After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mussolini, Ignacy Paderewski, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rog ...
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A camp of Russian gypsies, dancing and playing music. After an opening dance, a quartet of beer-drinkers gargles the Volga Boatman song, then another group hauling on a rope sings it (we finally see that the other end of the rope is anchored by a very smal ...
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Bosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante. ...
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A 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 s ...
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A king is bored with the stupid people in his court. He goes out in search of young people. ...
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Several Chinese residents play music. A dragon frees himself from a cage and goes after them, but fireworks are shoved down the dragon's throat. This causes him to explode and turn into a walking dragon skeleton. ...
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Set on a frozen pond in Holland, various animals attempt to skate on the slippery ice. ...
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Christmas 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 ...
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While romping through the forest, Bosko falls asleep and dreams of giants and gnomes. ...
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An old man is reading a book by the fire. The clock strikes 8, and he heads off to bed. From his book, Alice in Wonderland, out crawls Alice, who turns the radio to the title tune. This wakes up Rip Van Winkle; Alice then rouses the Three Musketeers, who s ...
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Honey is trying to teach the violin to Wilbur, the one who hates music. Honey calls Bosko over. Bosko and Honey sing, dance, and play music while Wilbur continues to express its disdain. ...
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This is an unreleased cartoon that eventually went on to have most of its animation recycled by Bosko's Dizzy Date. Honey is trying to teach the violin to Wilbur, the one who hates music. Honey calls Bosko over. Bosko and Honey sing, dance, and play music ...
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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. ...
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Bosko is the star player in a wacky game of professional football. ...
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An expectant father rooster fetches doctor stork, who comes out with a basket full of white chicks and one little black one, who gets crowded out of the food. After singing the title song, he manages to improvise a pair of wings and fly over the chicken co ...
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Ride 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! ...
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A 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. ...
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Bosko and his friends are cutting down trees in a forest. He battles a burly woodsman named Pierre who has gone off and kidnapped his beloved Honey. ...
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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' ...
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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 on ...
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Two courting hillbilly dogs, which is Goopy Geer and his girlfriend, go to the big barn dance. Then a villian comes over to try to shoot him with a gun, then fights, and the villian got on fire and escaped thanks to the walking stove. ...
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Late at night, the mice come out and sing and play to the title tune, among others. That is, until the cat arrives, but he's quickly sent packing. ...
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Bosko and Bruno escape from a speeding train via a handcar; make a failed attempt to steal a chicken; and end up on a runaway boxcar. ...
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Goopy, a dog of no particular personality, but a crackerjack piano player, plays several songs on the stage of a nightclub. We spend a fair amount of time watching the patrons and staff of the nightclub. ...
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Bosko whistles "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo" as he walks down the sidewalk in the pouring rain. His umbrella provides a good sailboat when he wants to cross a flooded street. Meanwhile, Honey is getting dressed and made up. She's about to remove her nightgow ...
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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. ...
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While ice-skating on a frozen pond, Bosko and his dog discover a baby abandoned in the snow. ...
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Freddy comes to a party and is a hit; he then goes on to be the star quarterback at the football game. ...
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Bosko is a brave little boxer who battles the champion, Gas House Harry. The enormous brute proves a bit much, even for a plucky underdog. Some of the animation is later reused in "Bosko's Parlor Pranks" by M.G.M. in 1934. ...
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On 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. ...
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Bosko and Honey go to the zoo. Honey is frightened by the lion, but Bosko is the one who ends up in danger. ...
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The old toymaker goes to sleep, and his toys immediately come to life and sing "Red-Headed Baby." A red-haired baby doll begins the song. She's soon joined by her sweetheart, a toy soldier named Napoleon. A spider briefly spoils the fun when he descends up ...
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Bosko joins a wacky fox hunt. But if the hunt worries anyone, it isn't the fox. ...
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Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land. ...
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Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty Wilbur. ...
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Piggy picks up his girlfriend and takes her to a theater where a hot jazz orchestra is playing. ...
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Bosko 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 d ...
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Foxy the Cop is trying to enforce the law in town, but dangerous drivers and strangers who also kidnap Roxy are making this difficult. ...
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Bosko is shipwrecked on an island where he is chased by a lion and pursued by simian cannibals. ...
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A 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. ...
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Things are hopping at a certain Mexican cafe and then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild. ...
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Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music. ...
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Bosko and Honey yodel happily in the Alps until a series of disasters end with Honey rushing downriver on an ice floe. ...
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During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle. ...
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Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but Bosko sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse. ...
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Bosko fishes, and sings and dances with frogs. But two ladybugs use a wasp as an airplane, and a beehive and tree branch as a machine gun to drive him away. ...
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Bosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive. ...
Watch NowBarney 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 ...
Watch NowBarney'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... ...
Watch NowBarney 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. ...
Watch NowIn a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training. ...
Watch NowBarney and his severely overloaded pack mule are prospecting, high on a mountain, when Barney spots gold nuggets, and a whole cave lined with gold. ...
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Papa Bear attempts to give the family's pet canary a bath. An MGM Bear Family cartoon. ...
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In this animated short featuring the Bear Family, Papa Bear attempts to fix a leaky roof during a rain storm. ...
Watch NowA 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. ...
Watch NowBarney'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. ...
Watch NowBarney'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. ...
Watch NowA 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. ...
Watch NowA 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 s ...
Watch NowChristmas 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 ...
Watch NowRide 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! ...
Watch NowA 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. ...
Watch NowOn 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. ...
Watch NowPiggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land. ...
Watch NowPiggy picks up his girlfriend and takes her to a theater where a hot jazz orchestra is playing. ...
Watch NowBosko 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 d ...
Watch NowA 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. ...
Watch NowBosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive. ...
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