Gifts from the Air

Gifts from the Air 1937

5.00

A toyless boy finds a broken soldier doll and gets a very special Christmas as a result.

1937

The Novelty Shop

The Novelty Shop 1936

1

The novelty shop owner has gone home, and that means it's time for its items to animate and have fun.

1936

The Bon Bon Parade

The Bon Bon Parade 1935

1

A little poor boy, attracted one evening by a confectionery shop's window display, unexpectedly finds himself inside, where a cupid offers him a wish. The boy asks to live in Candytown full time.

1935

Rodeo Dough

Rodeo Dough 1931

1

This was a Krazy Kat cartoon made for Charles Mintz and distributed by Columbia. While the studio originally based the character on the comic strip created by George Herriman, by 1931 he was changed in design and personality to be more like Walt Disney's popular Mickey Mouse (whose cartoons, ironically, were also distributed by Columbia at the time).

1931

Untrained Seal

Untrained Seal 1936

1

A newborn seal pup has to learn how to fish on his own, without help from any of his family or friends.

1936

Camping Out

Camping Out 1932

1

Scrappy, his little brother, and the dog take the car and drive to the camping grounds.

1932

Beer Parade

Beer Parade 1933

1

Scrappy and Oopie, though little boys, happily celebrate the return of beer after fourteen years, with the help of brew-guzzling gnomes, apparently from the "Rip Van Winkle" story. They leave an allegorical "Prohibition" figure (ugly old man in stovepipe hat) stripped and chased off.

1933

The Big Birdcast

The Big Birdcast 1938

1

Birds present their own radio broadcasting service, featuring feathered versions of such stars as Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Rudy Vallee, Eddie Cantor, Ed Wynn, and many others.

1938

The Wolf at the Door

The Wolf at the Door 1932

1

In the one, a goat is being held hostage in his own cabin by a wolf knocking at his door. The goat calls on his phone for help so Scrappy sends his little brother to arrest the wolf. But the younger bro keeps coming back from the winter snow until he has a couple of rubber hot water bottles on him.

1932

The Flop House

The Flop House 1932

1

Scrappy runs a dime-a-night flop house, cheerfully sprinkling disinfectant around before the night's customers arrive. They're all animal people except Oopie, who as usual can't help but make trouble, and breaks things and makes a racket enough that the other denizens can't sleep.

1932

Holiday Land

Holiday Land 1934

5.60

Scrappy does not want to get up and go to school. As the days peel off his calendar, the holidays come to life, personified. Father Time takes Scrappy on a tour through Holiday Land.

1934

The Concert Kid

The Concert Kid 1934

1

Oopie is to give a violin concert, but doesn't want to play. Scrappy gives him a stick of chewing gum, which calms him. However, the gum gets on the two of them.

1934

Indian Serenade

Indian Serenade 1937

1

Against the background of the Grand Canyon, a young Indian boy and an-equally-young Indian maiden fall in love. While they are romancing along in the beautiful scenery, their little dog gets into a hassle with a snake. The snake was harmless, the animation was outstanding.

1937

Peaceful Neighbors

Peaceful Neighbors 1939

1

Two rival families of hens (and roosters) are arming in preparation for a battle in a property-line dispute over the division line between their two barnyard coops. After much fighting, squabbling and squawking between the two factions, two peaceful doves bring about a settlement between the two groups.

1939

Sandman Tales

Sandman Tales 1933

1

A Columbia Scrappy cartoon released October 6, 1933.

1933

Spark Plug

Spark Plug 1936

1

Barney, Snuffy and Lowezie are in attendance at the track to see Spark Plug take part in a big race. Unfortunately, he's so slow that he doesn't finish until the next morning. Incredibly,though he next gets a one-on-one race against the legendary Man O'War. It looks like he'll be super loser again, except that Rudy the Ostrich kisses him,which gives Sparky the adrenaline to win instead.

1936

The Air Hostess

The Air Hostess 1937

1

A little boy (as pilot/crew/mechanic) and a little girl (the title air hostess) do their best to get a delapitated airplane airborne and take their full load of adult passengers to their destination. They fail spectacularly.

1937

Babes at Sea

Babes at Sea 1934

2.00

A toddler chases a frog out of his house to a nearby well where, falling into the bucket, he arrives at the bottom of the well, to be magically greeted by underwater seababies and various creatures, including the octopus law officer. Eventually he returns to the well bucket and is raised back up to be rescued by his mother.

1934