Volcano is the eighth of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. This eight-minute animated short, produced by Fleischer Studios, features Superman’s adventures in saving a small island community from a volcanic eruption. It was originally released on July 10, 1942 by Paramount Pictures.
Popeye tries to rid his garden of a gopher, in the end the gopher saves Popeye from a bull.
Pots and Pans is another Van Beuren cartoon that stars a couple of humans named Tom and Jerry, years before a certain cat-and-mouse team from MGM inherited those titles after the human ones disappeared. They run a train diner with their name on it. Many of the food have faces and move. They also sing with various customers along with the leading duo.
Arguably the most consistently inventive of all the Tom and Jerry cartoons, Rocketeers doesn’t let up for a second, from a telescope that wants to rebel and an octopus band next to fishing skeletons.
Little Lulu: Bored of Education is a classic cartoon featuring Little Lulu and her classmate Tubby as they experience a series of events out of a history book. Produced in 1946.
After a short live action performance by the Royal Samoans, Bimbo appears on screen playing a ukelele while riding in a motorboat…containing a topless (except for a strategically placed lei) and dark-skinned Betty Boop.
