Cartoon Classics

1914. CARTOON CLASSICS #10 (1931-1943-USA)
1. ROBINSON CRUSOE JR (194I-USA). WITH PORKY PIG. LOONEY TUNES. EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE ANIMATED PORKER IS ALT AFLUTTER AS HE SETS SAIL ON AN OCEAN VOYAGE. AFTER A FIERCE HURRICANE, HIS SHIP SINKS AND HE FINDS HIMSELF ON AN ISLAND, WHERE THE FUN IS JUST BEGINNING!
2. WILDWEST DAZE (1936-USA). A PAUL TERRY-TOON. THIS VISUALLY INVENTIVE SHORT FEATURES VARIOUS CHARACTERS ON A WAGON TRAIN, HEADING DEEP INTO THE WILD AND WOOLLY WEST AND CONTENDÂING WITH EVERYTHING FROM SKUNKS TO INDIANS ON THE WARPATH
3. THE BARNYARD BRAT (1939-USA). WITH HUNKY AND SPUNKY. HUNKY IS A MAMA DONÂKEY WHO CANNOT GET SPUNKY, HER CUTE BUT MISCHIEVOUS OfFSPRING TO BEHAVE. PRETTY SOON, A GAGGLE Of CHICKENS, GOATS, PIGS AND OTHER BARNYARD CREATURES ARE UP IN ARMS, AND SCHEME TO RID THEIR TURF Of THE ORNERY LITTLE FELLOW. WILL MOTHER-LOVE SOMEHOW SAVE THE DAY?
4. SLEEPING BEAUTY {1941-USA). A GEORCE PAL PUPPETOON. THE CLASSIC FABLE IS BRIEFLY BUT LOVINGLY RETOLD, INCORPORATING VARIOUS SEQUENCES SET CENTURIES APART. THE POINT Of IT ALL IS THAT TRUE LOVE CAN INDEED TRANSCEND THE OBSTACLE Of TIME.
5. PAYDAY (I943-USA). WITH PRIVATE SNAFU. WHILE ON LEAVE, THE TITLE G.I. BECOMES INTOXICATÂED BY THE CHARMS Of THE EXOTIC MIDDLE EAST, THE RED-HOT CARIBBEAN AND THE COOL-AS-A-CUCUMBER ARCTIC. AS A RESULT, HE SPENDS ALL HIS MONEY AND ENDS UP PENNILESS. THE PRIVATE SNAFU CARTOONS WERE INCORPORATED INTO ISSUES Of THE ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE,” AND SEEN ONLY BY G.I.S, AND SNAFU STANDS FOR JUST WHAT YOU THINK IT DOES,
6. NEPTUNE NONSENSE (1937-USA). WITH FELIX THE CAT. JOLLY FELIX WAKES UP ONE MORNÂING LO DISCOVER THAT ANNABEL, HIS PET GOLDFISH, IS EVER-SO LONESOME. SO HE SETS OUT ON A NOT-SOON- TO-BE-FORGOTTEN UNDERWATER ADVENTURE.
7. LOVE ON THE RANGE (1941-USA). A GEORGE PAL PUPPETOON. COWBOY BILL HAS BEEN PROPOSING MARRIAGE TO SWEET SUE, AND SHE HAS BEEN REJECTING HIM. TROUBLE COMES IN THE FORM Of DEADEYE DICK, AN ORNERY BLACKGUARD WHO ACCOSTS OUR HEROINE. SET TO MUSIC, THIS TALE IS A HORSE OPERA IN THE MOST LITERAL SENSE.
8. CHRISTMAS NIGHT (1933-USA). WITH THE UTTLE KING. MONARCHY MIXES WITH THE COMÂMON MAN IN THIS HAPPY TALE Of CHRISTMASTIME. WHITE ZIPPING THROUGH HIS KINGDOM IN HIS CARRIAGE, (HE EVER-COMPASSIONATE KING OBSERVES A PAIR Of HOBOS ADMIRING TOYS IN A STORE WINDOW. HE INVITES THEM TO JOIN HIM, AND THE TRIO PARTAKE IN HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES.
9. THE FAMILY SHOE (1931-USA). AN AESOP’S FABLE. THIS CARTOON INGENIOUSLY UNITES FAMOUS BELOVED CHILDREN’S STORIES. IT INITIALLY FEATURES A POOR LITTLE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVES IN A SHOE AND CANNOT SUPPORT HER MANY CHILDREN. WHAT WILL SHE DO? FORTUNATELY, SHE HAS A SON NAMED JACK, WHO HAS SOME BEANS WHICH GROW INTO A STALK. JACK CLIMBS THE STALK AND REACHES THE HEAVENS; HE COMES UPON A GOOSE WHICH LAYS GOLDEN EGGS, AND SCHEMES LO RETURN WITH IT LO HIS MOTHER. 53 MINUTES TOTAL. CARTOONS