Rudolf Ising Movies

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.

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.

In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.

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...

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...

A hen tries to get something to eat from a garden, but is chased around the yard by the titular pups.

An animated singing and dancing revue of babies (representing a variety of stereotypes) who are being prepared for delivery by stork.

A streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and...

Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours.

A 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...

Pete, dressed in a suit of armor, steals away the female that Julius is after. So Julius devises his own suit of armor, made mostly out of junk, to...

Instead of Wonderland, Alice visits the Walt Disney animation room.

Alice and Julius go fishing where Alice charms the fish ashore with a tune from her flute.

Bunnies, turtles, and other small woodland animals play. A child skunk remains apart, heartbroken that he has no friends.

Alice and Julius are in a traveling medicine show, and part of their job is to sell patent medicine to audiences.

Alice and Julius, while out hunting big game, find themselves brought before the court of the Lion King.

A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then a snake and two crows join the chase.

Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are...

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 kitten pupil.

Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land. One of the "Censored...