THE CARTOON CRYPT: Scrappy in Let’s Ring Doorbells (1935)

Posted on January 28, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

I was curious to find some Charles Mintz cartoons, as I haven’t seen many of them. There aren’t a whole lot of them out there on the internets yet… he produced this one for Columbia, and it is directed by Art Davis. Mintz is probably best known these days for screwing Walt Disney out of the character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. This beautifully animated cartoon starts slow, but boy does it get twisted. Alcoholism, child abduction and endangerment, gunfire, racism… yep, they don’t make ’em like this any more. If you are easily offended, you may not want to watch this one.

Let's ring doorbells
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Believe it or not, there is a really nice site out there dedicated to Scrappy… SCRAPPYLAND.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Betty Boop’s Crazy Inventions (1933)

Posted on January 24, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here is Betty Boop singing the “Keep a Little Song Handy” song from yesterday’s Mae Questel featurette.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Happy Harmonies: Good Little Monkeys (1935)

Posted on January 23, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

A great MGM cartoon directed by Hugh Harman I recently discovered via youtube. The devil and the seeno hearno speakno evil monkeys are the stars, so, obviously, you can’t go wrong. Read more about it on the Big Cartoon Database here.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: The Inkwell Imps in Koko’s Haunted House (1928)

Posted on January 22, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s another spooky cartoon from the Fleischer Studios… The Inkwell Imps in Koko’s Haunted House (alternate title: “KoKo Goes Ghosting”).

I had forgotten about the Big Cartoon Database, but it is an excellent resource for finding information on old cartoons. Here is the info they have on this one.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Hell’s Bells (1929)

Posted on January 16, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s the fantastic fourth Disney Silly Symphony, with spookies galore… directed by, that’s right, you guessed it, Ub Iwerks.

UPDATE: Unfortunately, since this was posted, this cartoon appears to have become unavailable.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Mickey Mouse and The Haunted House (1929)

Posted on January 14, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Another spooky skeleton cartoon from 1929, again presumably directed by Ub Iwerks.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Pagan Moon (1932)

Posted on January 11, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s a great very early Warner Brothers cartoon.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Skeleton Frolic (1937)

Posted on January 10, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

The spooky cartoon search continues. I had no idea this existed. A 1937 color cartoon called Skeleton Frolic by Ub Iwerks rehashing the themes of the Skeleton Dance (and rehashing gags from both that and the Flip the Frog Spooks cartoon, along with a lot of new gags). It is quite fun… enjoy.

I have other spooky cartoons I’ve found that I’ll be showcasing here, but please let me know any you know of in the comments!

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Flip the Frog in The Music Lesson

Posted on January 9, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Another Flip the Frog cartoon from Ub Iwerks. You wouldn’t think he would need piano lessons from that intro!

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Silly Symphonies: The Skeleton Dance (1929)

Posted on January 8, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s Ub Iwerks’ Disney Silly Symphony The Skeleton Dance… the first of the Disney Silly Symphonies series. According to Wikipedia, it was the first cartoon to have non-post-sync sound.

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