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Cartoon: The Goldbrick, 1943 – Private Snafu

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2025/09/04

Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II, and voiced by Mel Blanc. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop... Read more → The post Cartoon: The Goldbrick, 1943 – Private Snafu appeared first on Public

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Cartoon: Pagan Moon, 1932

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2025/08/28

Pagan Moon is a 1932 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.The short was released on January 31, 1932. The dancing palm tree from the first musical number in the cartoon appears to be recycled from the Bosko short “Congo Jazz”. Buy a subscription to watch this movie and hundreds more: Ready to watch? Click to start your... Read more → The post Cartoon: Pagan Moon, 1932 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Bosko At The Zoo, 1932

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2025/08/21

Bosko at the Zoo is an American animated short film featuring Bosko and Honey. It is a Looney Tunes cartoon, released on January 9, 1932. Like most Looney Tunes of the time, it was directed by Hugh Harman. Frank Marsales was its musical director. Plot: Bosko brings Honey to the zoo on the handlebars of a bicycle. Inside the grounds,... Read more → The post Cartoon: Bosko At The Zoo, 1932 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Mickey’s Follies, 1929 – Mickey Mouse

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2025/08/15

Mickey’s Follies is a Mickey Mouse animated short film first released on August 28, 1929, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was directed by Ub Iwerks and Wilfred Jackson, with music by Carl Stalling. It was produced in black and white by The Walt Disney Studio and released to theaters by Celebrity Productions. It was the tenth... Read more → The post Cartoon: Mickey’s Follies, 1929 – Mickey Mouse appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Fire Cheese, 1941 – Gabby

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2025/08/07

Gabby is a Max Fleischer animated cartoon series distributed through Paramount Pictures. Gabby debuted as the town crier in the 1939 animated feature Gulliver’s Travels produced by Fleischer. Shortly afterward, Paramount and Fleischer gave Gabby his own Technicolor spinoff cartoon series, eight entries of which were produced in 1940 and 1941. Gabby was voiced by Pinto Colvig, the voice of... Read more → The post Cartoon: Fire Cheese, 1941 – Gabby appeared first on Public Domain

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Cartoon: Oh Teacher 1927 starring Oswald the Lucky...

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2025/07/31

Oh Teacher is an animated cartoon directed by Walt Disney, starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film was reissued in 1932 by Walter Lantz Productions with added music and sound effects and is the only known version to survive. The original version entered the public domain on January 1, 2023. Buy a subscription to watch... Read more → The post Cartoon: Oh Teacher 1927 starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, directed by Walt Disney appeared first on Public

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Cartoon: Hold Anything, 1930

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2025/07/27

Hold Anything is the third title in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bosko. It was released as early as August 9, 1930. It is loosely based on the lost film Hold Everything, one of whose songs, “Don’t Hold Everything,” features prominently in the cartoon. It was directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, and animated by Isadore “Friz” Freleng and... Read more → The post Cartoon: Hold Anything, 1930 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Knight of Death, 1957 – Colonel Bleep

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2025/07/17

Colonel Bleep is a 1957 American science fiction animated TV series which was the first color cartoon series made for television.[5] It was created and written by Robert D. Buchanan and Jack Schleh on June 8, 1956, and was animated by Soundac, Inc. of Miami. The show was originally syndicated on September 21, 1957, as a segment on Uncle Bill’s... Read more → The post Cartoon: Knight of Death, 1957 – Colonel Bleep appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Health For The Americas – Cleanliness Brings...

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2025/07/10

Walt Disney Studios entered the winter of 1941 still in a financial crisis. That December, after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Axis-affiliated Empire of Japan, 500 United States Army troops began an occupation of Walt Disney Studios in Burbank that would last for the next eight months—the only Hollywood film studio under military occupation in history. The... Read more → The post Cartoon: Health For The Americas – Cleanliness Brings Health, 1945 – Walt Disney

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Cartoon: Going Home, 1944 – Private Snafu

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2025/07/03

Going Home is part of the Private Snafu series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Made in 1944, the 4 minute cartoon features the vocal talents of Mel Blanc and was directed by Chuck Jones. The screenwriters for the Snafu cartoons were typically uncredited, though some animation historians believe that the writer of this short... Read more → The post Cartoon: Going Home, 1944 – Private Snafu appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Boy Meets Dog!, 1938

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2025/06/26

Boy Meets Dog! is an American animated musical commercial short made in 1938 for Ipana Toothpaste. It was produced by Walter Lantz as a Technicolor cartoon for theatrical release by Universal Pictures. However, it did not see theatrical release, but Castle Films purchased it, and released it to the home movie market. The short was originally a commercial for “Ipana... Read more → The post Cartoon: Boy Meets Dog!, 1938 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Gas, 1944 – Private Snafu

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2025/06/19

Gas is an animated short, directed by Chuck Jones and first released in May 1944. It features Private Snafu learning the value of a gas mask in warfare. The cartoon was produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The script writers for the Snafu cartoons were typically uncredited, though animation historians consider that several of them were written or co-written by Dr.... Read more → The post Cartoon: Gas, 1944 – Private Snafu appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: The Lost Dream, 1949 – Noveltoons

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2025/06/16

Noveltoons is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures’ Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing the characters from Harvey Comics to life, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy the Good Little Witch, Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey, and Baby Huey. All shorts from Baby Huey and... Read more → The post Cartoon: The Lost Dream, 1949 – Noveltoons appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Yankee Doodle Donkey, 1944 – Noveltoons

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2025/06/12

“Yankee Doodle Donkey” is an American animated cartoon part of the series Noveltoons directed by Isadore Sparber, written by Jack Mercer and Jack Ward, and produced by Famous Studios, featuring Spunky. Noveltoons is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures’ Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing the... Read more → The post Cartoon: Yankee Doodle Donkey, 1944 – Noveltoons appeared first on Public

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Cartoon: Snafuperman, 1944

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2025/06/08

Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Primarily, they demonstrate the... Read more → The post Cartoon: Snafuperman, 1944 appeared first on Public Domain

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Cartoon: Little Red Riding Hood, 1922

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2025/06/05

Little Red Riding Hood is a Walt Disney short cartoon, and is a rendition of the traditional story of Little Red Riding Hood. The film is part of the Laugh-O-Grams series that was released in 1922. This is one of the first ever Walt Disney cartoons, and considered Disney’s first attempt at animated storytelling. Rather than using animation cels, it... Read more → The post Cartoon: Little Red Riding Hood, 1922 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: The Haunted Mouse, 1941 – Tex Avery – Looney...

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2025/06/05

The Haunted Mouse is a 1941 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Tex Avery. This film was the first cartoon written by Michael Maltese. This cartoon is also the first Looney Tune to be released as a one shot, which means there are no recurring characters in this cartoon. The short was released on February 15, 1941. Buy a... Read more → The post Cartoon: The Haunted Mouse, 1941 – Tex Avery – Looney Tunes appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Steamboat Willie, 1928 starring Mickey Mouse

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2025/06/03

Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black and white by Walt Disney Studios and was released by Pat Powers, under the name of Celebrity Productions. The cartoon is considered the debut of both Mickey and Minnie Mouse, although both characters appeared several months earlier in a... Read more → The post Steamboat Willie, 1928 starring Mickey Mouse appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Popeye Gopher Spinach, 1954

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2025/05/29

Popeye the Sailor is an American animated series of short films based on the Popeye comic strip character created by E. C. Segar. In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer’s Fleischer Studios adapted Segar’s characters into a series of theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. The plotlines in the animated cartoons tended to be simpler than those presented in the comic... Read more → The post Cartoon: Popeye Gopher Spinach, 1954 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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Cartoon: Pleased to Eat You, 1950 – Noveltoons

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2025/05/29

Noveltoons is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures’ Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing the characters from Harvey Comics to life, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy the Good Little Witch, Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey, and Baby Huey. All shorts from Baby Huey and... Read more → The post Cartoon: Pleased to Eat You, 1950 – Noveltoons appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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