Gumby - Tricky Train - 1956 -
6 minutes - Color - Gumby gets a bunch of
boxes from the toy factory. One of the boxes has a wild
train in it with a mind of his own!
Gumby - Robot Rumpus - 1956 - 6 minutes -
Color - Gumby and
Pokey borrow some robots to do Gumby's chores. Sounds like
a good idea till they ruin the house. Features Gumby's Mom
and Dad!
Felix The Cat - Forty
Winks - 1930 - ? minutes - Black & White -
Felix's search for sleep leads him to Africa, where he
fails to find a resting place until he's fought off dozens
of animals.
Felix The Cat - Goose
That Laid Golden Egg - 1950 - 7 minutes - Color -
Felix befriends the gold producing goose, grinds up the
eggs to coins, and distributes them to everyone in his
village. Then a pirate steals the goose and Felix must
come to the rescue.
Felix The Cat - Neptune
Nonsense - 1936 - 8 minutes - Color - Felix is
looking for a friend for his goldfish - so he takes his
search underwater and meets up with all kinds of fish, and
electric eel and an Octopus. He even meets King Neptune -
who has a topless little Meramid swimming about his head.
Huh? What is going on under the sea? Watch it and find
out.
Famous - Emerald Isle -
1949 - 6 minutes, 56 seconds - Color - Singalong
with spot gags about Ireland. Groan along at every corny
pun derived from every cliché and song about Irish people
and Ireland known to man. This series was of animated
cartoons that take popular songs of the day and combined
Famous Studios animated stars in an effort for audience
singalongs.
Gutlohn - Magic Mummy
- 1933 - 6 minutes, 48 seconds - Black & White -
Policemen Tom and Jerry are distracted from patrolling by
a radio novelty song, The Cop On The Beat, the Man in the
Moon and Me — performed by some seemingly gay cops back at
the jailhouse! The police-pansies are pushed aside by the
chief, who has a special assignment for Tom and Jerry.
Mummies are being stolen from the museum; a new theft is
in progress now, and our boys must follow the thief! Tom
and Jerry pursue their "man": really a longhaired Phantom
of the Opera-like ghoul. The villain heads for his hideout
under a graveyard; then reveals his evil plan — to make
the mummy, a pretty girl, come back to life and sing for
him! Tom and Jerry interrupt the Phantom's efforts, but he
magically imprisons them in a metal-walled cell. The bad
guy then resumes his work, successfully making the mummy
sing and dance (Sing Your Cares Away) for a roomful of
high society skeletons. Tom and Jerry escape their cell
and sneak up on the Phantom. But they give themselves away
when Jerry inspects the villain's bony legs up close. In
the ensuing chase and scuffle, Jerry thinks he's recovered
the mummy and quickly returns to HQ with the sarcophagus.
Alas, it contains only Tom. MAGIC MUMMY nearly has it all
— crazy Van Beuren scares, surprisingly good animation and
a very nicely-told story. All that's really missing is
characterization in Tom and Jerry, who basically act as
one throughout most of the short. At least Jerry's solo
capture of the sarcophagus suggests a bit of his earlier,
mischievous character — he's evidently all right with
leaving Tom to his fate in the Phantom's lair. This Tom
and Jerry are not the same characters from the popular MGM
Tom and Jerry series. This Tom and Jerry were the original
characters of that name, and were developed by Van Beuren
Studios. They're a Mutt and Jeff-ish pair: one is tall and
skinny, the other short and plump. The characters in this
cartoon were renamed "Dick and Larry" for home market
release.
Picture-Quality varies on the DVD as each film has
experienced the ravages of time!!
Nine (9)
Full-Length Cartoons Included on this
DVD:
- Gumby - Gumbasia - 1956 -
6 minutes - color
- Gumby - Gold Rush
- 1956 - 6 minutes - color
- Gumby - Tricky Train - 1956 -
6 minutes - color
- Gumby - Robot Rumpus -
1956 - 6 minutes - color
- Felix The Cat - Forty
Winks - 1930 - ? minutes - black & white
- Felix The Cat -
Goose That Laid Golden Egg - 1950 - 7 minutes -
color
- Felix The Cat -
Neptune Nonsense - 1936 - 8 minutes - color
- Famous - Emerald Isle - 1949 -
6 minutes, 56 seconds - color
- Gutlohn - Magic Mummy
- 1933 - 6 minutes, 48 seconds - black & white
