Mannie Davis — Director (20)

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Seaside Adventure (1951)
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The youngest son of poverty-stricken Old Mother Rabbit, who lives in a show in a forest, leaves home to seek his fortune in order to help his family. He soon fins himself in an amazing land where trees dance, sing and play. The baby rabbit saves the frog kind from the clutches of a hungry crane. He is given a pile of gold coins as a reward.

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The Witch's Cat (1948)
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other title: La Sorcière Et Son Chat
A witch and her really-stupid cat try to disrupt a Hallowe'en celebration by the mice. They swoop down on the mice as they are parading around a bonfire. But the cat burns its tail, is discovered, and the Mighty One is summoned. He ties the cat in knots and the celebration continues.

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Carmen's Veranda (1944)
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A Terrytoons cartoon released 28 July 1944. In this spoof of opera, a sexy senorita seeks after her love and rescues him from an evil king (Sourpuss). Her knight in shining armor is none other than Gandy Goose (as Tyrone the Hero).

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The Last Roundup (1943)
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Private Gandy Goose and Sergeant Sourpuss go in hot pursuit of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, depicted respectively as a hog and an oversized monkey.

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The Prize Guest (1939)
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A strange man checks into a hotel under the name "?", and proceeds to float through the air, run outside the ledges outside and do a high wire bicycle act high over the city, taking along the unwilling house detective. It turns out to be an advertising stunt.

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The Nut Factory (1933)
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Dentures have gone missing at the Old Lady's Home, and Cubby is called in to investigate. After much sleuthing, he finds the answer: the squirrels have been using them to build a massive nut-processing factory, as nutcrackers and scoops.

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Ants in Your Pantry (1945)
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This one has lots of what Terrytoons are notorious for: cycles! And cycles of the commonest kind: ants harvesting and a baby factory! It also has a voluptuous Queen Ant and a sweetly delivered punchline which may make it worth your trouble. Withheld from television release; presumably because it leaves too many "birds-and-bees" questions unanswered for tiny tots (and their beleaguered parents).

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Mighty Mouse and the Pirates (1945)
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other title: Les Pirates
A pirate cat has his eyes set on a beautiful island mouse princess. He and his fellow pirates kidnap the beautiful girl. When singing cat pirates decide to kill all the mice on board for the buried treasure, the natives call to Mighty Mouse for help. Singing his way from the skies, Mighty Mouse flies to the pirate ship, fights buccaneers to the death, and saves the young beauty. He returns her to her people, to their thunderous applause. Lots of opera singing in this one.

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Loves Labor Won (1948)
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Many sight gags find their way into this story of Mighty Mouse coming to the rescue of a fair maiden. Oil Can Harry is determined to marry Pearl Pureheart. Mighty Mouse can't stop him because he is tied in front of a big cannon. Pearl manages to escape from Oil Can Harry, singing opera all the while. This cartoon is played like a chapter from a cliffhanger serial, with lots of action and suspense (and singing).

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Noah Knew His Ark (1930)
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A crazy Aesop's Fables cartoon about Noah's Ark. With a storm and flood coming, Noah takes two of each animal aboard his ark. After the storm, the animals celebrate their safety by dancing.

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All Out for 'V' (1942)
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other title: All Out for "V" / All Out for „V“
When war is announced, all the forest animals, birds and bugs go into manufacturing of armaments, helmets and the like, with an annoying jingle about the country's instruction to step up production musically repeated.