Jolly Little Elves
Director: Walter Lantz or Bill Nolan Release Date: October 1, 1934 Rating: ★ Review: ‘Jolly Little Elves’ is the first of six Cartune Classics, Walter Lantz’s answer to Disney’s Silly Symphonies. These...
View ArticleSpringtime Serenade
Director: Walter Lantz or Bill Nolan Release Date: May 27, 1935 Stars: Oswald Rating: ★ Review: ‘Springtime Serenade’ features Oswald and his unnamed girlfriend among some cute furry animals. They all...
View ArticleBarber of Seville
Director: Shamus Culhane Release Date: October 4, 1944 Rating: ★★★★ Review: Woody Woodpecker enters a barbershop to get a ‘victory’ haircut. When the barber appears to be gone away, Woody himself steps...
View ArticleNiagara Fools
Director: Paul J. Smith Release Date: October 22, 1956 Rating: ★★★★½ Review: In this cartoon Woody Woodpecker wants to ride the Niagara falls in a barrel. However, there’s a park ranger who tries to...
View ArticleMusical Moments from Chopin
Director: Dick Lundy Release Date: February 24, 1947 Stars: Andy Panda, Woody Woodpecker Rating: ★ Review: When James Culhane left Walter Lantz, Dick Lundy remained Lantz’s sole director, until he left...
View ArticleCoo-Coo Bird
Director: Dick Lundy Release Date: June 9, 1947 Stars: Woody Woodpecker Rating: ★★★★ Review: Woody wants to get up early, at 5:00 Am, but he’s kept awake all night, especially by an annoying cuckoo...
View ArticleOverture to William Tell
Director: Dick Lundy Release Date: June 16, 1947 Stars: Wally Walrus Rating: ★★★ Review: ‘Overture to William Tell’ was the second of three Musical Miniatures, a short-lived series similar to ‘Swing...
View ArticlePixie Picnic
Director: Dick Lundy Release Date: May 1, 1948 Stars: Woody Woodpecker (cameo) Rating: ★★★½ Review: ‘Pixie Picnic’ was the last of only three Musical Miniatures, cartoons based on classical music. In...
View ArticleWet Blanket Policy
Director: Dick Lundy Date: August 27, 1948 Stars: Woody Woodpecker, Buzz Buzzard Rating: ★★★★½ Review: ‘Wet Blanket Policy’ uses exactly the same idea as Dick Lundy’s last Donald Duck short, ‘Flying...
View ArticleDrooler’s Delight
Director: Dick Lundy Date: March 25, 1949 Stars: Woody Woodpecker, Buzz Buzzard Rating: ★★★ Review: Woody wants to go and buy a ‘drooler’s delight’ (a large sorbet), but Buzz Buzzard steals his...
View ArticleMaw and Paw
Director: Paul J. Smith Date: August 10, 1953 Stars: Maw and Paw Rating: ★ Review: In the early 1950’s Lantz seemed to be in search of new characters for his cartoons. This cartoon introduces Maw and...
View ArticleA Horse’s Tale
Director: Paul J. Smith Date: February 15, 1954 Stars: Sugarfoot Rating: ★ Review: In their search for new characters the Lantz Studio introduced yet another character after launching Maw and Paw in...
View ArticleConvict Concerto
Director: Don Patterson Date: November 20, 1954 Stars: Woody Woodpecker Rating: ★ Review: In ‘Convict Concerto’ Woody Woodpecker is a piano tuner, who’s ordered by a gangster to play the piano...
View ArticleI’m Cold
Director: Tex Avery Release date: December 20, 1954 Stars: Chilly Willy Rating: ★★★★★ Review: In 1954 Tex Avery left MGM to return to his first employer in the animation field, Walter Lantz, at whose...
View ArticleCrazy Mixed-up Pup
Director: Tex Avery Release date: February 14, 1955 Rating: ★★★ Review: ‘Crazy Mixed-up Pup’ was the second of four cartoon Tex Avery directed at the Walter Lantz studio. Unfortunately, it is not one...
View ArticleThe Legend of Rockabye Point
Director: Tex Avery Release date: April 11, 1955 Stars: Chilly Willy Rating: ★★★★★ ♕ Review: In ‘The Legend of Rockabye Point’ a polar bear tries to steal blue finned tuna from a ship which is guarded...
View ArticleSh-h-h-h-h-h
Director: Tex Avery Release date: June 6, 1955 Rating: ★★★ Review: In ‘Sh-h-h-h-h-h’ small, mustached Mr. Twiddle suffers from “trombonosis”. He tries to calm down his nerves in an extraordinarily...
View ArticlePuny Express
Director: Walter Lantz Release Date: January 22, 1951 Stars: Woody Woodpecker, Buzz Buzzard Rating: ★★★★★ Review: After a squabble with his distributor Universal, and a short fling with United Artists,...
View ArticleWicket Wacky
Director: Walter Lantz Release Date: May 28, 1951 Stars: Woody Woodpecker Rating: ★★½ Review: ‘Wicket Wacky’ opens with Woody Woodpecker playing croquet, disturbing a gopher by doing so. ‘Wicket Wacky’...
View ArticleSling Shot
Director: Walter Lantz Release Date: July 23, 1951 Stars: Woody Woodpecker, Buzz Buzzard, Wally Walrus Rating: ★★★ Review: In ‘Sling Shot’ Woody Woodpecker enters a shooting contest in a Western town....
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