All Films

Do or Diet

1947 • 18 min • United States of America

Edgar's boss gives him a few days off as a reward for being promoted. His wife, Florence, mother-in-law and brother-in-law, think he has been fired for being too fat and, over his fruitless objections, put him on a strenuous reducing program that nearly kills him.

The Wild Frontier

1947 • 58 min • United States of America

Outlaws are in control of the land so the town of Clayton City writes the governor for an honest marshal. That marshal is Frank Lane, who brings his son Rocky with him.

All's Fair at the Fair

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Bluto, the daring hot air balloon rider, catches the eye of Olive at a carnival, much to Popeye's chagrin. Bluto manages to make Popeye look bad several times, eventually winning a ring at the ball toss and taking her up in his balloon. Of course, he tries to get fresh with her, and Popeye comes to the rescue with the help of some fireworks. The hot air balloon gets a bit too hot, putting Olive in even more danger.

Up N' Atom

1947 • 6 min • United States of America

Some cartoons are cat-chasing-mouse plots. Others are dog-chasing-cat plots. What is Up N' Atom? Well, there may be a dog chasing a cat, but this picture is simply anything but that!

The Way to the West

1947 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall.

Pluto's Blue Note

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Pluto wants to sing along with the birds, bee and cricket, but he is tone deaf.

The Hot Stogie

1947 • 2 min • United States of America

A man interacts with an animated cat in a test created by Hugh Harman for a live action/animation optical printing process.

Trail of the Mounties

1947 • 45 min • United States of America

A Canadian mountie is framed for committing crimes, while investigating a gang of criminals.

Foul Hunting

1947 • 6 min • United States of America

Goofy goes duck-hunting.

The Hunchedback Horse

1947 • 57 min • Soviet Union

Adventures of Ivan the Fool and humpbacked horse in the world of kind magical creatures and cruel people.

Marshal of Cripple Creek

1947 • 58 min • United States of America

Tom Lambert arrives and Long John Case gets him into trouble. To protect his wife and son he refuses to talk and is sent to prison. Long John then gets Lambert's son into his outlaw gang but Lambert is told the boy's problems are caused by Red Ryder. So Lambert breaks prison planning to kill Red. [Written by Maurice Van Auken]

The Cat Concerto

1947 • 8 min • United States of America

Tom enters from stage left in white tie and tails, sits at the piano, gets his focus as the orchestra in the pit beneath him warms up, and begins to play Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody". Unbeknownst to Tom and the audience, Jerry is asleep across several of the high-note keys inside the instrument, so Tom's playing eventually wakes him. Jerry is pummeled by hammers, bounced by wires, and squeezed by Tom as the cat tries to play the concerto while dispensing with Jerry. Jerry's defensive antics add to the brio of the program and answer Tom with Jerry's own skillful musical attack. By the concerto's end, the duet leaves only one animal standing for the audience's applause.

Wacky Quacky

1947 • 6 min • United States of America

In this Columbia Color-Phantasy, a role reversal occurs when a hunter sets his sights on Quacky the Duck, and the hunter soon finds himself being pursued by Quacky.

Moscow, Capital of the USSR

1947 • 58 min • Soviet Union

An overview of the history of Moscow from the October Revolution to postwar reconstruction.

The Baby Sitter

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Lulu is babysitting Alvin Jones, a bratty and hyperactive baby. While chasing Alvin through the house, Lulu crashes into a wall and is knocked unconscious when a picture frame falls on her head. This leads into a dream where Lulu is searching for Alvin in a nightclub filled with celebrity babies.

House Hunting Mice

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Mice Hubie and Bertie wander into an automated house of tomorrow.

The Big Party

1947 • 17 min • United States of America

A short film about Mardi Gras in New Orleans from the point of view of those who make Carnival happen.

Safari So Good

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Popeye and Olive are on an African safari, he with a rifle, she with a camera. Olive happens across a Tarzan-like man (Bluto), and she and he are immediately smitten with one another. Popeye catches wind of this and isn't about to stand for the jungle hunk muscling in on his girl. Let the fighting and one-upmanship begin.

Wings for Roger Windsock

1947 • 15 min • United States of America

Young Roger Windsock loves airplanes. One day Roger discovers he has grown a pair of wings, but is dismayed to find out that he cannot fly.

The Stupidstitious Cat

1947 • 6 min • United States of America

Buzzy the Crow is under attack from a cat. But when he finds out that the cat is very superstitious, he uses that against him in all sorts of clever ways.

A Finnish Filmmaker in Hollywood

1947 • 7 min • Finland

Director Arvo Tamminen and actor Tuulikki Paananen visit Hollywood in this documentary film. The two have a look around the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio lot, where they meet MGM's famous lion mascot and some talented elephants. Palm trees sway on the streets of Hollywood, and the narrative captions tell us to watch out for plastic set pieces and vines from a Tarzan film.

Télévision, œil de demain

1947 • 24 min • France

Télévision, oeil de demain predicted smartphones and video calling. The film was based on a premise from the science fiction author René Barjavel, called Cinema Total, 1944.

The Invisible Mouse

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Tom chases Jerry into a bottle of invisible ink, and the now-invisible Jerry proceeds to have fun torturing Tom.

Super Lulu

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Lulu's dream combines "Jack and the Beanstalk" and her favorite superhero comic books.