All Films

Censored

1944 • 3 min • United States of America

Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his letter through uncensored is thwarted by a resourceful (and unseen) censor with an array of contraptions and booby traps. Not even Snafu's carrier pigeon can avoid the censor -- not when he has a hawk for an assistant. Technical Fairy, First Class, comes to the rescue and agrees to deliver the letter -- but he has good reason to say that he'll hate himself in the morning.

Sheriff of Sundown

1944 • 55 min • United States of America

Bringing his large cattle herd to Sundown, rancher Tex Jordan must sell his cattle to corrupt baron Jack Hatfield. He does OK but learns Hatfield is cheating the small outfits. When one refuses to sell he is murdered and Tex then decides to stay and take up the fight. He is appointed a special Agent by the Governor but unknonw to him the Governor's Secretary is a spy for Hatfield and reveals his plans.

Cold Comfort

1944 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.

The Green Line

1944 • 5 min • United States of America

In the town of Nowhere, the main street is divided by a broad green line. The mice live on one side. The cats live on the other, and never cross over the line, until an evil spirit convinces one of the cats to cross the line. Chaos ensues until Mighty Mouse arrives to defeat the evil spirit cat in a battle in the sky. The evil spirit cat crashes to the ground and burns up in a flaming pile!

San Antonio Kid

1944 • 54 min • United States of America

A geologist has found oil on the neighboring ranches and teams up with Ace who has his gang create a reign of terror to get the ranchers to sell out. But to get rid of Red Ryder, Ace sends for the San Antonio Kid. Arriving, the Kid has a freak accident and Red comes along to save his life. When the Kid later meets with Ace he learns that Red is the man he has been paid to kill. Written by Maurice Van Auken

The Champion of Justice

1944 • 6 min • United States of America

A Terrytoons cartoon released 17 March 1944. An elderly couple (human, not animal) dies, leaving their substantial estate to their mice, who had befriended them. A distant nephew, Willy the Spender, is outraged, and he takes the mice to court in an effort to destroy them! The judge decides in favor of the mice. This really whizzes off Willy the Spender, and he goes after the mice! Can Mighty Mouse save them in time?

Soldier, Sailor

1944 • 51 min • United Kingdom

Life aboard merchant ships with the Maritime Regiment of the Royal Artillery.

The Negro Soldier

1944 • 43 min • United States of America

Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

It's Murder

1944 • 9 min • United States of America

Documentary short film explaining the need for secrecy in the exchange of sensitive government information, so as to prevent sabotage or subversion of the American war effort.

Amoozin' But Confoozin'

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

Lil' Abner is tired of his daily environment.

How to Play Golf

1944 • 8 min • United States of America

Goofy shows us, in his inimitable way, the fundamentals of golf, guided as usual by the somewhat sarcastic narrator.

11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"

1944 • 10 min • United States of America

A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Coast Guard Band, led by singer Rudy Vallee, and saluting the Naval branches of the military.

Riders of the Santa Fe

1944 • 60 min • United States of America

Tom Benner controls the town and the water supply. When his stooge Mayor rebels, he has him killed and replaced with Bullseye Johnson who immediately brings in Matt Canway as the town Marshal. Conway doesn't carry a gun but he is soon on to Benner and out to prove that Benner has altered the survey lines to obtain the water rights.

The Henpecked Rooster

1944 • 8 min • United States of America

Herman tries to get fed but has to watch out for two crazy roosters.

Pride of the Plains

1944 • 55 min • United States of America

Dan Hurley wants to sell wild horses and is trying to get the Wild Game Laws that protect them changed. To get his petition signed, his henchman paints his trained horse to look like the wild horse leader and has it kill a man. Johnny Revere finds traces of paint on a horse and tries to arrest Hurley and his men. But he is captured by the gang and is now slated to be the next victim of the trained horse.

Cyclone Prairie Rangers

1944 • 56 min • United States of America

It's World War 2 and saboteurs are out to destroy the ranchers food crop. Steve Travis and sidekick Cannonball have been called in to investigate. Avoiding the attempts on his life by the gang, Steve uses a pair of eyeglasses to discover their leader, a supposedly deaf mute shoe repairman.

Outlaws of Santa Fe

1944 • 56 min • United States of America

After bank robber Bob Hackett (Don "Red" Barry) learns that his real father was a marshal, he reforms and travels with his pal Buckshot (Wally Vernon) to Santa Fe, where his father was killed. When he stands up to rustlers working for Henry Jackson (Herbert Heyes), Hackett is made the new marshal.

Buckaroo Bugs

1944 • 8 min • United States of America

Red Hot Ryder is sent to catch the Masked Marauder (Bugs Bunny) who is terrorizing a small Western town.

Partners of the Trail

1944 • 57 min • United States of America

A United States marshal uncovers a plot to steal the valuable gold-laden property of ranchers.

Thundering Gun Slingers

1944 • 59 min • United States of America

When Billy Carson's uncle is lynched as a supposed rustler, Billy arrives looking for the murderers. He finds that Steve Kirby holds a forged note on his Uncle's ranch. When Kirby sees that Billy means trouble for him, he has him framed for murder. Then just as he is inciting the mob to lynch him, Billy's new friend Doc Jones is trying to break him out of jail.

She-Sick Sailors

1944 • 6 min • United States of America

Bluto disguises himself as Superman in order to impress the comic book hero's biggest fan, Olive Oyl. A jealous Popeye becomes a real superhero by eating his spinach.

The Chow Hound

1944 • 3 min • United States of America

Snafu learns of the folly of hoarding and wasting military food supplies.

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

Oklahoma Raiders

1944 • 57 min • United States of America

In this western, two cowboys go to buy fresh horses for the cavalry and end up taking on two badguys and a female vigilante.