Rudolf Ising Movies

Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.

The Deacon is on his way to church in the Deep South and sees a brother from the congregation setting out to do some Sunday fishing. The preacher...

A hound chases a young rabbit, ultimately cornering him against a tree. But the dog doesn't want to eat the rabbit, just make friends. The bunny...

A trio of belfry-dwelling bats explain to us, musically (and demonstrate), why they are associated with nuttiness. Especially the smallest.

A mannequin in the city dump improvises a working piano from junk, then plays and sings the title song. Various discarded items join in with song or...

This cartoon is by Rudy Ising, and is the last of a long line of black animal musicals done at MGM in the late 30s and early 40s.

A Happy Harmonie with Bosko.

A circus parade, to the title tune. Next, a series of sideshow acts: the wild boy, the rubber man, siamese twin pigs, a tattooed man, a hula-dancing...

A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then a snake and two crows join the chase.

In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.

A mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores. A big black spider dresses up as a maid...

Barney's an aviation mechanic for the Army. His plane is a cute little prop that's not only much smaller than the jets but much more anthropomorphic.

Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours.

Alice and her friends decide to go to the park and have a picnic. Everything is going well until a gang of rats steals their food. Alice and her...

Barney sets off in search of honey to compensate for wartime rationing, but his various gadgets don't always work out the way they were intended.

Papa Bear attempts to give the family's pet canary a bath. An MGM Bear Family cartoon.

A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil large predator.

Bosko has a grand time on the farm, dancing with a cow, playing a horse's tail like a violin and getting drunk with three pigs.

An expectant father rooster fetches doctor stork, who comes out with a basket full of white chicks and one little black one, who gets crowded out of...

Bosko is a brave little boxer who battles the champion, Gas House Harry. The enormous brute proves a bit much, even for a plucky underdog. Some of...