Shorts 1936

by randvan | created - 23 Jun 2012 | updated - 11 Jul 2012 | Public

All short movies I have seen from 1936 ranked from best to worst.

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1. The Country Cousin (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Morty Citymouse invites his cousin Abner Countrymouse for a visit and shows him the ways of the big city, including traps, eating quietly, and busy traffic.

Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,663

2. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

Approved | 16 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Lou Fleischer, Gus Wicke

Votes: 4,025

3. Moving Day (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, with the help of Goofy the iceman, try to move out before the sheriff can sell off their furniture.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,053

4. The CooCoo Nut Grove (1936)

Not Rated | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A visit to a Hollywood nightclub, featuring caricatures of, among others, Walter Winchell, Hugh Herbert, W.C. Fields, Katharine Hepburn, Ned Sparks, Johnny Weissmuller, Lupe Velez, John ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jeane Cowan, Verna Deane, Melvin J. Gibby, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 605

5. Mickey's Circus (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey is ringmaster of a circus for orphans. Donald has a trained sea lion act, and does a bit of juggling himself. Mostly, though, he fights with a baby sea lion who keeps stealing both ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Jayne Shadduck

Votes: 727

6. Three Little Wolves (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Two frivolous pigs blow the "wolf" horn one too many times and Practical Pig ignores them. The Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Wolves capture the pigs and eventually Practical Pig manages to rescue them in nick of time with "Wolf Pacifier."

Directors: Burt Gillett, David Hand | Stars: Alyce Ardell, Leone Le Doux, Bonnie Poe, Billy Bletcher

Votes: 1,743

7. Night Mail (1936)

Approved | 25 min | Short, Documentary

Shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.

Directors: Harry Watt, Basil Wright | Stars: Arthur Clark, John Grierson, Stuart Legg, Robert Rae

Votes: 1,451

8. Donald and Pluto (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Plumber Donald is using a large magnet in his work. When he drops it, it causes trouble for Pluto, especially after Pluto swallows it. Things begin clinging to him, especially his metal dog dish.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Lee Millar, Clarence Nash

Votes: 999

9. Alpine Climbers (1936)

Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Up in the Swiss Alps, Mickey Mouse tangles with a mother eagle, Donald Duck scraps with an edelweiss-stealing goat and Pluto gets inebriated with a St. Bernard.

Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Melvin J. Gibby, Lee Millar

Votes: 1,066

10. Mickey's Polo Team (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse and his friends face off against a team of celebrities in a polo match.

Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Ned Norton

Votes: 795

11. Watch Your Left (1936)

13 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

A boxer is out in the country with his entourage, training for his next fight. Meanwhile, on the farm nearby, Roger is neglecting his chores. As he watches the boxer and his sparring ... See full summary »

Director: René Clément | Stars: Jacques Tati, Max Martel, Louis Robur, Cliville

Votes: 1,439

12. I Love to Singa (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Lou Fulton

Votes: 2,097

13. The Cobweb Hotel (1936)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A spider runs a hotel for flies where he keeps his guests captive. A pair of fly newlyweds arrive and check in. Fortunately, the husband is "flyweight champion". After a pitched battle ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Mae Questel, Jack Mercer

Votes: 486

14. The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)

Unrated | 25 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

This documentary is about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States when a combination of farming practices and environmental factors led to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

Director: Pare Lorentz | Stars: Thomas Chalmers, Bam White

Votes: 751

15. Elmer Elephant (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A little elephant is ashamed of his trunk until he saves his tiger girlfriend with it by using it as a fire hose when her house burns.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Bernice Hansen, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,446

16. Bottles (1936)

10 min | Animation, Short, Musical

A dark and stormy night in a drugstore. The druggist mixes a potion and falls asleep. The skull-and-crossbones on the bottle comes to life and drips the potion on the druggist, shrinking ... See full summary »

Director: Hugh Harman | Stars: The Guardsmen Quartet, Bernice Hansen, Rudolf Ising, Delos Jewkes

Votes: 299

17. Mickey's Rival (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Minnie's old sweetheart Mortimer drops in while she and Mickey are out on a picnic.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Purv Pullen, Sonny Dawson, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 1,313

18. Page Miss Glory (1936)

G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

A bellhop in the No 1. hotel of a smalltown awaiting the arrival of Miss Glory dreams he has to page Miss Glory at a first class hotel in New York, and this turns out to be a nightmare. ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Bernice Hansen, Jackie Morrow, The Varsity Three

Votes: 545

19. Little Swee'pea (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye takes Swee' Pea to the zoo and spends most of his time rescuing the tot from the various animals.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 431

20. Thru the Mirror (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey has been reading Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There", and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is ... See full summary »

Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen, Walt Disney

Votes: 2,797

21. The Blow Out (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Porky figures out that by picking up people's stuff he can get enough change to buy ice-cream sodas. A bomber leaves a time-bomb in and Porky goes at lengths to return it to him without knowing its a bomb.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Geneva Hall, Tex Avery, Joe Dougherty, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 337

22. Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In their quest for survival, the Three Mouseketeers continually outwit Captain Katt. While he is in pursuit of them, the blind mice get mixed up in a collection of bottles, confusing Katt and causing him to be caught in his own traps.

Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig

Votes: 1,187

23. Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A sequel to The Tortoise and the Hare (1935), Max Hare and Toby Tortoise are competing again, this time mismatched in the boxing ring.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Alyce Ardell, Marcellite Garner, Eddie Holden, Leone Le Doux

Votes: 1,515

24. Shanghaied Shipmates (1936)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Porky and some of his fellow sailors are on shore leave in a bar. A pirate captain discovers that his own crew has jumped ship and forces everyone in the bar to become his crew. The captain... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Count Cutelli, Joe Dougherty

Votes: 154

25. Porky the Rain-Maker (1936)

8 min | Animation, Family, Short

The farm is suffering through a terrible drought. Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar. Outside the store, a huckster is selling pills to create all... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Joe Dougherty, Tex Avery, Earle Hodgins, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 269

26. Mickey's Grand Opera (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey is preparing to conduct an opera when he chases Pluto away. Pluto crashes into a magician's props backstage and spars with the hat, its rabbits, and its doves. The opera begins: ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Count Cutelli, Walt Disney, Florence Gill

Votes: 681

27. The Village Smithy (1936)

8 min | Animation, Family, Short

The narrator sets the scene for a warped version of the classic poem, and the hijinks when assistant Porky gives the blacksmith a rubber horseshoe, then a hot horseshoe on the horse's backside by accident.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tedd Pierce, Tex Avery, Joe Dougherty, Earle Hodgins

Votes: 249

28. Somewhere in Dreamland (1935)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Family

In their dreams, two poor and hungry tots enter a fantasy kingdom where there are more sweets than they can eat. But when they wake...

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 750

29. Milk and Money (1936)

8 min | Family, Animation, Short

Porky's father is going to lose his farm. Porky goes to town with his horse and works a milk route, with a warning that if he breaks a bottle he's fired. As he's delivering, cats follow ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Joe Dougherty, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 306

30. Dick Whittington's Cat (1936)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Dick Whittington's cat has a chance to make good in a faraway land infested with rats.

Director: Ub Iwerks

Votes: 129

31. Don't Look Now (1936)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Cupid and a Devil are having fun on St. Valentine's Day with arranging and destroying love affairs. Cupid wins: he knows what to do with a lonely skunk...

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Jack Carr

Votes: 220

32. Cupid Gets His Man (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Colonel Dan Cupid and his matchmaking babies bring together two very difficult people: a prudish spinster and a bulbous-nosed dyspeptic.

Director: Tom Palmer | Star: Walter Tetley

Votes: 158

33. Bold King Cole (1936)

Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Felix the Cat is perched in a tree playing his guitar and serenading himself and a canary with a little ditty called "Nature and Me." It is a beautiful day in cartoon-land but Mother Nature... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Star: Walter Tetley

Votes: 292

34. Never Kick a Woman (1936)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye teaches Olive the art of self-defense, which comes in handy when a woman boxer flirts with him.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 341

35. Mickey's Elephant (1936)

8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

A friend shipped Mickey a baby elephant, Bobo (not, apparently, related to the Warner Bros. Bobo) as a playmate for Pluto. Pluto's first introduction is to Bobo's trunk, through a fence. ... See full summary »

Directors: David Hand, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Don Brodie, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald

Votes: 623

36. Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky (1936)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye is running a women's gymnasium next door to Bluto's cabaret; seeing Popeye's greater success with women, he dresses in drag and challenges Popeye to various feats of strength.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 328

37. The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg (1936)

7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Felix is handing out relief, thanks to a goose that lays golden eggs. The evil Captain Kidd sees the goose and breaks into Felix's house to get it. He brings the goose to his pirate ship. ... See full summary »

Directors: Burt Gillett, Tom Palmer | Star: Walter Tetley

Votes: 312

38. The Old Mill Pond (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Music

The fish and frogs gather at the old mill pond to hear a jazz concert. Performers include caricatures of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and tap dancer Bill Robinson ("Bojangles").

Director: Hugh Harman | Stars: Harland Evans, The Four Blackbirds, Geraldine Harris

Votes: 337

39. Orphans' Picnic (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Mickey and Donald take a truckload of mouse boys on a picnic. The boys delight in tormenting Donald, first by filching the picnic food, then giving him a flower with a bee inside (Donald ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Clarence Nash

Votes: 607

40. Be Human (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty Boop is incensed at her farmer neighbor's cruelty to his animals. But the inventive Grampy knows how to teach him a lesson.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Gus Wicke, Mae Questel

Votes: 312

41. I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski (1936)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye takes Olive mountain climbing. Bluto sets various traps for them along the way, which Popeye manages to overcome. They get to the top, and Bluto pushes Popeye off a cliff and starts ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 278

42. Little Beau Porky (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short

Porky's in the foreign legion. But he's not allowed to fight; all he can do is scrub camels, and he's not particularly good at that. The other soldiers ride off to find the evil Ali Mode, ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Joe Dougherty

Votes: 331

43. Mother Pluto (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

A hen has taken up residence in Pluto's doghouse and laid her eggs. She steps out; Pluto comes home and the eggs all hatch, and the chicks take Pluto for mommy and won't let go. Then a ... See full summary »

Director: David Hand | Stars: Purv Pullen, Jayne Shadduck, Pinto Colvig, Florence Gill

Votes: 580

44. Porky's Poultry Plant (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short

Porky is raising chickens, ducks, and geese. Many birds have fallen victim to the hawk, Porky's going to do everything he can to fight back. He takes to the air, but the buzzard calls in ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Louise Currie, Melvin J. Gibby, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster

Votes: 437

45. Disorder in the Court (1936)

Unrated | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

The stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder. The stooges manage to disrupt the proceedings but save the ... See full summary »

Director: Jack White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Nick Baskovitch

Votes: 2,302

46. Neptune Nonsense (1936)

Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Felix is feeding his various pets: a bird, two dogs, and a goldfish. But Annabelle the goldfish is unhappy; she's lonely. Felix sets out to catch her a friend. The fish drag him underwater.... See full summary »

Directors: Burt Gillett, Tom Palmer | Star: Walter Tetley

Votes: 242

47. The Spinach Roadster (1936)

6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

Popeye drives up to take Olive for a ride, but Bluto in his much fancier car does what he can to spoil their jaunt.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 275

48. Little Cheeser (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short

Little Cheeser is a young mouse who thinks he's more grown up than he is. Mama tells him to go to bed, calling him "Mama's little man"; he doesn't want to. His devil side emerges and guides... See full summary »

Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Bernice Hansen, Martha Wentworth

Votes: 151

49. Betty Boop and the Little King (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Little King, comic strip character, meets Betty Boop.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 320

50. To Spring (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Family

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

Directors: Lee Blair, Paul Fennell, William Hanna, Hugh Harman | Stars: Delos Jewkes, J. Donald Wilson

Votes: 387

51. Plane Dippy (1936)

8 min | Animation, Family, Short

Porky Pig joins the Army Air Corps. After overcoming the problems caused by his small stature and surviving the rigors of basic training, Porky gets his first assignment, as a janitor for ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Joe Dougherty, Bernice Hansen, Jack King

Votes: 280

52. Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)

G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 778

53. Rainbow Dance (1936)

4 min | Short, Musical, Animation

The film was made by colorful printing of footage combined with drawing directly on film. The bouncy music drives home the message heard at the end of the film, promoting the GPO (General ... See full summary »

Director: Len Lye | Star: Rupert Doone

Votes: 774

54. Porky in the North Woods (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Jean Batiste catches many of Porky's animal friends in his traps, so Porky follows him and releases the animals as soon as they are trapped. Jean learns of this and captures Porky.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Joe Dougherty, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 425

55. On the Wrong Trek (1936)

Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy

Charlie relates his harrowing vacation to his co-workers, including his encounter with two confused, derby-hatted hitchikers.

Directors: Charley Chase, Harold Law | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Rosina Lawrence

Votes: 474

56. Hold the Wire (1936)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye is wooing Olive on the phone when Bluto comes over. He overhears, taps into the line, and impersonates Popeye. They proceed to have a high-wire fight on the telephone lines outside Olive's house.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 269

57. The Pups' Christmas (1936)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Christmas morning, and two puppies (and their children) are up early. The pups are frightened by a large stuffed dog, a train set, a crying doll, a toy tank, and other toys. By the time the... See full summary »

Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Jayne Shadduck, Bernice Hansen, Leone Le Doux, Dorothy Lloyd

Votes: 210

58. More Kittens (1936)

8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

Thrown out of the house into the backyard, the three kittens are sheltered by a giant Saint Bernard and are tormented by a turtle and a bluebird.

Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen, Esther Campbell

Votes: 307

59. Bridge Ahoy! (1936)

Passed | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Fed up with Bluto's greed with his expensive river ferry service, Popeye, Olive and Wimpy decide to undermine the bully by building a bridge instead.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Lou Fleischer, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 276

60. Brotherly Love (1936)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Inspired by Olive's preaching of the value of brotherly love, Popeye takes a walk through the city doing good deeds.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 298

61. When I Yoo Hoo (1936)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

It's the Weavers vs. the Mathews in Hickory Holler. The Weavers are singing (the title song), the Mathews are sleeping. They wake up and start shooting, which ends the song. A Weaver ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Smiley Burnette, Roy Rogers

Votes: 173

62. Play Safe (1936)

Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A little boy jumps on a real train and learns a lesson about safety.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jimmie Cushman, Gertrude Lawrence, James Miller

Votes: 258

63. Toonerville Trolley (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

The Skipper's morning trolley run is disrupted by several forces; first, a steep hill where all his passengers get out to help push and are left behind. Next, Molly Moo-Cow chases after the... See full summary »

Directors: Burt Gillett, Tom Palmer

Votes: 121

64. The Pups' Picnic (1936)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Two little puppies, one black, one brown, are underfoot as a woman is laying out a picnic on the edge of a forest. The black one noses around a stack of sandwiches and a roast turkey, and ... See full summary »

Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Count Cutelli, Melvin J. Gibby

Votes: 152

65. Bluebeard (1936)

13 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

Perrault's fairy tale presented in claymation with choral voices. Bluebeard goes courting, all six of his wives having died. He arrives at the house of a widow with two daughters. He's ... See full summary »

Directors: René Bertrand, Jean Painlevé

Votes: 385

66. Porky's Pet (1936)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Porky and his pet ostrich, Lulu, get invited to perform on Broadway for $75/week. But first they have to get there, and the train conductor won't let the ostrich board. Porky sneaks her on.... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Joe Dougherty

Votes: 181

67. It's a Greek Life (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Animation, Family

Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the... See full summary »

Director: Dan Gordon

Votes: 111

68. At Your Service Madame (1936)

TV-Y | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A W. C. Fields look-a-like con man tries to get the money out of the safe of a rich widow, but her children are making it a little bit too difficult and dangerous.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Bernice Hansen, Tedd Pierce, Martha Wentworth

Votes: 130

69. Boom Boom (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Family, War, Animation

World War I, apparently. There is a series of quick blackout gags, including a soldier that throws the pin, is blown sky-high by the grenade, and is caught in a net by an ambulance driver; ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Joe Dougherty, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 231

70. Happy Days (1936)

9 min | Animation, Short

Pinhead is ridiculed by the other boys on the way to the fishing hole.

Director: Ub Iwerks | Star: Tommy Bupp

Votes: 128

71. Hawaiian Birds (1936)

Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A funny and great short film about birds In hawaii

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Elvia Allman, James Brought, Ellen Drew, Jack Mercer

Votes: 195

72. Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Greedy Humpty Dumpty's wall of gold is not enough. He wants all the gold in the sun, too.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jack Mercer, Gus Wicke, Mae Questel

Votes: 221

73. A Clean Shaven Man (1936)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

That's what Olive wants. To even the score, the boys visit Wimpy's barber shop. Wimpy is out, so they shave each other; you'd think Popeye would know better than to let Bluto at him with a razor.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 311

74. Alpine Antics (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Prolog: various animals enjoy winter sports. Beans sees a notice of a ski race, and decides to enter. But so does a bad guy (who looks more than a little like Disney's Pete). The bad guy ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Jack Carr, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 340

75. The Phantom Ship (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Beans flies to the frozen north with Ham and Ex as stowaways. They explore an old pirate ship where the crew have been frozen in time. A lit stove thaws them out and a chase ensues.

Director: Jack King | Stars: Tommy Bond, Bernice Hansen, Shirley Reed

Votes: 222

76. The Early Bird and the Worm (1936)

9 min | Animation, Short

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

Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Marion Darlington, Charles Mack, George Moran, The Rhythmettes

Votes: 230

77. Let It Be Me (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Rooester Bingo, a popular radio crooner, takes a girl, to whom her boy-friend was just about to propose, for a ride to the city. But Bingo soon gets bored of her and when she makes a scene ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jack Carr, Jeane Cowan, Bernice Hansen, Billy Paye

Votes: 245

78. I'm a Big Shot Now (1936)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The citizens of Birdville are going about their business: weaving baskets, patronizing the bank (depositing nuts and worms), etc. In the saloon, a gangster type sings the title song, mugs a... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Abe Dinovitch

Votes: 169

79. A Waif's Welcome (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Troublemaking kid not happy with new adopted brother.

Director: Tom Palmer

Votes: 112

80. I'm in the Army Now (1936)

Approved | 6 min | Comedy, Animation, Family

To impress Olive, Bluto and Popeye try to convince an Army recruiter to sign him up.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 358

81. Fish Tales (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Porky's going fishing, but his boat careens out of control. He finally settles in and quickly catches several fish, then falls asleep with his line in the water. While he sleeps, a fish ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Count Cutelli, Joe Dougherty, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 242

82. I Wanna Be a Life Guard (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye applies for a lifeguard job when he sees Olive in the pool, but Bluto also wants the job (and Olive). The manager, Wimpy, asks them to demonstrate their skills in a contest. Popeye ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Lou Fleischer, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 369

83. I Wanna Play House (1936)

TV-G | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Two bear cubs, one black, one brown, frolic near their sleeping father. The black one chases a turtle, who turns around and nips him on the nose. The brown one laughs at this; the black one... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Bernice Hansen

Votes: 132

84. Two Little Pups (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

A hen tries to get something to eat from a garden, but is chased around the yard by the titular pups.

Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Frieda Worthington, Dorothy Lloyd

Votes: 99

85. Ali Baba (1936)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Ali Baba senior and his son Ali Baba live in poverty. One day they happen to see the Forty Thieves enter their cave. After the thieves leave, Ali Baba and his son enter the cave and start ... See full summary »

Directors: Ub Iwerks, Shamus Culhane, Al Eugster

Votes: 133

86. More Pep (1936)

Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In a return to the 'Out of the Inkwell' format, Betty Boop invents a 'pep' formula to speed up lazy Pudgy, but it escapes into the 'real world' with rapid results.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Max Fleischer, Mae Questel

Votes: 206

87. Rose Hobart (1936)

Unrated | 19 min | Short

Footage selected from 'East of Borneo' and other films is arranged and edited so as to highlight actress Rose Hobart.

Director: Joseph Cornell | Stars: Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart, Noble Johnson, Georges Renavent

Votes: 1,007

88. Trolley Ahoy (1936)

8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Mr. Bang bets the Skipper ten dollars he can't get the trolley to arrive at the train station on time.

Director: Tom Palmer

Votes: 107

89. Toonerville Picnic (1936)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The doctor prescribes rest and relaxation at the beach for the hot-tempered Mr. Bang, who ends up suffering a crowded trolley, a hiccuping dog, an uncooperative beach chair and a goofy octopus.

Director: Burt Gillett

Votes: 108

90. The Cat Came Back (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short

Momma cat is teaching her kittens to catch mice. Meanwhile, across the basement, Momma mouse is teaching her little ones how to avoid cats. One of each of the kids sneaks out; they meet in ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Elvia Allman, Bernice Hansen, The Rhythmettes

Votes: 217

91. The Little Stranger (1936)

Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A stranger deposits an egg in a duck's nest; it hatches as a baby chicken. It doesn't fit in well with its three duckling nestmates, particularly when it comes to swimming. Momma tries to ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Margaret Carthew, Ruth Clifford, Beatrice Coleman, Jack Mercer

Votes: 154

92. Toy Town Hall (1936)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A child would rather listen to the radio than go to bed, but mother insists. He sleeps, but at midnight, his toys come alive and put on a show for him (much of it recycled, though often with different backgrounds, from earlier cartoons).

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Bernice Hansen, Peter Lind Hayes, Jackie Morrow, Cliff Nazarro

Votes: 205

93. Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Baseball. The Chicago Giants, led by rooster pitcher Dizzy Dan, are playing the Hicksville team. Dan arrives in Hicksville and sings the title song while eyeing local pitcher Claude's girl.... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jack Carr, Melvin J. Gibby, Bernice Hansen, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 214

94. I'd Love to Take Orders from You (1936)

G | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short

Quitting time for a scarecrow. He gets home, and his little boy scares him. To the title song, he teaches his son the basics of scare-crowing. Bedtime for junior; he prays to be a big ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tommy Bond, Count Cutelli

Votes: 203

95. Little Boy Blue (I) (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Big Bad Wolf stalks Little Bo Peep and steals one of her sheep. She enlists Little Boy Blue and a dancing scarecrow to assist her and her mischievous black sheep in rescuing it. Singing, dancing, hilarity and impalement ensue.

Director: Ub Iwerks | Stars: Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, Jack Mercer

Votes: 174

96. Every Sunday (1936)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Two teenage girls lend their fantastic singing voices to the cause when the city council threatens to replace the orchestra led by one girl's grandfather as the regular entertainment at the Sunday concert-in-the-park series.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, Jack Lindquist, Clem Bevans

Votes: 576

97. Betty Boop and Little Jimmy (1936)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty tries a regime of exercise, but her weight loss gets out of hand. She sings "Keep Your Girlish Figure."

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Clarence Nash, Mae Questel

Votes: 263

98. Bingo Crosbyana (1936)

G | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short

A characterization of Bing Crosby as a fly, who comes down to woo all the other insects with his singing talent, and aerial skills.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Bernice Hansen, Billy Paye, The Rhythmettes

Votes: 286

99. What -- No Spinach? (1936)

Passed | 6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

As Popeye makes an order at Bluto's diner, Wimpy causes a fight between them with his shameless mooching.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Lou Fleischer, Jack Mercer, Gus Wicke

Votes: 283

100. Porky's Moving Day (1936)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

A woman's house, on the side of the cliff, is about to fall into the sea, due to waves washing away the cliff. In a panic, she call's Porky's moving company. Porky's assistant, a former ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Elvia Allman, Joe Dougherty, Joe Twerp

Votes: 135



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