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1. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
G | 135 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories.
Directors: Henry Levin, George Pal | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Karlheinz Böhm, Walter Slezak
Votes: 2,168 | Gross: $14.17M
2. John Henry and the Inky-Poo (1946)
7 min | Animation, Short
John Henry springs to life as a full-grown man, and in no time at all establishes himself as the mightiest steel-driver around. When a newfangled steel-driving machine threatens his livelihood, he sets out to beat it in a one-on-one race.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Rex Ingram, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 299
3. Tubby the Tuba (1947)
Passed | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In this puppetoon, the tuba is dissatisfied with his role in an orchestra of self-playing instruments; he meets a bullfrog who gives him some good advice.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Victor Jory, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 320
4. The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986)
93 min | Documentary
An endearing tribute to the father of fantasy and science fiction filmmaking - Oscar winner George Pal . Five decades of the visionary film makers groundbreaking works are presented via rare interviews and dynamic movie scenes.
Director: Arnold Leibovit | Stars: Zsoka Pal, Duke Goldstone, Ray Harryhausen, Gene Warren
Votes: 222
5. The Little Broadcast (1943)
8 min | Animation, Short
A high-brow violinist at a concert hall does not enjoy the gypsy-themed swing performance of Jim Dandy and his orchestra.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Sam Edwards, Joe Venuti
Votes: 79
6. A Hatful of Dreams (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Stars love-struck Punchy and Judy in their first Puppetoon. Down-on-his-luck Punchy obtains a magical straw hat from a plucky talking horse to win over Judy and in the process transforms into Aladdin and Superman © Arnold Leibovit
Director: George Pal | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Paul Hilton, Jack Mather, Allan Watson
Votes: 16
7. Tulips Shall Grow (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
A carefree boy and a young girl find their idyllic countryside invaded by an army of mindlessly destructive robots.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Rex Ingram, Victor Jory
Votes: 613
8. Jasper Goes Fishing (1943)
Animation, Short
Director: George Pal | Stars: Sara Berner, Clifford Holland, Glenn Leedy
Votes: 32
9. Jasper Goes Hunting (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jasper and Scarecrow daydream elephant hunting in the jungles of a Technicolor Congo. First-time Bugs Bunny cameo outside of a Warner Bros. cartoon and the only time in a stop-motion and cel animation sequence © Arnold Leibovit
Directors: George Pal, Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Alvin Childress, Glenn Leedy
Votes: 71
10. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1943)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bartholomew Cubbins has SO MANY HATS. Every time he removes one in the presence of the King, it is replaced magically with another. This enrages the King, who brings him to trial, and to the ultimate sentence.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Dix Davis, Victor Jory, Billy Bletcher, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 114
11. Jasper and the Haunted House (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short
George Pal eventually became famous as the mastermind behind big-budget, wildly imaginative live-action features like TOM THUMB, THE TIME MACHINE and THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO. But he drew... See full summary »
Director: George Pal | Stars: Alvin Childress, Carlyle Scott Chorus, Glenn Leedy, Carlyle Leon Scott
Votes: 139
12. Together in the Weather (1946)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Judy lives in the fair-weather clock and Punchy over in the foul-weather, but Judy, a lovely blonde de-icer and no shrinking violet, has aspirations of luring Punchy into taking up ... See full summary »
Director: George Pal | Star: Byron Kane
Votes: 65
13. Jasper and the Beanstalk (1945)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
This adaptation of the famous fairy tale finds Jasper trading Scarecrow his jaw harp harmonica for a handful of beans.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Peggy Lee, Sara Berner, Alvin Childress, Glenn Leedy
Votes: 88
14. Good Night Rusty (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In a wild vision, Rusty gets his comeuppance by a horde of gigantic cigars after naughtily smoking one and becoming ill © Arnold Leibovit
Director: George Pal | Star: Sara Berner
15. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Third of the seven Academy Award® nominated Puppetoons for Best Animated Short Subject and the second based on a story by Dr. Seuss. Marco, a young boy re-imagines progressively more elaborate scenes on Mulberry Street.
Director: George Pal | Star: Gary Gray
Votes: 98
16. Western Daze (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
George Pal's first Paramount Puppetoon features Jim Dandy time travelling across The Great Divide to the Old West where he's tricked by horse thieves Grabit and Hide, and smitten by Prunella, the rancher's daughter.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Pat McGeehan, Dick Nelson
Votes: 11
17. Jasper and the Watermelons (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Action
Jasper's desire for a ripe, red watermelon leads him to fabulous Watermelonland where he meets adventures that lessen his desire for watermelon and increases his wish to be back in the security of his Mammy's arms.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Roy Glenn, Victor Jory, Ben Carter, Carlyle Scott Chorus
Votes: 50
18. Wilbur the Lion (1947)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Wilbur, a retired circus performer, is sent back to the jungle only to find his home has lost its appeal. Wilbur sets out to be re-captured by hunters to return as the star act of the circus © Arnold Leibovit
Director: George Pal | Stars: Billy Bletcher, William Forman, Roy Glenn, Leone Le Doux
Votes: 13
19. Mr. Strauss Takes a Walk (1942)
9 min | Animation, Short
Mr. Strauss, with the help of the forest animals, composes his greatest waltz.
Director: George Pal
Votes: 62
20. Jasper Tell (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell Overture" is the score for this colorful re-imagining of the Swiss folk hero as played by Scarecrow with Jasper as his son. © Arnold Leibovit
Director: George Pal | Stars: Sara Berner, Roy Glenn, Alvin Childress, Rex Ingram
21. Bravo, Mr. Strauss (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
As the goose-stepping "Screwball Army" pillages Europe, a statue of Mr. Strauss (a symbol to defeat Hitler) comes to life with violin in hand. Like a Pied Piper, Strauss leads the nuts and bolts to drown in the Danube River.
Director: George Pal | Star: Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 16
22. Hoola Boola (1941)
9 min | Animation, Short
A shipwrecked Jim Dandy's raft washes up on a tropical island, where he meets a beautiful hula dancer and is later captured by a tribe of cannibals.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Pat McGeehan, Eloise Rawitzer, Victor Jory, Rex Ingram
Votes: 78
23. Olio for Jasper (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
Jasper gets tough with the Scarecrow when the latter tries to steal his yo-yo. The Scarecrow, anxious to have the yo-yo just so Jasper will no longer have the yo-yo, tries a new approach, ... See full summary »
Director: George Pal
Votes: 40
24. Jasper's Music Lesson (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In this flight of fantasy, Scarecrow persuades Jasper to practice his piano with Frédéric Chopin's "Waltz in C Sharp Minor" boogie-woogie style.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Alvin Childress, Glenn Leedy
Votes: 12
25. My Man Jasper (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Scarecrow and the Crow trick Jasper out of all of his possessions. The Crow reads to the Scarecrow from Jasper's book. The Scarecrow falls asleep and dreams he is on trial for stealing Jasper's property.
Director: George Pal | Star: Glenn Leedy
Votes: 14
26. Say Ah, Jasper (1944)
Animation, Short
Director: George Pal | Stars: Alvin Childress, Glenn Leedy
27. Rhapsody in Wood (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short
Musician Woody Herman tells a tale how his Grandpappy chopped the wood that became the clarinet he plays.
Director: George Pal | Star: Woody Herman
Votes: 34
28. Date with Duke (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Music
Duke Ellington at the piano conducts a group of puppet perfume bottles playing his "Perfume Suite."
Director: George Pal | Stars: Duke Ellington, Walter Tetley
Votes: 71
29. Dipsy Gypsy (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
First year Madcap Models Puppetoon starring Jim Dandy, a romantic serenading violinist who falls in love with Ninia the Gypsy. Features a jazzed musical rendition of Franz Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" © Arnold Leibovit
Director: George Pal | Stars: Pat McGeehan, Eloise Rawitzer, Billy Bletcher, Mel Blanc
30. The Gay Knighties (1941)
Passed | 9 min | Animation, Short, Romance
Jim Dandy stars as Sir Archibald Cornwall, a wandering troubadour, who meets a silly giant Ogre he charms with his musical lute playing Frédéric Chopin's "Minute Waltz" (Op. 64 No.1) © Arnold Leibovit
Director: George Pal | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Rex Ingram, Victor Jory, Pat McGeehan
Votes: 8
31. Package for Jasper (1944)
Animation, Short
Jasper orders an harmonica with playing instructions through the mail. Scarecrow takes an interest in it and wants to play it. He tells how he had a rousing crowd come to hear him play onstage at Kornegie Hall.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, Alvin Childress, Leo Diamond
Votes: 8
32. The Truck That Flew (1943)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short
A young boy is tired of hearing fairy tales as bedtime stories. He decides that he'd rather think about the everyday items he likes, particularly trucks. He dreams that his bed turns into a... See full summary »
Director: George Pal | Star: Sara Berner
Votes: 7
33. Jasper's Close Shave (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Set against Gioachino Rossini's "Figaro Aria" from "The Barber of Seville Opera", Jasper gets his first shave from Scarecrow but receives more than he bargained for in this humorous whirlwind of split-second animation © Arnold Leibovit
Director: George Pal | Stars: Sara Berner, Roy Glenn, Alvin Childress, Allan Watson
34. Jasper and the Choo-Choo (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jasper is tricked into a game of craps by Scarecrow and Blackbird that soon transforms into a fantasy world of oversized dice come alive. Outstanding kinetic stop-motion animation cadenced to Dixieland Jazz.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Alvin Childress, Glenn Leedy
35. Shoe Shine Jasper (1947)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short
Scarecrow departs for a Jitterbug dance contest leaving Jasper behind to shine shoes. Out of the blue a heavenly light bestows Jasper with magic golden shoes powering him to win the dance contest.
Directors: George Pal, George Jordan | Stars: Rex Ingram, Victor Jory
Votes: 11
36. Sky Princess (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A prince in a flying ship sails up to a castle in the clouds in order to rescue a beautiful sleeping princess from a wicked witch. A big-eared guard named Hocus finds himself unwilling to thwart true love.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Lottie Salisbury
Votes: 44
37. Two Gun Rusty (1944)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Rusty imagines a fantastic adventure in the Old West where he plays all the characters. Features the song "Down in Sante Fe". The popular cowboy star Hopalong Cassidy is pictured © Arnold Leibovit
Director: George Pal
38. Hotlip Jasper (1945)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short
Jasper recovers a valuable horn, blows a few licks of "Flight of the Bumble Bee" and becomes a star.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Rex Ingram, Victor Jory
Votes: 14