Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1
Contents of the Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray.
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- DirectorTex AveryStarsElvia AllmanSara BernerDaws ButlerThe characters of the traditional fairy tale demand a new approach to the story as a sexy urban comedy with Red as a nightclub singer.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsKent RogersTex AverySara BernerA man is murdered in an isolated mansion, and the detective tries to find out whodunit. But the house he's investigating is decidedly haunted, and he never knows just what's 'round the next corner.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerWilliam HannaPat McGeehanTwo buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsPinto ColvigWilliam HannaLeone Le DouxA series of visual gags about baseball. One running gag has an angry fan screaming "Kill the ump!" Be careful what you wish for.....
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerFrank GrahamCal HowardIn this triangle drama a country chicken chooses between a country rooster and a city rooster.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsWilliam HannaHarry LangPat McGeehanA cute and very tormented kitten is bullied by an incomparably evil bulldog, who lives to know better after a black cat crosses his path.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerTex AveryWilliam HannaWhen Spike tries to bury a bone, he finds a belligerent gopher, setting off an escalating battle.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerA poor, sick cobbler, given the last crust of bread in the house by his wife, feeds it instead to some birds that are really shoemaker elves. They show their gratitude by finishing all his work while he and his wife are asleep. This provides Tex Avery a chance to show off lots of shoe gags.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsJohn BrownAt the gates of Heaven, the admitting officials have a hard time understanding a newcomer's life story with all his contemporary slang.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsWilliam HannaCal HowardWally MaherA screwy squirrel provokes a pedigreed birddog to chase him throughout the picture.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerBilly BletcherPinto ColvigScrewy Squirrel is pursued by a truant officer.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerPaul FreesFrank GrahamTo prove he's a true Indian Brave, Big Heel-Watha decides to catch a squirrel - but wouldn't you know it; Screwy Squirrel is the first one he sees...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerWally MaherScrewy Squirrel is bought in a pet shop to be the companion of a daft dog so strong that he squeezes his playmates to death.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryDick NelsonGeorge and Junior get a job as dog catchers, but are increasingly frustrated in their attempts to catch one measly little dog.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryDick NelsonForest rangers George and Junior try to snuff out a frisky flame with a sparky personality that threatens to set the forest alight...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonFrank GrahamThe Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryWilliam HannaPat McGeehanA millionaire with two dogs (Spike and Droopy) leaves his fortune to Droopy with the stipulation that should he be killed the entire fortune will revert to Spike. Guess what Spike is up to?
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerFrank GrahamDon MessickDroopy and Spike compete in a series of athletics contests, and no prizes for guessing who starts cheating...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerSimilar in tone to The Chump Champ (1950), but this time Droopy and Spike are in competition for a circus acrobat's job.