Cartoon Shorts

Duration: 1600

Year Published: 1940

Creator: Castle Films

Complete Record: 1.) Old Mother Hubbard 1943 Old Mother Hubbard and her DOG do the king’s laundry but when the DOG wants a bone, there is none. The DOG sets out with the laundry and gets caught by the DOG catcher. He escapes and ends up in the king’s dinner, with his head stuck in a turkey. The turkey is eaten and the bones walk away, angry. The turkey carcass throws a pan at the DOG and he turns into a black man, who sings a song for the king. The king goes to Mother Hubbard’s house and they have a big laundry operation with all the DOGs and sing and are happy. 2.) Don Quixote 1943 Don Quixote is a crazy man in a padded cell. When he reads some fairy tale books, he escapes, having it in his head that he’s a great knight. He goes out on an adventure and hallucinates a variety of foes, from a windmill as a giant to a steam shovel as a dragon. Eventually he tries to rescue a beautiful princess but she turns out to be a manly old woman. He runs back to the mental hospital and burns all the books. 3.) Sinbad the Sailor 1937 Sinbad is sailing on the sea and spots a pirate ship. The pirates try to get him and eventually succeed after a big battle on the ships. Sinbad gets thrown overboard but is saved by his parrot. They wind up on an island where the pirates are burying their treasure. He tries to foil their plan but is caught and winds up strapped to a huge bird, who steals the treasure chest. Sinbad’s parrot saves him again and makes the bird drop him and the treasure onto their boat, where they revel in it. 4.) Gold Rush Mickey (1933 film) 1948 print Mickey is a pianist in a bar when a mean, big DOG comes in and trashes the place. The DOG kidnaps Minnie and Mickey goes on the chase with Pluto. They find the DOG’s cabin and there is a big fight, ending when Pluto makes a snowball smash the cabin and Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto wind up on top of the pile of logs. 5.) Puss ‘N Boots 1946 Story of Puss ‘n Boots. A young man play his bagpipes while a group of kittens play tic tac toe. The kittens fall into water and the boy saves them with his pipes. The father cat, puss ‘n boots asks how he can repay the boy. The boy wishes to save a princess from marrying a big, mean ogre. The boy winds up trapped in a cage with the princess, after they’re turned into little birds. But, the four cats save him from the ogre and turn the ogre into a rat and the birds back into people. They kiss and are happy. 6.) Simple Simon 1945 Simple Simon gets kicked out of his room, then gets in trouble with a baker, whose pies he eats without paying. They have a big chase and eventually, Simon gets away with a sack of gold and the baker is chased off by a lion.