Rudolf Ising

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Rudolf Ising

Born August 7, 1903 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died July 18, 1992 · aged 88

Rudolf Ising was an American producer and director of animated short films. Some of the titles he is known for are The Calico Dragon (1935), The Old Mill Pond (1936), The Hound and the Rabbit (1937), Puss Gets the Boot (1940), The Milky Way (1940), and Bats in the Belfry (1942).

Known For

Puss Gets the BootPuss Gets the Boot · 1940
Puss Gets the Boot
★ 7.01940
MovieAnimationComedy
Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".
Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimsonBehind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson · 2007
Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson
2007
MovieDocumentaryAnimation
A look at the career of Warner Bros. animator and director Robert McKimson.
I Like Mountain MusicI Like Mountain Music · 1933
I Like Mountain Music
★ 5.51933
MovieAnimationComedy
After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mussolini, Ignacy Paderewski, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, and Ed Wynn. A robbery sequence features bad guys breaking into the cash register and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the case. King Kong also makes an appearance. A Merrie Melody cartoon.
I Love a ParadeI Love a Parade · 1932
I Love a Parade
★ 5.21932
MovieComedyAnimation
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 hippo, an Indian snake (or goat) charmer. Into the ring, we have a hippo riding a horse (much to the horse's dismay), a high-wire act (again, to the title song), and finally a lion tamer.
Fraidy CatFraidy Cat · 1942
Fraidy Cat
★ 7.31942
MovieAnimationComedy
Tom hears a ghost story on the radio and is spooked by it; Jerry notices this and takes advantage of it, using a variety of tricks to scare Tom.
MerbabiesMerbabies · 1938
Merbabies
★ 6.21938
MovieAnimationMusic
Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on the sea floor, where they interact with a parade of seahorses, starfish and other marine life, before disappearing into the surface from which they came.
Alice the Jail BirdAlice the Jail Bird · 1925
Alice the Jail Bird
★ 4.61925
MovieAnimation
Alice and Julius are riding along on a turtle until they notice someone has left a pie to cool on their third-storey window sill. They swipe it with the aid of the turtle and his elongated neck, but are pursued by a police officer. They try to paddle away across a pond and up a river, but the officer's determined to catch them. He tricks them into his paddy wagon and they end up in prison, where the hijinks continue with a daring jail break.
Plane CrazyPlane Crazy · 1929
Plane Crazy
★ 6.41929
MovieAnimationComedy
Referred as the actual first Mickey Mouse short. Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip.

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Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood · 1922
Little Red Riding Hood
★ 4.91922
MovieComedyAnimation
Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all 9 lives. Mother puts together a basket for Red to take to granny. Red uses her cart, which is pushed by her little dog; the cart gets a flat tire, and she inflates a donut to replace it. A wolf (a human lothario) drives by in a flivver, and dashes off to grandma's house, where he finds a note saying she's gone to the movies. He shrinks his car and stashes it in his pocket, then waits for Red, who stopped to watch a dancing flower. Red arrives, and they go into the house, where he attempts to have his way with her. The dog rushes off and gets help from an airplane pilot, who uses a skyhook to remove the house and, ultimately, lift the wolf in his car and drop him in the lake. Written by Jon Reeves

Animation