Directing

George Rufle

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Plane DumbPlane Dumb · 1932
Plane Dumb
5.01932
MovieAnimationComedy
After crash landing in Africa, Tom and Jerry masquerade as Africans in a futile attempt to adapt to a strange environment.
Popeye Makes a MoviePopeye Makes a Movie · 1950
Popeye Makes a Movie
7.31950
MovieAnimationComedy
Popeye and Olive prepare to make a movie while his nephews watch. The movie is a significant portion of Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves, which makes up over 80% of this release (beginning with Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy suffering in the desert), and despite admonitions, the nephews get involved a couple times, most notably tossing Popeye his can of spinach.
DoughnutsDoughnuts · 1933
Doughnuts
9.51933
MovieAnimation
Tom and Jerry are doughnut-makers competing against an assortment of weirdos for first prize at a bakers' convention.
Barnyard BunkBarnyard Bunk · 1932
Barnyard Bunk
6.01932
MovieAnimationComedy
An old farmer has let his entire farm go and it is falling down around him, with mice taking over. Tom and Jerry (the human versions, not the cat and mouse) show up with magical saxophones, and the music has amazing effects on the farm. A chicken lays dozens of eggs, a cow gives gallons and gallons and gallons of milk, and two woodpeckers don't just peck a tree, they cut it down and split it into firewood. Even the farmer's well changes, filling with beer (by the mug of course) instead of water. The farmer trades Tom and Jerry a huge bag of money for the saxophones, but he gets the better deal - the bag is full of the mice from the start of the cartoon, and they carry Tom and Jerry off to throw them into the pond.
A Wolf in Sheik's ClothingA Wolf in Sheik's Clothing · 1948
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
8.31948
MovieAnimation
Popeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and freshen up a bit; Olive muses aloud that she'd like to kiss a sheik. A sheik, looking a lot like Bluto, happens to overhear this and sets up a kissing booth. He carries her away to his luxurious tent. Popeye finally finishes up and notices Olive is gone; he chases after her, but his camel suffers a blowout. Meanwhile, the sheik has been wooing Olive. Popeye arrives, and after briefly sharing the hookah with the sheik, tries to leave with Olive. The sheik will have none of it; he wraps Popeye like a mummy and fires him with a cannon into the sphinx. Fortuitously, there's a can of spinach inside, and Popeye saves the day.
In the BagIn the Bag · 1932
In the Bag
6.01932
MovieAnimationComedy
Tom and Jerry crash their plane in the cartoon wild, wild west. Surreal hi-jinx involving a vicious outlaw and robbery ensue.
Happy HoboesHappy Hoboes · 1933
Happy Hoboes
7.31933
MovieAnimationComedy
Tom and Jerry are hoboes, but the city is demolishing the hobo camp. They hop a ride on a freight train. The train comes to a lumber camp, where the Chinese cook has just prepared a huge platter of roast chicken; he invites the train people to eat, but hundreds of bums descend. He chases them off, into a log slide, and they end up right back in the original camp.
Sing Again Of MichiganSing Again Of Michigan · 1951
Sing Again Of Michigan
7.01951
MovieAnimation
The final Screen Songs short. Blackout gags involving various Michigan-related scenarios, from Traverse City all the way to Detroit. Along with that, a "follow-the-bouncing-ball" singalong to Irving Berlin's "I Want to Go Back to Michigan (Down on the Farm)".

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A Wolf in Sheik's ClothingA Wolf in Sheik's Clothing · 1948
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
8.31948
MovieAnimation
Popeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and freshen up a bit; Olive muses aloud that she'd like to kiss a sheik. A sheik, looking a lot like Bluto, happens to overhear this and sets up a kissing booth. He carries her away to his luxurious tent. Popeye finally finishes up and notices Olive is gone; he chases after her, but his camel suffers a blowout. Meanwhile, the sheik has been wooing Olive. Popeye arrives, and after briefly sharing the hookah with the sheik, tries to leave with Olive. The sheik will have none of it; he wraps Popeye like a mummy and fires him with a cannon into the sphinx. Fortuitously, there's a can of spinach inside, and Popeye saves the day.

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