Fontaine Fox

The first of a series of short comedy films based on the famed newspaper cartoons of Fontaine Fox.

Mickey Rooney -- credited as McGuire, as he would be through the run of the series -- inducts a new member into the gang, tries to put little brother Billy Barty to bed for a nap, and wins a basketball game against Stinky Davis' team in this episode of the series.

A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11-year-old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading of a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R.O. Blechman of his own book "Tutto Esaurito" (No Vacancy) about the travels of Mary and Joseph.

An early sound short, where Mickey and the gang put on another show.

Mickey and the gang put on their own circus, but Stinky Davis and his pals constantly try to disrupt it.

The Skipper, on behalf of the new minister, organizes the Follies, in which local rube talent is starred

A Mickey McGuire comedy short starring Mickey Rooney.