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George Gordon

Born September 2, 1906

Died May 24, 1986 · aged 79

George Gordon (September 2, 1906 – May 24, 1986) was a film and TV animator and director of animated productions. Starting in film in 1930, he moved to TV in its early days. Gordon is credited with hundreds of cartoons from 1937 through 1983. Gordon began working with animation in 1930 at the Moser-Terry-Coffman Studio as an animator on the Jesse and James and Farmer Al Falfa series . After two y…

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Bat★21Bat★21 · 1988
Bat★21
6.31988
MovieActionWar
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
Polar PestPolar Pest · 1944
Polar Pest
6.81944
MovieAnimationComedy
Barney just wants to hibernate for the winter, but his nephew, just in from the North Pole, has other plans.
Fraidy CatFraidy Cat · 1942
Fraidy Cat
7.41942
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.
Sufferin' Cats!Sufferin' Cats! · 1943
Sufferin' Cats!
7.21943
MovieAnimationComedy
Tom fights with another cat over Jerry.
Fine Feathered FriendFine Feathered Friend · 1942
Fine Feathered Friend
7.31942
MovieAnimationComedy
Chased by Tom around the barnyard, Jerry takes refuge under a hen, who, in her nest, is sitting on eggs. Tom has to figure out ways to get Jerry out from under the protective hen.
The Yankee Doodle MouseThe Yankee Doodle Mouse · 1943
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
7.21943
MovieAnimationComedy
As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled "Hen Grenades"; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like bombs; and Jerry sending a telegram with the message "Sighted Cat - Sank Same." Musical phrasings from various patriotic war songs are heard throughout. The cut scene after Jerry hitting Tom with the board 4 times was cut from the 1950 reissue print for a war bond joke, and the original footage is currently considered "lost" due to the negatives destroyed in the 1978 George Eastman House fire.
The Milky WayThe Milky Way · 1940
The Milky Way
6.81940
MovieAnimationFantasy
The three little kittens have lost their mittens and are sent to bed without dinner. From their room, they see the Milky Way and sail up to it, using a basket and helium balloons, passing through some fanciful astronomical bodies, until they reach a Milky Way filled with every conceivable form of milk.
The Bear That Couldn't SleepThe Bear That Couldn't Sleep · 1939
The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
6.01939
MovieAnimationComedy
Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out. And that's just the beginning.

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What a Lion!What a Lion! · 1938
What a Lion!
7.51938
MovieAnimation
The Captain and Inspector are hunting lions in Africa, though their attempts to sneak up are hampered by alarm clocks and squeaky shoes. Fortunately, there's a lion ready for them: it's the boys, dressed in a lion costume, with an "ah-ooga" horn for the roar. They're soon chasing the Captain, when their costume gets stuck and pulled off. The captain comes in to the costume after them, but the boys manage to tie him up. Before long they've run into a real (sleeping) lion. They provoke it (in costume), and get its head stuck in a hollow log. Then they go taunt the Captain again and bring him over to the log, where the lion is still stuck; he whacks it with a board and pulls it out, then tries to remove the costume when the boys walk up behind him. The inevitable chase starts slowly, then speeds into a cave.

Animation

The New Fred and Barney ShowThe New Fred and Barney Show · 1979
The New Fred and Barney Show
7.51979
SeriesAnimationComedy
The New Fred and Barney Show is a 30-minute Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera as a 1979 series revival of The Flintstones from February 3 to October 20, 1979 on NBC. The series marked the first time Henry Corden performed the voice of Fred Flintstone for a regular series. These new episodes were composed of the traditional Flintstones cast of characters such as Fred and Barney's children Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as toddlers, after having been depicted as teenagers on The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show on CBS in 1972; they returned to the form of teenagers on The Flintstone Comedy Show in 1980 on NBC. Some plots were familiar Flintstones stories while others consisted of new misadventures with witches and werewolves, as well as spoofs of late 1970s fads. Seven new episodes combined with reruns of The New Fred and Barney Show were broadcast on the package program Fred and Barney Meet the Thing and later on Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo.

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