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- Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
- A little squirrel with lots of charm accidentally helps two poor, down-but-NOT-out families overcome their obstacles.
- Salute to the revolutionary Oscar winning stop motion animated Puppetoons created by sci-fi fantasy film legend George Pal. Gumby, Pokey and Arnie the Dinosaur host 12 of Pal's milestone shorts from 1934-1947 that have inspired animation and special effects filmmakers ever since.
- John Henry springs to life as a full-grown man, and in no time at all establishes himself as the mightiest steel-driver around. When a newfangled steel-driving machine threatens his livelihood, he sets out to beat it in a one-on-one race.
- In this puppetoon, the tuba is dissatisfied with his role in an orchestra of self-playing instruments; he meets a bullfrog who gives him some good advice.
- "The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3" is a collection of 28 more restored George Pal Oscar®-winning shorts not seen in generations. Stars Punchy and Judy, Jim Dandy, Rusty, Dr. Seuss, Mr. Strauss, Jasper and many more © Arnold Leibovit
- An endearing tribute to the father of fantasy and science fiction filmmaking - Oscar winner George Pal . Five decades of the visionary film makers groundbreaking works are presented via rare interviews and dynamic movie scenes.
- A high-brow violinist at a concert hall does not enjoy the gypsy-themed swing performance of Jim Dandy and his orchestra.
- Stars love-struck Punchy and Judy in their first Puppetoon. Down-on-his-luck Punchy obtains a magical straw hat from a plucky talking horse to win over Judy and in the process transforms into Aladdin and Superman © Arnold Leibovit
- A carefree boy and a young girl find their idyllic countryside invaded by an army of mindlessly destructive robots.
- The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2 Blu-Ray+DVD (Limited Edition 2 Discs) is a second landmark collection of more dazzling Academy Award®-winning stop-motion animated Puppetoons of George Pal.
- Jasper and Scarecrow daydream elephant hunting in the jungles of a Technicolor Congo. First-time Bugs Bunny cameo outside of a Warner Bros. cartoon and the only time in a stop-motion and cel animation sequence © Arnold Leibovit
- Bartholomew Cubbins has SO MANY HATS. Every time he removes one in the presence of the King, it is replaced magically with another. This enrages the King, who brings him to trial, and to the ultimate sentence.
- A twist of the classic 18th century English nursery rhyme where a Bullfrog Landlord threatens to evict a Washerwoman Mouse and her children when she's unwilling to marry him.
- George Pal eventually became famous as the mastermind behind big-budget, wildly imaginative live-action features like TOM THUMB, THE TIME MACHINE and THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO. But he drew industry esteem earlier as an innovative animator, including this entry in a successful "Puppetoon" series starring dutiful but oft-imperiled "negro" boy. Trafficking in racial stereotypes from the 1940s, the short has blackberry-pie-delivering Jasper being misled by con men into an alleged haunted house that turns out to be genuinely so. The short features terrifically colorful stop-motion animation and boogie-woogie music. - Dennis Harvey
- Judy lives in the fair-weather clock and Punchy over in the foul-weather, but Judy, a lovely blonde de-icer and no shrinking violet, has aspirations of luring Punchy into taking up residence in her clock. Tight sweaters and fragrant perfumes are her weapons---she doesn't need many---but an electrical storm helps her cause.
- This adaptation of the famous fairy tale finds Jasper trading Scarecrow his jaw harp harmonica for a handful of beans.
- Early cel-animated commercial made by George Pal about an unwell King who is brought back to health with the help of Van den Bergh's Sana Margarine. This lost treasure was recently discovered in the Czech Republic. 35mm/4:00. Gasparcolor. Produced and Directed by George Pal. Made in Paris, France.
- Puppet animation of Ambrose and His Orchestra performing in several nightclubs.
- In a wild vision, Rusty gets his comeuppance by a horde of gigantic cigars after naughtily smoking one and becoming ill © Arnold Leibovit
- Third of the seven Academy Award® nominated Puppetoons for Best Animated Short Subject and the second based on a story by Dr. Seuss. Marco, a young boy re-imagines progressively more elaborate scenes on Mulberry Street.
- George Pal's first Paramount Puppetoon features Jim Dandy time travelling across The Great Divide to the Old West where he's tricked by horse thieves Grabit and Hide, and smitten by Prunella, the rancher's daughter.
- Wilbur, a retired circus performer, is sent back to the jungle only to find his home has lost its appeal. Wilbur sets out to be re-captured by hunters to return as the star act of the circus © Arnold Leibovit
- George Pal's initial stop-motion commercial story film made in Eindhoven, Holland. The short promoted the new Philips Radio of 1934 with a ship made entirely of glass that sails through the air waves © Arnold Leibovit
- Mr. Strauss, with the help of the forest animals, composes his greatest waltz.
- Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell Overture" is the score for this colorful re-imagining of the Swiss folk hero as played by Scarecrow with Jasper as his son. © Arnold Leibovit
- Animated puppet film advertising Horlick's malted milk.
- As the goose-stepping "Screwball Army" pillages Europe, a statue of Mr. Strauss (a symbol to defeat Hitler) comes to life with violin in hand. Like a Pied Piper, Strauss leads the nuts and bolts to drown in the Danube River.
- Jasper, a young black boy, gets trapped inside a pawnshop at midnight. All the musical instruments come to life and play jazz, but a war-whooping, jazz-hating wooden Indian self-animates as well.
- A shipwrecked Jim Dandy's raft washes up on a tropical island, where he meets a beautiful hula dancer and is later captured by a tribe of cannibals.
- George Pal's cel-animated commercial story film made for Lever Brothers. It's wash day, Grandmother Bear is coming for lunch and there's no soap. Mother Bear sends her two boys, one good, one mischievous, to the shop.
- Jasper gets tough with the Scarecrow when the latter tries to steal his yo-yo. The Scarecrow, anxious to have the yo-yo just so Jasper will no longer have the yo-yo, tries a new approach, and tells Jasper the sad story of his poverty-ridden childhood, and he never owned a yo-yo. The more he talks about it, the angrier the Scarecrow becomes, so Jasper runs away, and takes his yo-yo with him.
- Jasper is attending the Kentucky Derby and befriends an old racehorse. During the race, Jasper plays a violin solo that inspires the horse to win the race. The finale finds the horse enjoying the fruit of his victory - a mint-julep.
- In this flight of fantasy, Scarecrow persuades Jasper to practice his piano with Frédéric Chopin's "Waltz in C Sharp Minor" boogie-woogie style.
- Stop-motion animated George Pal film where Aladdin promos Philips light bulbs. The title character uses one of his Genie wishes to conjure new bright lighting for the palace of the Sultan.
- The Scarecrow and the Crow trick Jasper out of all of his possessions. The Crow reads to the Scarecrow from Jasper's book. The Scarecrow falls asleep and dreams he is on trial for stealing Jasper's property.
- Cel animated short where worn out old radio tubes get their better qualities back by the young and powerful Philips radio tubes. "When you buy the new Miniwatt Tubes today, you will be enjoying better sound tomorrow." © Arnold Leibovit
- You can find any type of music you want in this radio, from soul to classical.
- A witch casts a princess and her kingdom into a deep sleep that lasts for hundreds of years, as attempts are made in vain to break the curse.
- George Pal's cel-animated hand-drawn commercial for the Philips Company's 1930s Shortwave Radio.
- Musician Woody Herman tells a tale how his Grandpappy chopped the wood that became the clarinet he plays.
- Duke Ellington at the piano conducts a group of puppet perfume bottles playing his "Perfume Suite."
- First year Madcap Models Puppetoon starring Jim Dandy, a romantic serenading violinist who falls in love with Ninia the Gypsy. Features a jazzed musical rendition of Franz Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" © Arnold Leibovit
- First of George Pal's stop-motion animated Horlicks commercial story films which introduces an army of weary soldiers energetically revived by drinking the sponsor's malted milk.
- Pal's cel-animated commercial commissioned by the Dutch Cinema Association on behalf of the Bio Vacation Resort in Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands. Their year long mission, even today, is raising money for needy children.
- Jim Dandy stars as Sir Archibald Cornwall, a wandering troubadour, who meets a silly giant Ogre he charms with his musical lute playing Frédéric Chopin's "Minute Waltz" (Op. 64 No.1) © Arnold Leibovit
- Based on the story in "One Thousand and One Nights" where a poor woodcutter gains entrance to untold treasures in a secret thieves' den by reciting the magic words "Open Sesame." © Arnold Leibovit
- Stop-motion animated commercial featuring the Philips MiniWatt-E radio tubes cleverly choreographed to Titania, a Waltz by Hungarian gypsy composer Bela Radics.
- George Pal Cel-animated cartoon made for Lever Brothers Rinso Soap loosely borrows from the English nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" where the Queen's Maid must "Stop her lazy tricks and get the washing done by 6."
- To get his comeuppance, Jasper sets a series boobytraps for Scarecrow.