Harry Bailey

A.M. to P.M.

Early cartoon from the Aesop's Fables series featuring Sentinel Louie, the "topper" to Otto Soglow's Little King comic strip.

Rough on Rats

An animated short, part of Van Beuren's Aesop Fables collection.

The Bully's End

A farmer, his family and all the barnyard animals are bullied by the rooster, who is vain and mean to everyone. He thinks one of his hens has cheated on him and knocks out the peacock. He can't stand to see 2 ducks in love and beats up the boy duck to steal his girl. The rooster is challenged to a fight by Runty Duck. Bully Rooster gets drunk on gasoline while the rest of the barnyard animals a partying because of the upcoming fight. The fight starts and Runty Duck seems to be getting the best of Bully Rooster. In the last moments, Runty KOs the Rooster and wins. Every one celebrates the win and carries Runty on their shoulders.

A Dizzy Day

A day in the life of a sentinel, with some modernistic musical accompaniment.

Runaway Blackie

This was not a "Cubby Bear" cartoon. In the cartoon, the lead character is a sheep named Blackie. While this sheep does bear a slight resemblance to Cubby, it has horns and cloven hoofs for hands... but Blackie runs away from home and gets caught and put in a chain gang....

Panicky Pup

Barnyard dog gets spooked by his imagination.

Tumble Down Town

Dancing animals in a depression-era shanty town.

A Yarn of Wool

An animated short subject created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook.

Nursery Scandal

Mother Goose and a scarecrow are having a secret romance.

Down in Dixie

A Van Beuren Studios cartoon...

Circus Romance

At a circus, the ring master and a clown both love Kitty the high-wire artist.

The Farmerette

RKO cartoon about a feline flapper who helps a farmer get his place up and running.

Fly Frolic

An evil spider kidnaps a housefly from a cabaret and takes her to his secret lab.

Toy Time

Oscar the mouse invites his girl friend to the toy store where they have to outwit a cat.

In Dutch

All the Dutch Van Beuren animals wearing clogs and making.... swiss cheese?!

Fairyland Follies

In the country of the Mother Goose tales, the students in the classes are very unruly, but always finish their lessons with music.

Fly Hi

An animated short subject created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook.

Makin' 'Em Move

A sassy cat visits a cartoon studio and learns the mysteries of animation.

The Fly Guy

An Aesop's Fables cartoon about a musical fly.

Cinderella Blues

The Cinderella story as told by the Van Beuren Studios.

College Capers

The Van Beuren animals singing their way through college and then there is hippos vs mice for a college football match.

Cowboy Blues

Van Beuren's Mickey Mouse clone is at it again, this time in a Western setting. They're all riding those wacky mechanical horses that always seem to appear in early Van Beuren and TerryToons cartoons.

Red Riding Hood

Some "jazz tonic" restores Grandma's youth. When the Big Bad Wolf pays a visit, he and Grandma decide to marry on the spot; but Little Red Riding Hood finds a way to stop the wedding.

The King of Bugs

Early sound cartoon with an all-insect cast. An eager-to-please young bugler inadvertently annoys the king during a parade and tournament, but redeems himself by rescuing the king's daughter, who's been abducted by a really horrid-looking spider.

The Office Boy

A romance between two office workers--knockoffs of Mickey and Minnie Mouse--is threatened by their lecherous boss. This blatant rip-off of Disney's Mickey Mouse is indeed a fascinating effort. Not only is it most agreeably quaint, but it's remarkably fast-paced. And even better still, it's visually well-stocked with a host of neat gags. The superbly integrated music score rates as an outstandingly entertaining bonus.

Circus Capers

The animated short starts with the circus parade, then goes to the circus master, who blows his whistle and points to a horse rider who looks a lot like Minnie Mouse.

Frozen Frolics

Waffles the Cat and Don Dog set out on an adventure to find the North Pole.

Jungle Jazz

In this early synchronized sound cartoon from the Van Beuren cartoon factory, a dog and cat encounter huge, strange and terrifying creatures in the jungle. They seek refuge in a missionary hits, where they play an organ, which causes the animals to dance. They are captured by cannibals, but escape and lead the jungle animals in song.

A Bugville Romance

Bugs having a good old time that ends up with two getting hitched.

Oom Pah Pah

A New York cartoon made in New York. It's the New Yorkiest! A few of the animators: Vet Anderson, Harry Bailey, Eddie Donnelly, Jim Tyer (at his early wildest). Finale song: "San".

The Haunted Ship

Waffles and Don explore a sunken ship where they meet drunk turtles singing "Sweet Adeline" and a skeletal Davy Jones.

The Iron Man

A feline organ grinder wanders by Farmer Al Falfa's house making some very bad music. Farmer Al Falfa chases him away. Later, the old man chases two roosters up a tree. One of the roosters, improbably, lays an egg and throws it at Al Falfa. The old man climbs up the tree with a handsaw. He sits on the same branch as the roosters, and begins sawing it off. The roosters jump from the branch into a hole in the tree. Al Falfa doesn't realize what he's doing until he saws the branch clean through. Cartoon magic is on his side: the tree falls, but the branch stays in place. Later, a delivery man drops off a large package. Al Falfa is surprised to see that it's a robot. The robot performs a dance, and Al Falfa feels compelled to mimic him. The robot kicks Farmer Al Falfa in the behind. Al Falfa does the same to the robot, which causes it to grow so tall it reaches outer space.

Western Whoopee

The film begins with Milton riding his horse comically around the West until he hears a wanted criminal roaming the West. Upon hearing this, Milton's mouse agrees to comically change to be the width of a twig, as a way of disguise. The criminal, who remains nameless throughout the entire short film, rides in front of a tree; and sees a Wanted sign with himself on it.

Foolish Follies

A Van Beuren Aesop's Fable cartoon.

Sky Skippers

Aesops Fables characters goes airborne.

A Close Call

The short starts with a mouse playing some bell-like tulips like musical bells....

The Fly's Bride

The Fly's Bride was produced in 1929, one year following Van Beuren's edict that all cartoons would be produced in sound. The RCA Photophone System is the credited process, and Carl Edouarde is credited with "synchronization." The film continues the long-running silent series of Aesop's Fables ("sugar coated pills of wisdom" as the end titles remarked) that the studio turned out. This entry displays the lively brand of "rubber hose" animation that was common in the early sound era. The story opens as a swarm of white shoe-clad flies cavort in a kitchen (gags include a soft-shoe number danced over spilled salt and a cop fly directing traffic around a piece of flypaper). The story shifts outside as a fly calls his gal on the phone. Here some rare lip-synch is attempted during the dialogue; Van Beuren usually avoided dialogue in the years to come in favor of songs to help the story along.

Enchanted Flute

An animated short subject created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook.

The Cold Steel

An animated short subject created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook.

Snow Birds

A series of animated short subjects created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook.

Little Game Hunter

Part of Aesop's Fables from Van Beuren Studios

Fight Game

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Big Game

Farmer Alfa goes hunting big game.

A Cross Country Run

An Aesop’s Film Fables short.

City Slickers

Cartoon short.

The County Fair

An Aesop’s Film Fables short.

The Wandering Minstrel

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

The Boy Friend

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

The Fortune Hunters

Silent cartoon.

The Fable of Henpecked Henry

Silent cartoon.

The Elephant's Trunk

Silent cartoon.

The Hated Rivals

Silent cartoon.

The Enchanted Fiddle

Silent cartoon.

The Fearless Fido

Silent cartoon.

The Farmer And The Mice

Silent cartoon.

The Farmer And The Ostrich

Silent cartoon.

The Dog And The Thief

Silent cartoon.

The Miller And His Donkey

Silent cartoon.