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Rollin "Ham" Clare Hamilton (October 28, 1898 – June 3, 1951) was an early motion picture animator. He was Walt Disney's first hire, and from 1924 to 1928 he worked as an animator for the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts. In 1928, Hamilton and several other animators left the Walt Disney Studio to work at Winkler Pictures' new animation studio with the help of Charles Mintz. A year later, Hamilton briefly transferred to Walter Lantz’s new studio before he helped fellow animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising establish their own animation studio. He was one of the primary animators for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. From 1929 to 1934, he animated the Bosko character in the Harman and Ising studio. He was one of the few animators who remained with Leon Schlesinger after Harman and Ising left in 1933. In Schlesinger's studio, he animated Buddy, Beans the Cat, and Porky Pig. He then worked as a freelance animator until 1940. Hamilton died in 1951 of a heart attack. [biography from Wikipedia]

28-10-1898

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Rollin Clare Hamilton

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Detouring America

Detouring America

This travelogue across America is filled with sight gags such as the 'Old Reliable' geyser spitting into a spittoon, cliff-dwelling Indians who walk horizontally up and down the faces of cliffs to get to their homes, and a Texas cow puncher who really punches cows. Also featured is Mr. Butter Fingers, a 'human fly' who climbs the outside of the Empire State Building.
5.9

Year:

1939

Merbabies

Merbabies

Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on the sea floor, where they interact with a parade of seahorses, starfish and other marine life, before disappearing into the surface from which they came.
6.1

Year:

1938

Toby Tortoise Returns

Toby Tortoise Returns

Toby Tortoise is back, and this time he and Max Hare box instead of racing.
6.2

Year:

1936

Hollywood Capers

Hollywood Capers

W.C.Fields enters the Warmer Bros. Studio. Beans tries to drive in, but the guard throws him and his car against a tree. Charlie Chaplin drives in, followed by Oliver Hardy on foot - but we see that it's really Beans in disguise. Oliver Owl is directing a picture; Beans sneaks onto the stage. He's watching from a catwalk when someone knocks him off, into the middle of the scene. Beans is thrown off the set, right into the set of a Frankenstein movie. He accidentally brings the robotic monster to life, and it crashes into the original studio, eating the camera. Beans tries to stop the monster, but is sent flying. He lands against a wind machine. which chops up the monster.
5.1

Year:

1935

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

A little girl is eating too many snacks when she doesn't realize that it is her bedtime. Then the Sandman comes out of nowhere and, sure enough, the girl falls asleep in the blink of an eye. Just then, she has a dream that she is in Toyland, where she encounters all kinds of fairy tale characters.
5.5

Year:

1934

Gay Gaucho

Gay Gaucho

Brownie the Bear as a young, dapper Gaucho and his adventures as a South American cowboy.
3.5

Year:

1933

The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon

The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon

Utensils and food dance, sing, and play in the kitchen, until a lump of dough turns into a monster and they all unite to stop it.
6.0

Year:

1933

The Organ Grinder

The Organ Grinder

In this Merrie Melodies animated short, an organ grinder and his monkey make their way down a city street.
5.1

Year:

1933

Young and Healthy

Young and Healthy

Warner Bros. animated short featuring the song 'Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)'
3.7

Year:

1933

The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives

The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives

Christmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild. He plays with a few toys. A candle falls off the tree and starts a fire. The toys try in vain to fight the fire; the boy hooks up a hose to a set of bagpipes and takes care of it.
4.9

Year:

1933

Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd

An old man is reading a book by the fire. The clock strikes 8, and he heads off to bed. From his book, Alice in Wonderland, out crawls Alice, who turns the radio to the title tune. This wakes up Rip Van Winkle; Alice then rouses the Three Musketeers, who sing a bit. Next tune: Nero fiddles, Rome burns, and Cleopatra sizzles in a slinky dance. Uncle Tom sings a spiritual as Mr. Hyde sneaks up and abducts Alice. Tarzan to the rescue, along with several other characters who mount a spirited attack using such office supplies as pen points, matches, and a fountain pen. They box him up and carry him off.
5.8

Year:

1932

Bosko and Honey

Bosko and Honey

An unreleased cartoon that eventually went on to have most of its animation recycled by Bosko's Dizzy Date. Honey is trying to teach violin to a difficult pupil who hates music. She call Bosko over. The pair sing and dance and play music while the kitten continues to express its disdain.
0.0

Year:

1932

Bosko's Dizzy Date

Bosko's Dizzy Date

Honey is trying to teach violin to a difficult pupil who hates music. She call Bosko over. The pair sing and dance and play music while the kitten continues to express its disdain.
3.5

Year:

1932

A Great Big Bunch of You

A Great Big Bunch of You

A mannequin in the city dump improvises a working piano from junk, then plays and sings the title song. Various discarded items join in with song or dance.
5.3

Year:

1932

I Wish I Had Wings

I Wish I Had Wings

An expectant father rooster fetches doctor stork, who comes out with a basket full of white chicks and one little black one, who gets crowded out of the food. After singing the title song, he manages to improvise a pair of wings and fly over the chicken coop, but regrets it when he is chased by a mean scarecrow.
5.8

Year:

1932

You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!

You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!

A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil large predator.
5.1

Year:

1932

I Love a Parade

I Love a Parade

A circus parade, to the title tune. Next, a series of sideshow acts: the wild boy, the rubber man, siamese twin pigs, a tattooed man, a hula-dancing hippo, an Indian snake (or goat) charmer. Into the ring, we have a hippo riding a horse (much to the horse's dismay), a high-wire act (again, to the title song), and finally a lion tamer.
4.7

Year:

1932

Bosko at the Beach

Bosko at the Beach

Bosko, Honey, and Bruno spend a day at the beach.
5.0

Year:

1932

Bosko's Dog Race

Bosko's Dog Race

Bosko enters his dog, Bruno, in a dog race.
5.4

Year:

1932

Bosko and Bruno

Bosko and Bruno

Bosko, carrying his hobo stick, travels along the railroad tracks with his dog, Bruno. Unfortunately, they're both on the tracks as they cross a bridge and realize that a train is coming perilously near. They manage to escape via a handcar, which was waiting for them on the tracks. however, once over the bridge, Bruno gets his foot caught near the switch. Bruno escapes, but not before allowing his poor master to think he's dead. Bosko is angry at his pet, but outrage turns to fear when the sound of another train gets them both panicking again. Luckily, the "train whistle" is only the mooing of a cow. The pair's adventures continue as they try to steal a chicken for her eggs. Finally, they end up on a runaway boxcar and have a second encounter with the obnoxious cow.
5.3

Year:

1932

Goopy Geer

Goopy Geer

At a nightclub, the crowd demands Goopy Geer, and the lanky dog doesn't disappoint them. He gives a zany performance on the piano, but the employees and the customers are just as wacky. A gorilla waiter dances while serving. Three identical cats display a peculiar way of eating. A chicken has a nauseating way of making chicken soup. The nightclub singer tells corny jokes. Even the hat racks come to life and dance. A horse imbibing a too-strong drink provides the show-stopper.
5.4

Year:

1932

Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee

Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee

An American Indian boy and girl sing and dance in the forest along with the animals. Trouble begins when a fire threatens baby birds in their nest.
5.2

Year:

1932

Big-Hearted Bosko

Big-Hearted Bosko

While ice-skating on a frozen pond, Bosko and his dog discover a baby abandoned in the snow.
4.8

Year:

1932

Pagan Moon

Pagan Moon

On a tropical island, a native boy sings "Pagan Moon" to his sweetheart. Later, he plays music underwater with an octopus-pianist and other jazz-loving sea life.
4.3

Year:

1932

Red-Headed Baby

Red-Headed Baby

The old toymaker goes to sleep, and his toys immediately come to life and sing "Red-Headed Baby." A red-haired baby doll begins the song. She's soon joined by her sweetheart, a toy soldier named Napoleon. A spider briefly spoils the fun when he descends upon the toys and grabs the doll. It's up to Napoleon to save her.
4.8

Year:

1931

Bosko's Fox Hunt

Bosko's Fox Hunt

Bosko joins a wacky fox hunt. But if the hunt worries anyone, it isn't the fox.
5.0

Year:

1931

Bosko's Soda Fountain

Bosko's Soda Fountain

Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty kitten pupil.
4.6

Year:

1931

Bosko the Doughboy

Bosko the Doughboy

Bosko is a doughboy in the Great War.
5.7

Year:

1931

Bosko Shipwrecked!

Bosko Shipwrecked!

Bosko is shipwrecked on an island where he is chased by a lion and pursued by simian cannibals.
5.3

Year:

1931

Lady, Play Your Mandolin!

Lady, Play Your Mandolin!

In this first Merrie Melodie short, things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.
5.8

Year:

1931

The Tree's Knees

The Tree's Knees

Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.
4.9

Year:

1931

Yodeling Yokels

Yodeling Yokels

Bosko and Honey yodel happily in the Alps until a series of disasters end with Honey rushing downriver on an ice floe.
4.6

Year:

1931

Ups 'n Downs

Ups 'n Downs

Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but he sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.
5.2

Year:

1931

Box Car Blues

Box Car Blues

Bosko and his porcine friend are hobos in a runaway boxcar.
5.6

Year:

1930

Sinkin' in the Bathtub

Sinkin' in the Bathtub

The film opens with Bosko taking a bath while whistling "Singin' in the Bathtub". A series of gags allows him to play the shower spray like a harp, pull up his pants by tugging his hair, and give the limelight to the bathtub itself which stands on its hind feet to perform a dance.
5.7

Year:

1930

Pussy Willie

Pussy Willie

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.
8.0

Year:

1929

Ice Man's Luck

Ice Man's Luck

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.
0.0

Year:

1929

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

Original short that introduced Bosko, never released. Producer-directors Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising showed it to various studio executives as a pilot for the Bosko character.
5.3

Year:

1929

Hold 'Em Ozzie

Hold 'Em Ozzie

Oswald and Pete play a football game.
0.0

Year:

1929

Farmyard Follies

Farmyard Follies

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.
0.0

Year:

1928

A Horse Tale

A Horse Tale

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.
0.0

Year:

1928

Poor Papa

Poor Papa

Oswald gets a visit from the stork ... again and again and again. He has to resort to a variety of strategies to stop the continual flow of babies.
5.9

Year:

1928

Tall Timber

Tall Timber

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short, Walt Disney's earlier character, before going on to create Mickey Mouse. Here he is canoeing in the wilderness.
5.7

Year:

1928

The Fox Chase

The Fox Chase

Oswald is with his mates in a fox hunt, but he finds his horse is stubborn and won't let him ride at first. Meanwhile, the sly fox outwits the dogs and riders in pursuit at every turn.
5.0

Year:

1928

Ozzie of the Mounted

Ozzie of the Mounted

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, goes in pursuit of Peg-Leg Pete.
5.8

Year:

1928

Ride 'Em Plow Boy

Ride 'Em Plow Boy

In a foreshadowing of what was to become a staple of the Mickey shorts, Oswald manages his farm along to a musical beat.
5.5

Year:

1928

Sagebrush Sadie

Sagebrush Sadie

Oswald plays a cowboy who must rescue Sadie from a runaway stagecoach and Pegleg Pete.
3.8

Year:

1928

Bright Lights

Bright Lights

Oswald would like to see Mlle. Zulu the Shimmy Queen but he's short on cash. Seeing the more stately gentlemen being admitted without tickets, he tries to fool the bouncer into thinking he's important by puffing up his chest and striding in. It doesn't work, and he's forced to try a second plan, sneaking in under another patron's shadow. He gets caught and spends his time being chased by the bouncer throughout the theater.
5.9

Year:

1928

The Ol' Swimmin' Hole

The Ol' Swimmin' Hole

A pastoral outing as Oswald and his friends take in the delights on a swimming hole.
6.1

Year:

1928

Neck 'n' Neck

Neck 'n' Neck

Oswald takes Miss Rabbit out for a ride in his jalopy and soon finds himself in a race with a chasing police car.
5.9

Year:

1928

Harem Scarem

Harem Scarem

A lost animated short centered on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit's disadventures in the Moroccan desert. Some drawings survived and were put together in an animated clip.
3.2

Year:

1928

Empty Socks

Empty Socks

The Christmas celebration of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
5.7

Year:

1927

The Ocean Hop

The Ocean Hop

Oswald the Rabbit enters an airplane race with a makeshift aircraft and ends up riding a dachshund lifted into the air by balloons. Meanwhile, his peg-legged rival tries to cheat his way to victory.
6.0

Year:

1927

All Wet

All Wet

Oswald takes a job as a lifeguard to keep an eye on Miss Rabbit, who in turn stages a boating accident hoping Oswald will come to save her.
6.2

Year:

1927

Great Guns

Great Guns

Oswald's country is at war, like many other volunters he joins the army and finds himself soon in the trenches. A short battle leaves him wounded, but at least in the field hospital where his girlfriend is working.
5.8

Year:

1927

The Mechanical Cow

The Mechanical Cow

Oswald wakes up grumpy and takes it out on his alarm clock, afterward trying his best to wake up the mechanical cow sleeping in the bed beside him, with limited success. They finally do get going, sailing around the barnyard offering milk to denizens of the farm. When kidnappers arrive and takes Oswald's girlfriend away, he and the cow set off to rescue her.
5.5

Year:

1927

Oh, Teacher!

Oh, Teacher!

Oswald's sweetheart is stolen by a schoolyard bully, so he has to fight him during recess to win her back.
5.2

Year:

1927

Trolley Troubles

Trolley Troubles

Oswald, the trolley conductor gets stopped in the tracks by a cow who refuses to move. He then faces a steep hill, which the trolley has trouble with. When it finally gets over the hill, the trolley speeds wildly out of control. Can Oswald's lucky rabbit's foot save him?
6.5

Year:

1927

Alice in the Big League

Alice in the Big League

Alice attempts to umpire a big league baseball game where the animals begin to take exception to her bad calls.
4.8

Year:

1927

Alice in the Klondike

Alice in the Klondike

Julius and Alice go prospecting for gold in the Klondike and strike it rich. However, they have to protect their claim against Pete, who wants to take it for himself.
5.5

Year:

1927

Alice's Channel Swim

Alice's Channel Swim

Julius and Pete have a contest to swim across the English Channel, with Alice as the referee.
5.5

Year:

1927

Alice's Picnic

Alice's Picnic

Alice and her friends decide to go to the park and have a picnic. Everything is going well until a gang of rats steals their food. Alice and her friends decide to go after the rats and get their food back.
5.5

Year:

1927

Alice's Three Bad Eggs

Alice's Three Bad Eggs

Alice and Julius have to hold their western fort against The Three Bad Eggs and a band of marauding Indians.
5.5

Year:

1927

Alice's Knaughty Knight

Alice's Knaughty Knight

Pete, dressed in a suit of armor, steals away the female that Julius is after. So Julius devises his own suit of armor, made mostly out of junk, to win her back.
5.5

Year:

1927

Alice's Auto Race

Alice's Auto Race

Alice, Julius and Peter enter a road race. Pete, of course, tries to cheat by pulling such stunts as switching road signs, but Julius is on to Pete's tricks.
5.8

Year:

1927

Alice in the Alps

Alice in the Alps

Alice and Julius go ice-skating in the Swiss Alps, and later go on a mountain-climbing expedition with Pete.
5.5

Year:

1927

Alice the Collegiate

Alice the Collegiate

Alice gets a job teaching football at a local college, where the star quarterback is none other than Julius.
5.5

Year:

1927

Alice at the Rodeo

Alice at the Rodeo

Julius wins a bronc-riding contest at the rodeo. However, Pete steals his prize money, so Julius must go after him to get it back.
5.5

Year:

1927

Alice at the Carnival

Alice at the Carnival

Alice and Julius visit a carnival where they ride the rides and take in the sideshow.
5.5

Year:

1927

Alice Foils the Pirates

Alice Foils the Pirates

Julius discovers that Alice has been captured by Pete and held prisoner on his pirate ship. He sets out to rescue Alice.
5.0

Year:

1927

Alice the Golf Bug

Alice the Golf Bug

Alice, Julius and Pete compete in a golf tournament.
4.8

Year:

1927

Alice the Lumberjack

Alice the Lumberjack

Pete schemes to kidnap Alice while she and Julius are working as lumberjacks along the river.
5.5

Year:

1926

Alice's Brown Derby

Alice's Brown Derby

Another horse race with Julius riding a mechanical horse and Pete unsuccessfully trying to cheat to win.
6.2

Year:

1926

Alice's Spanish Guitar

Alice's Spanish Guitar

Putrid Pete becomes infatuated with Alice's guitar playing, so he kidnaps her and imprisons her in his castle.
5.5

Year:

1926

Alice Cuts the Ice

Alice Cuts the Ice

Julius tries to elope with Alice's maid. Alice gets ahold of a policeman and they give pursuit.
5.5

Year:

1926

Alice the Fire Fighter

Alice the Fire Fighter

When the local hotel is found to be on fire, the firemen (all of them Julius the cat lookalikes), led by Fire Chief Alice, are called in. The residents are busy escaping the blaze while the cats get to work helping them out of the building and putting out the flames. When a feline tenant gets caught on the top floor, one of the firemen bravely saves her by riding a smoke cloud up to reach her, but when they get back to the ground, he finds her expiring from smoke inhalation. He saves the day by rolling the smoke out of her with a rolling pin, and when she revives the two fall instantly in love.
4.8

Year:

1926

Alice Charms the Fish

Alice Charms the Fish

Alice and Julius go fishing where Alice charms the fish ashore with a tune from her flute.
5.5

Year:

1926

Alice Plays Cupid

Alice Plays Cupid

Julius is a lifeguard at the beach, where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful female cat. Alice decides to help out by driving the car when the two decide to elope.
4.8

Year:

1925

Alice Wins the Derby

Alice Wins the Derby

Alice, Julius, and one other character are in a combined auto/horse race. Julius gets off to a bad start when his car takes off, without him, in the wrong direction; it takes him a while to get it straightened out. Alice and the bad guy battle a bit for the lead, which Alice takes; they pass a detour, which the bad guy changes the sign for. Julius, taking the bad road, eventually drives up a cliff and, after a mighty struggle at the top, makes it, in third place, to the changeover. Alice and the bad guy ride off on horses; Julius has a wind-up wooden horse. Julius' horse keeps breaking down, eventually losing the back legs (Julius uses an empty thought balloon to hold up the rear). Alice's horse jumps a fence, and won't continue. The bad guy looks like he'll win, but Alice makes a mighty leap and knocks him off to win the race
4.3

Year:

1925

Alice Cans the Cannibals

Alice Cans the Cannibals

Alice and her cat are driving along the coast when they accidentally ride off a cliff and into the ocean. They trick a fish into towing them along until a storm hits and they are swept away to the Cannibal Islands, where they are pursued aggressively by the locals.
4.1

Year:

1925

Alice the Piper

Alice the Piper

The rats are out of control in Hamlin; they've taken over the kitchen, but when they take over the King's bedroom, that's the last straw. He posts a $5 reward, which the rats change to $5,000. Alice and Julius accept the challenge; they play a tune and the rats gather around, but they won't fall for the old "follow me into the river" trick. Fortunately, a very powerful vacuum cleaner is nearby, and Alice and Julius suck all the rats into it. The king gives them their reward: $5.
5.6

Year:

1924

Alice Hunting in Africa

Alice Hunting in Africa

Alice and Julius go on a safari in Africa to hunt wild game, but they get very different results.
4.9

Year:

1924

Alice's Fishy Story

Alice's Fishy Story

Alice wants desperately to get out of practicing her piano so she can go have fun with her friends. She tricks her mother into thinking she's still playing by getting her dog to play for her, and then she and the gang hitch a ride to the local pond where they spend their time fishing. While there, she envisions what it would be like to go fishing at the North Pole.
4.8

Year:

1924

Alice's Day at Sea

Alice's Day at Sea

Alice's trip to the sea inspires her to dream of a visit to an animated underwater world.
4.6

Year:

1924