The General (1926)
Actors: Edward Everett Horton June Foray Paul Frees William Conrad Walter Tetley. Directors: Dun Roman Gerald Ray Gerard Baldwin Jim Hiltz Rudy Zamora. Writers: Bill Scott Chris Hayward Chris Jenkyns. Format: Animated Box set Closed-captioned Color Dolby Dubbed DVD Original recording remastered Subtitled NTSC. Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0) Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0). Aspect Ratio: 1.33…
Bored, bored, bored. That's how young Keith feels about being stranded at the time-worn Mountain View Inn with his parents. Then he meets Ralph, an equally stir-crazy mouse who quickly befriends Keith and begs to ride Keith's toy motorcycle. Soon Ralph masters the tiny two-wheeler and "rrroom-zzzooms" through the hotel hallways, dodging four-legged predators, adults, and the occasional va…
These shorts from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) illustrate how animated films can be used to present information in a concise, entertaining form. Prepared in conjunction with UNICEF's Declaration of Children's Rights, the Oscar-winning short "Every Child" (1979) deftly blends hilarity and pathos. A small child is passed from household to household, like an unwanted fruitcake at ho…
Monsters ~ Monsters
Monster House ~ Monster House Directed by Gil Kenan
Saturday-morning cartoons had been in a rut, nothing but superheroes, toys, and other franchise properties, and certainly little that was flat-out funny. In the nick of time (1987 to be exact), along came Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures to save the day, and, as the theme song promised, things wouldn't be like they'd been before. Born in creative anarchy, Mighty Mouse brought a Looney Tunes sen…