John Hubley Movies

Life drums the playfulness out of a boy as he grows up.

The Sailor and the Seagull was released by the U.S. Navy in 1949 with a simple goal: encouraging servicemen to re-enlist. In the film, a disgruntled...

A prototype of modern music videos, this is an animated film set to the music of two popular tunes recorded by Herb Alpert and his Latin-flavored...

Made from a pamphlet and financed by a union, the message that the similarities between people are greater than any racial differences, was part of a...

It shows a family where the son makes a wish to switch sizes with the father so that he can be the boss for a change. The father doesn't like this at...

An air-raid warden in Harlem; everyone turns out their lights willingly. All except for one: A lantern, whose flame refuses to go out. Joe plays...

Butch's evil conscience convinces him to try and steal meat from a cute puppy.

A man lives in peace and harmony. But one day his quiet life is interrupted by demons. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

An anti-Hitler cartoon. While the soundtrack survives in full, the animation is partly lost.

Bill sketches an animated person, Mr. Man, who takes us back through history to explain how people developed a need to communicate, and shows us...

A detective in training is about to take his final exam. He is sent to room 13, where his professor befuddles him with a tricky doorknob. Next, he...

Small and Tall break a mirror on a train trip and their seven years of bad luck start immediately. Stranded by an accident, they have trouble in a...

The Fox and Crow have a band-act in a nightclub, but the Fox walks out on his partner when he gets the position of a symphony-orchestra conductor....

A Harvard grad tries to start a gold claim, but is immediately beset by the amorous daughter of a rival miner.

A young boy from Chinatown befriends an elderly Central Park carriage driver in this children's drama. Their relationship takes a sad turn when the...

This UPA cartoon introduces a new character, Pete Hothead, a feisty little man with a violent temper. Pete Hothead was featured in only one other...

On the one hand, a healthy child who has enough to eat. On the other hand, a poor, undernourished kid. On the one hand, a quarter of the blue...

Georgie, a young Scottish lad, befriends a baby dragon and takes it home as a pet and companion.

Part of the Flight Safety series of PSAs produced by United Productions of America for the U.S. Navy. Three stalwart brothers learn the importance of...

Promotional film extoling the virutes of radio advertising, even in a new era of televison.