Gene Deitch Movies

Tom and Jerry are sleeping outside during the day when a yellow bird wearing a red helmet lands on Tom, waking him up. Although the bird brushes...

In this classic story by one of the world's best-loved and acclaimed storytellers for children, the man in the moon looks down on the happy, dancing...

Medieval times. A juggler has little success making a living; he puts on a hair shirt and becomes an ascetic, but attracts only other ascetics....

The very first movie adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit. Made in just 30 days so that the producer could keep the rights to Tolkien's books.

Vít Dolejší, popularly known as Vitoušek, monitors the groundwater in the underground of the National Theatre, and when...

A Gene Deitch cartoon about driving.

In a series of vignettes, we see how to "win" a barroom fight by such tactics as going limp, garlic breath, screaming, enlisting the help of a large,...

A shepherd named Charlie need a new cloak, so he shears a sheep and makes one from it's wool.

This cartoon opens with a narrator introducing the ancient Greek Acropolis, describing its wealth and beautiful architecture. Tom is depicted as one...

Three bears come home from a bicycling trip through the woods to find a little girl "all nice and cozy and fast asleep" in Baby Bear's bed.

Gene Deitch cartoon

A UPA adaptation of the television series (1947-1960) dummy-cowboy, Howdy Doody. Filmed in both 35 and 16mm (for immediate television use in the...

Through a stray dog's mishaps, the stray gets mixed up with people who aren't really paying attention. He starts out as a shoe shine boy, then ends...

The three original beloved Bunny Planet stories are now available in a single-volume gift edition with magnetic closure and ribbon place marker....

Tom accompanies his owner, Clint Clobber, who has severe anger management issues, on a fishing trip.

A king attempts, through various methods, to remove his son's persistent frown.

Nudnik experiences trouble with a car.

A demonstration of how to make a "Tom & Jerry" cartoon.

Short with Gaston Le Crayon.

While Gaston LeCrayon is setting up his painting area on the sidewalk, a limousine zooms by and splashes mud all over the canvas. The wealthy woman,...