Gene Deitch Movies

  • 1962
    Landing Stripling

    Landing Stripling

    Landing Stripling

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    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...

    Landing Stripling
  • 1964
    How to Avoid Friendship

    How to Avoid Friendship

    How to Avoid Friendship

    6.51964HD

    The Independent League of Loners, known as the ILL, has studied the problem of excess camaraderie and has formulated this happy guide to solitude. A...

    How to Avoid Friendship
  • 1962
    Dicky Moe

    Dicky Moe

    Dicky Moe

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    In a 19th century fishing harbor, the captain of the Komquot is obsessed with catching the great white whale Dicky Moe. His obsession unnerves his...

    Dicky Moe
  • 1981
    Moon Man

    Moon Man

    Moon Man

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    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...

    Moon Man
  • 2008
    Voyage to the Bunny Planet

    Voyage to the Bunny Planet

    Voyage to the Bunny Planet

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

    Voyage to the Bunny Planet
  • 1984
    Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

    Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

    Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

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    An adaptation of the book by Verna Aardema

    Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
  • 1962
    Self Defense... for Cowards

    Self Defense... for Cowards

    Self Defense... for Cowards

    61962HD

    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,...

    Self Defense... for Cowards
  • 1969
    Mr. Koumal Invents a Robot

    Mr. Koumal Invents a Robot

    Mr. Koumal Invents a Robot

    01969HD

    Gene Deitch cartoon

    Mr. Koumal Invents a Robot
  • 1959
    Foofle's Train Ride

    Foofle's Train Ride

    Foofle's Train Ride

    01959HD

    In this Terrytoon,Foofle goes on a tour-train guided-excursion. But, par for his usual course, he screws everything up from the schedule to the...

    Foofle's Train Ride
  • 1957
    The Juggler of Our Lady

    The Juggler of Our Lady

    The Juggler of Our Lady

    6.51957HD

    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 Juggler of Our Lady
  • 1962
    How to Win on the Thruway

    How to Win on the Thruway

    How to Win on the Thruway

    01962HD

    A Gene Deitch cartoon about driving.

    How to Win on the Thruway
  • 1993
    Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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    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.

    Goldilocks and the Three Bears
  • 1957
    Shove Thy Neighbor

    Shove Thy Neighbor

    Shove Thy Neighbor

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    Things are peaceful in John Doormat's neighborhood until he gets a new neighbor, and the new neighbor comes with a dog that likes to grab and gnaw on...

    Shove Thy Neighbor
  • 1991
    Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens

    Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens

    Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens

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    When Winnie, who never reads, lifts off with a foxy stranger, sensible Harriet must use every ounce of energy and brain power to rescue her.

    Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens
  • 1958
    Sick, Sick Sidney

    Sick, Sick Sidney

    Sick, Sick Sidney

    01958HD

    This Cinemascope cartoon features a baby elephant, Sidney, who scoffs and laughs at his jungle friends who want to be captured and lead a life of...

    Sick, Sick Sidney
  • 1973
    A Story-A Story

    A Story-A Story

    A Story-A Story

    01973HD

    Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

    A Story-A Story
  • 2005
    Diary of a Worm

    Diary of a Worm

    Diary of a Worm

    02005HD

    Meet a worm not that different from you or me, except that his head looks a lot like his tail! A hysterical journal about the daily doings and the...

    Diary of a Worm
  • 1954
    Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat

    Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat

    Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat

    01954HD

    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...

    Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat
  • 1977
    Charlie Needs a Cloak

    Charlie Needs a Cloak

    Charlie Needs a Cloak

    71977HD

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

    Charlie Needs a Cloak
  • 1990
    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    01990HD

    An adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale

    The Emperor's New Clothes