Jerry Beck Movies

A look at the fairy tale-based Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, starring characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer...

Focuses on how the legend of animation, Tex Avery, revolutionized cartoons.

Historians and animators discuss the Private Snafu cartoons made for military training during World War II.

A compilation of animated shorts restored by Thomas Stathes. A snapshot of the state of animated filmmaking 100 years ago. Includes several 1923...

A stripper takes vengeance on her audience.

A documentary about Chuck Jones' classic animated short One Froggy Evening.

A documentary about Frank Tashlin's cartoons.

For half a century Harvey Comics characters ruled newsstands, television screens, and the imaginations of children across the United States. While...

The titular directors discussed are: Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising (1930-1933), Jack King (1934-1936), Ub Iwerks (1937), Ben Hardaway (1934-1940),...

A visual essay on the making, release and restoration of Robot Carnival.

Documentary focusing on the making-of the 1940n adaptation of Pinocchio by the Disney studio, often considered the artistic pinnacle of the Disney...

Historians and modern animators discuss classic era Warner cartoons without "stars": characters who returned in subsequent cartoons.

A look at the career of Warner Bros. animator and director Robert McKimson

A documentary about Mel Blanc's voice work.

This film is about the life and times of legendary voice actress June Foray. From her beginnings as a child wanting to be an actress, to becoming one...

Documentary short about the black & white Looney Tunes cartoons

Animation documentary

Documentary short