Rudolf Ising Movies

Bosko and his porcine friend are hobos in a runaway boxcar.

This cartoon is by Rudy Ising, and is the last of a long line of black animal musicals done at MGM in the late 30s and early 40s.

This short opens showing numerous mice eating all the food in Honey's kitchen and ruining everything in her house. She tires valiantly to run them...

Several Chinese residents play music. A dragon frees himself from a cage and goes after them, but fireworks are shoved down the dragon's throat. This...

The fish and frogs gather at the old mill pond to hear a jazz concert. Performers include caricatures of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and tap dancer...

Alice and Julius are in a traveling medicine show, and part of their job is to sell patent medicine to audiences.

Bosko joins a wacky fox hunt. But if the hunt worries anyone, it isn't the fox.

The animated adventure of a fawn and a satyr who is only animate during daylight.

Shopkeeper Bosko takes care of business.

Bosko whistles "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo" as he walks down the sidewalk in the pouring rain. His umbrella provides a good sailboat when he wants to...

A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil large predator.

Julius tries to elope with Alice's maid. Alice gets ahold of a policeman and they give pursuit.

A little burro is beloved by all the cute wild creatures until he opens his mouth and they hear the horrible braying.

Pilot done by Harman and Ising in the 1960s

In this first entry in MGM's Happy Harmonies series, an old man tells a newsboy about his adventures with Native Americans in the Old West.

A Van Beuren "Aesop Fable" cartoon featuring Cubby Bear.

A camp of Russian gypsies, dancing and playing music. After an opening dance, a quartet of beer-drinkers gargles the Volga Boatman song, then another...

Private Snafu (Situation Normal All Fucked Up) presents his brother Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up) who was a carrier pigeon keeper and has...

A little Mexican boy is herding sheep with his dog Perrito. The boy plays a prank on Perrito, pretending the wolf is attacking the flock.

A lowly shoeshine boy has his attention captivated by a pretty girl and tries to follow her back to her place. After his attempt to meet with her...