Leon Schlesinger Movies

"As everyone knows," the narrator begins, "goldfish must have water... and cats hate water." And so it goes.

In this Merrie Melodies animated short, an organ grinder and his monkey make their way down a city street.

It's the Weavers vs. the Mathews in Hickory Holler. The Weavers are singing (the title song), the Mathews are sleeping...

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.

An expectant father rooster fetches doctor stork, who comes out with a basket full of white chicks and one little black one, who gets crowded out of...

Bugs take over a kitchen, prompting a Bing Crosby-esque croon.

A cartoonist falls asleep at the drawing board and into the clutches of his own villains, until Beans the Cat comes to the rescue.

Sniffles the mouse's friends talk him into putting a bell around the neck of the troublesome house cat.

An early Merrie Melodies featuring the title song.

A child would rather listen to the radio than go to bed, but mother insists. He sleeps, but at midnight, his toys come alive and put on a show for...

The Leon Schlesinger production team present a series of amusing skits for presentation at their Christmas Party.

Buddy's baseball team, the Bearcats, takes on the Battling Bruisers in the big stadium. The crowd buys tickets and hot dogs before settling down to...

Buddy runs a circus with a variety of zany acts, and ends up having to rescue a baby who gets lost during the performance.

A circus parade, to the title tune. Next, a series of sideshow acts: the wild boy, the rubber man, siamese twin pigs, a tattooed man, a hula-dancing...

Spooney Melodies were a series of live-action musical shorts produced by the Leon Schlesinger Studios during the 1930s that capitalized on the...

An old man is reading a book by the fire. The clock strikes 8, and he heads off to bed. From his book, Alice in Wonderland, out crawls Alice, who...