Movies by Ben Harrison
Gifts from the Air
A toyless boy finds a broken soldier doll and gets a very special Christmas as a result.
Swing, Monkey, Swing
A scarce and seldom seen cartoon from 1937 with excellent hot jazz and containing caricatures of Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis and Bessie Smith.
The Merry Mutineers
Two little boys "battle" their toy pirate ships in a pool. The crews of both sea vessels are made of caricatures of such 30's era stars as Charles Laughton (as Captain Bligh), the Three Stooges, Wallace Beery, Jimmy Durante, Laurel & Hardy, and the Marx Brothers.
Birds In Love
A bird couple are deeply in love. Throughout the story the female bird rejects a lecherous salesbird who repeatedly tries to enter their home.
Playing Politics
Scrappy's young brother Oopie is running for President, but doesn't know anything about the issues, so he lip-syncs his speeches from a hidden "speech recorder". He winds up running into more trouble than he bargained for.
The Bon Bon Parade
A little poor boy, attracted one evening by a confectionery shop's window display, unexpectedly finds himself inside, where a cupid offers him a wish. The boy asks to live in Candytown full time.
The Big Birdcast
Birds present their own radio broadcasting service, featuring feathered versions of such stars as Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Rudy Vallee, Eddie Cantor, Ed Wynn, and many others.
A Boy, a Gun and Birds
A young boy goes hunting with his dog. He shoots and wounds a baby bluebird which tumbles to the ground, and this arouses the wrath of all the other birds. Regret for the act makes the juvenile vow to never go bird hunting again.
Spring Festival
The Bird Stuffer
Krazy is a taxidermist. A tough customer comes into his shop and tells Krazy to "Stuff this fish, and make it look like a bird." Poor intimidated Krazy starts to work but gets knocked out. He begins to have a nightmare about all the animals he's stuffed in the past. The animals put Krazy on trial. He pleads with them, singing "I ain't gonna stuff no more." He runs but is chased by the animals until he wakes up hopping mad because of his nightmare. He's still so mad when the tough customer comes back in that he takes the fish and begins to ...