Movies by Gene Deitch
The Frowning Prince
A king attempts, through various methods, to remove his son's persistent frown.
Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens
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.
A Story-A Story
Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.
The Giants
A blue dwarf and a red dwarf get into a vicious argument. Each ultimately calls upon a matching giant to protect them, with unexpected results.
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
The very first movie adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit. Made in just 30 days so that the producer could keep the rights to Tolkien's books.
Max et les Maximonstres et autres histoires
The Foolish Frog
A farmer wanted words to go with the tune he was playing when he saw a frog sitting on the bank of the stream. The frog did something silly which gave the farmer the words for his song. The farmer went to the corner store to sing his song for people there.
Munro
A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
It's Greek to Me-ow!
This cartoon opens with a narrator introducing the ancient Greek Acropolis, describing its wealth and beautiful architecture. Tom is depicted as one of these inhabitants, an alley cat who lives in the shadows of Athens searching for food.
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
An adaptation of the book by Verna Aardema
Tall in the Trap
When Jerry rustles cheese from the Dry Gulch General Store, Sheriff Mutt Dillin hires Tom, the fastest trap in the West.
Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman
A deliciously scary story about a boy who outsmarts an old witch-woman before she can have him and his brothers for dinner.
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
The three original beloved Bunny Planet stories are now available in a single-volume gift edition with magnetic closure and ribbon place marker. Featuring full-color illustrations and a new poem introducing Janet the Bunny Queen, it's a must-have for anyone who occasionally needs to be transported from mundane reality to "the day that should have been" on a happy planet where life is exactly as you want it to be.
Landing Stripling
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 Tom's torso off and reacts politely like "pardon me", Tom goes after the bird, catches it, and proceeds to beat it up.
How to Win on the Thruway
A Gene Deitch cartoon about driving.
Carmen Get It!
Jerry runs into the Metropolitan Opera, trying to evade Tom.
The Beast of Monsieur Racine
A suspicious pear-thieving beast becomes fast friends with a lonely man who proudly presents him to the prestigious Academy of Sciences.
Sidney's Family Tree
Sidney the elephant is looking for a mother, even though he's 44. The hippo and giraffe turn him down.
Anatole
The adventures of Anatole, a suave and debonair French mouse, in a cheese factory.
Changes, Changes
Based on a 1971 wordless picture book by Pat Hutchins. "The little wooden couple are happy in their building-block house -- until it catches fire. The solution? They transform the house into a fire engine! But then there's so much water that they have to build a boat..." -- Amazon.com