Movies by Dick Huemer

The Bad Genius

The Bad Genius

Somehow, Oopie's become a child prodigy on the Bass Viol, and practices with Scrappy playing along on piano. On the day of his big solo premiere, an accident takes place and Oop's knocked out. Not wishing to disappoint the show's patrons, Scrappy rigs up the unconscious savant with wires like a marionette to simulate a performance.

Christmas Seals Ad

Christmas Seals Ad

Rare theatrical promo for the Christmas Seals charity, showing the busy daily routine of an urban everyman and offering the health wisdom of eight hours of sleep each night.

Circus Time

Circus Time

Toby The Pup goes to the circus.

The World's Affair

The World's Affair

Scrappy and Oopy are the welcoming "committee" at the Chicago World's Fair. Zestful. Loaded with celebrity caricatures. The man receiving hair treatments is a spoof of supervising animator Art Davis.

The Treasure Runt

The Treasure Runt

Playing pirates, Scrappy and Oopie try to recover a treasure chest that's underwater. From a dock, Oopie is sent down on a rope to haul it up with, but fish decide to crawl over him while his hands are busy holding on, and tease and annoy him into repeatedly dropping the chest just before getting to the surface.

Fare Play

Fare Play

There's no sign of Scrappy to be seen in this comic-strip study of a carnival's midway, but there is a lot going on, due to Oopie running a lemonade stand, and a lot of alcohol gets mixed into the brew.

Railroad Wretch

Railroad Wretch

An old coal-burning locomotive roars down the tracks, manned only by engineer Scrappy and his assistant, Oopie. They go along at a fair clip, with Scrappy maintaining the engine, but Oopie can barely get one lump of coal into the boiler at a time.When they come to a steep grade, Oopie's broken off most of the controls, and a headlong hurl over a cliff awaits.

Toby the Fiddler

Toby the Fiddler

A Toby the Pup short.

Scrappy's Party

Scrappy's Party

Scrapy's birthday party is attended by a raft caricatures of famous movie stars and world leaders, including Mussolini, John D. Rockefeller, Will Rogers, Laurel & Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, Jimmy Durante, King George V,Ghandi, Babe Ruth, Ex-King Alphonso XII, Professor Picard and even Al Capone is seen, unfortunately unable to make it as he's in prison.