Rudolf Ising Movies

Shopkeeper Bosko takes care of business.

A canary is frustrated by being caged. One day the kind old lady who owns him opens a nearby window, and also leaves the door to the cage open....

Set on a frozen pond in Holland, various animals attempt to skate on the slippery ice.

A mannequin in the city dump improvises a working piano from junk, then plays and sings the title song. Various discarded items join in with song or...

Bosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante.

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

Alice and Julius visit a carnival where they ride the rides and take in the sideshow.

Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty Wilbur.

This film is very reminiscent of "Cabin in the Sky", in that you have a very sexy Ethel Waters about to be married to Stepin Fetchit. Fetchit's...

Bosko and Bruno escape from a speeding train via a handcar; make a failed attempt to steal a chicken; and end up on a runaway boxcar.

Bosko is shipwrecked on an island where he is chased by a lion and pursued by simian cannibals.

Little Cheeser and his friends, inspired by Buck Rogers (and visions of cheese), build a rocket ship and fly to the moon.

Julius wins a bronc-riding contest at the rodeo. However, Pete steals his prize money, so Julius must go after him to get it back.

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

An American Indian boy and girl sing and dance in the forest along with the animals. Trouble begins when a fire threatens baby birds in their nest.

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.

'Black beauty' must win a race against other toys in order to save the Old Plantation, a doll house.

A king is bored with the stupid people in his court. He goes out in search of young people.

Bunnies, turtles, and other small woodland animals play. A child skunk remains apart, heartbroken that he has no friends.

Little Cheeser is a young mouse who thinks he's grown up. When Mama sends him to bed, calling him "Mama's little man," his devil side leads him to...