Gene Deitch Movies

A demonstration of how to make a "Tom & Jerry" cartoon.

The Hat is the story of a poor, disabled veteran, named Benito Badoglio, who finds a magical hat (actually, it finds him) and how that changes his...

Tom's owner, Clint Clobber, is grilling steaks in his backyard. The steak's scent reaches Jerry, who is aroused by it and is led to the steak.

An anxious man in his forties quits his job and resigns himself to an early death after a supposed heart attack, but his doctor sets him straight.

The adventures of Anatole, a suave and debonair French mouse, in a cheese factory.

A young man learns his new antique violin has the power to change the form of things around it.

Alice travels to Paris and hears five stories adapted from children's picture books in this anthology film. The books adapted include: "Anatole,"...

When Jerry rustles cheese from the Dry Gulch General Store, Sheriff Mutt Dillin hires Tom, the fastest trap in the West.

Harold draws himself a castle in an enchanted garden and fills it with a king, a giant, a fairy - and himself!

Medieval times. A juggler has little success making a living; he puts on a hair shirt and becomes an ascetic, but attracts only other ascetics....

With his purple crayon, Harold draws a picture for his room - and then becomes part of it.

When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes...

While chasing Jerry around a dock, Tom sees and instantly falls in love with a female cat. The female cat appears to return Tom's interest, so Tom...

Adaptation with verse and accompanying music of an old folk tale about the building and firing of a cannon.

This short film is the first film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel, The Hobbit. The film is a considered an "ashcan copy" as it was made...

After six months at sea, Popeye and Brutus see that Olive has become overweight after eating too much out of feeling lonely. Popeye wants to help her...

This is the diary of a spider who's a lot like you! He goes to school, but he also spins sticky webs and takes wind-catching lessons.

Three bears come home from a bicycling trip through the woods to find a little girl "all nice and cozy and fast asleep" in Baby Bear's bed.

Three archaeologists learn about the impact television, especially the CBS network, had on postwar America.

Big Anthony, left alone with Strega Nona's magic pasta pot, runs into trouble when he decides to show the townspeople how it works.