Rudolf Ising Movies

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

Barney is settling in for his hibernation when a squirrel spots his bedtime snack: a bowl of walnuts. The squirrel sneaks in and wakes Barney up....

This MGM "Happy Harmonies" entry stars Bosko. He falls asleep at a sign promoting Mother Goose bread, and Mother Goose characters come to life.

Another horse race with Julius riding a mechanical horse and Pete unsuccessfully trying to cheat to win.

A dark and stormy night in a drugstore. The druggist mixes a potion and falls asleep. The skull-and-crossbones on the bottle comes to life and drips...

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.

A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then a snake and two crows join the chase.

Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the...

Julius tries to elope with Alice's maid. Alice gets ahold of a policeman and they give pursuit.

Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he...

A hen tries to get something to eat from a garden, but is chased around the yard by the titular pups.

Alice gets a job teaching football at a local college, where the star quarterback is none other than Julius.

An animated singing and dancing revue of babies (representing a variety of stereotypes) who are being prepared for delivery by stork.

The mice will loot the kitchen. The roaches also get into the act. A rat menaces the lead mouse couple, until the cat returns.

A little girl reads a story about a dragon; as she falls asleep, her doll rides off on his calico horse through a calico land to do battle with a...

Bosko is a construction worker who impresses Honey by making music from everything in sight, including a decapitated mouse, a typewriter and a goat...

Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but Bosko sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.

On Christmas morning two pups and the household's children are up early. The pups are frightened by a large stuffed dog, a train set, a crying doll,...

Mrs. Mouse is reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to her brood when a cat tries to break in. The cat overhears them arguing about the existence of...

A trio of belfry-dwelling bats explain to us, musically (and demonstrate), why they are associated with nuttiness. Especially the smallest.