Gene Deitch Movies

  • 1957
    Depth Study

    Depth Study

    Depth Study

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

    Depth Study
  • 1962
    Samson Scrap

    Samson Scrap

    Samson Scrap

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    Two kids want to build a bridge and get help from Samson.

    Samson Scrap
  • 1958
    Old Mother Clobber

    Old Mother Clobber

    Old Mother Clobber

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    A CinemaScope cartoon in which Clint Clobber, in his usual job as an apartment-house manager, is annoyed no end by a brat of a girl who seems...

    Old Mother Clobber
  • 1947
    Wings for Roger Windsock

    Wings for Roger Windsock

    Wings for Roger Windsock

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    Young Roger Windsock loves airplanes. One day Roger discovers he has grown a pair of wings, but is dismayed to find out that he cannot fly.

    Wings for Roger Windsock
  • 1959
    Foofle's Train Ride

    Foofle's Train Ride

    Foofle's Train Ride

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    In this Terrytoon,Foofle goes on a tour-train guided-excursion. But, par for his usual course, he screws everything up from the schedule to the...

    Foofle's Train Ride
  • 2005
    I Lost My Bear

    I Lost My Bear

    I Lost My Bear

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    What do you do when your best toy disappears and no one will help you find it? Jules Feiffer's spunky little detective learns that if you keep on...

    I Lost My Bear
  • 1962
    Self Defense... for Cowards

    Self Defense... for Cowards

    Self Defense... for Cowards

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    In a series of vignettes, we see how to "win" a barroom fight by such tactics as going limp, garlic breath, screaming, enlisting the help of a large,...

    Self Defense... for Cowards
  • 1959
    Gaston’s Mama Lisa

    Gaston’s Mama Lisa

    Gaston’s Mama Lisa

    01959HD

    A Terrytoons cartoon of 1959 with Gaston le Crayon

    Gaston’s Mama Lisa
  • 1972
    The Three Robbers

    The Three Robbers

    The Three Robbers

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    An animated adaptation of the picture book by Toni Ungerer

    The Three Robbers
  • 1965
    Here's Nudnik

    Here's Nudnik

    Here's Nudnik

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    Nudnik lives in the Withered Arms Apartments in what appears to be Manhattan. He wakes from his chair/bed and eventually escapes. He decides to start...

    Here's Nudnik
  • 1979
    Smile for Auntie

    Smile for Auntie

    Smile for Auntie

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    Auntie tries to make her Nephew smile by doing goofy stuff. Tee nephew does not smile until Auntie gives up goes away and NEVER come baque.

    Smile for Auntie
  • 1990
    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

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    An adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale

    The Emperor's New Clothes
  • 1962
    How to Win on the Thruway

    How to Win on the Thruway

    How to Win on the Thruway

    01962HD

    A Gene Deitch cartoon about driving.

    How to Win on the Thruway
  • 1977
    Gene Deitch: The Picture Book Animated

    Gene Deitch: The Picture Book Animated

    Gene Deitch: The Picture Book Animated

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    Picture book animator for Weston Woods Studios Gene Deitch, shares his insights into the purpose, art and technique of adapting, as animated films,...

    Gene Deitch: The Picture Book Animated
  • 1966
    Who Needs Nudnik??

    Who Needs Nudnik??

    Who Needs Nudnik??

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    Nudnik awakens at a woman's home and bothers both her and her dog throughout the day.

    Who Needs Nudnik??
  • 1959
    Another Day, Another Doormat

    Another Day, Another Doormat

    Another Day, Another Doormat

    01959HD

    Johnny Doormat has a domineering, nagging wife. He takes his ire at her out on his office workers. His wife sees him at a tobacco shop and, through...

    Another Day, Another Doormat
  • 1954
    Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat

    Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat

    Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat

    01954HD

    A UPA adaptation of the television series (1947-1960) dummy-cowboy, Howdy Doody. Filmed in both 35 and 16mm (for immediate television use in the...

    Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat
  • 1964
    How to Avoid Friendship

    How to Avoid Friendship

    How to Avoid Friendship

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    The Independent League of Loners, known as the ILL, has studied the problem of excess camaraderie and has formulated this happy guide to solitude. A...

    How to Avoid Friendship
  • 1973
    A Story-A Story

    A Story-A Story

    A Story-A Story

    01973HD

    Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

    A Story-A Story
  • 1974
    Harold's Fairy Tale

    Harold's Fairy Tale

    Harold's Fairy Tale

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

    Harold's Fairy Tale