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Rudolf Ising

Rudolf Ising was an American producer and director of animated short films. Some of the titles he is known for are The Calico Dragon (1935), The Old Mill Pond (1936), The Hound and the Rabbit (1937), Puss Gets the Boot (1940), The Milky Way (1940), and Bats in the Belfry (1942). more

Directed [75]
Starred In [1]
Produced [21]
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Puss Gets the Boot
(1940)
Animation, Comedy
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 boot".
Runtime:
9 min
Director:
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Lillian Randolph, Thea Vidale, June Foray
7.9
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The Milky Way
(1940)
Animation, Fantasy
The three little kittens have lost their mittens and are sent to bed without dinner. From their room, they see the Milky Way and sail up to it, using a basket and helium balloons, passing through some fanciful astronomical bodies, until they reach a Milky Way filled with every conceivable form of milk, including milkweed and Milk of Ma...
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Bernice Hansen
6.6
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Sinkin' in the Bathtub
(1930)
Animation, Comedy
The film opens with Bosko taking a bath while whistling "Singin' in the Bathtub". A series of gags allows him to play the shower spray like a harp, pull up his pants by tugging his hair, and give the limelight to the bathtub itself which stands on its hind feet to perform a dance.
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
6.2
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Merbabies
(1938)
Animation
A salt water version of "Water Babies" (1935); adorable redheaded 'merbabies' materialize out of the crashing surf and proceed to the sea floor where they conduct a circus along with a variety of sea creatures.
Runtime:
9 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising, Vernon Stallings
6.5
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Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
(1931)
Animation, Comedy, Music
In this first Merrie Melodie short, things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.6
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Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
(1931)
Animation, Comedy
The wacky/jolly/hair-raising adventures of singing streetcar conductor Foxy.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.6
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Congo Jazz
(1930)
Animation, Comedy
Bosko hunts in the jungle, but ends up playing music with the animals.
Runtime:
6 min
Director:
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Johnny Murray
5.6
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The Calico Dragon
(1935)
Animation
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 three-headed singing calico dragon.
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.8
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The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
(1933)
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Christmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild (in the full version, they sing the title song, but this has been censored in some v...
Runtime:
6 min
5.4
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The Homeless Flea
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The Homeless Flea
(1940)
Animation, Comedy, Family
A flea settles into a new dog.
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
6.1
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One More Time
(1931)
Animation, Comedy, Music
Cop Foxy is trying to enforce the law in town, but dangerous drivers and gangsters who also kidnap his sweetheart are making this difficult.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.6
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The Rookie Bear
(1941)
Animation, Comedy, Family
In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
6.5
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Alias St. Nick
(1935)
Animation, Comedy, Family
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 Santa, so he dresses up accordingly.
Runtime:
10 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Bernice Hansen
6.4
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Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
(1931)
Animation, Comedy
Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land. One of the "Censored 11" banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.3
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The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
(1933)
Animation
Utensils and food dance, sing, and play in the kitchen, until a lump of dough turns into a monster and they all unite to stop it.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.7
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The Old Mill Pond
(1936)
Animation
The fish and frogs gather at the old mill pond to hear a jazz concert. Performers include caricatures of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and tap dancer Bill Robinson ("Bojangles").
Runtime:
8 min
5.8
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Big Man from the North
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Big Man from the North
(1931)
Animation, Comedy, Crime
Bosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Rochelle Hudson, Johnny Murray
5.8
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We're in the Money
(1933)
Animation, Comedy
After the last human has left the department store, the toys proceed to the music department where they start performing the Warren/Dubin song "We're in the money". The money soon joins for a chorus, as well as display dolls in the wardrobe department.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.4
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Shuffle Off to Buffalo
(1933)
Animation, Comedy
An animated singing and dancing revue of babies (representing a variety of stereotypes) who are being prepared for delivery by stork.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Johnny Murray, The Rythmettes
5.5
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Hold Anything
(1930)
Animation, Comedy, Family
Bosko is a construction worker who impresses Honey by making music from everything in sight, including a decapitated mouse, a typewriter and a goat filled with hot air.
Runtime:
6 min
Director:
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Rochelle Hudson, Johnny Murray
5.6
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You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
(1931)
Animation, Comedy, Family, Music
Piggy picks up his girlfriend and takes her to a theater where a hot jazz orchestra is playing.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Orlando "Slim" Martin
5.4
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Little Buck Cheeser
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Little Buck Cheeser
(1937)
Animation, Family
Little Cheeser and his friends, inspired by Buck Rogers (and visions of cheese), build a rocket ship and fly to the moon.
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.9
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The Booze Hangs High
(1930)
Animation, Comedy
Bosko has a grand time on the farm, dancing with a cow, playing a horse's tail like a violin and getting drunk with three pigs.
Runtime:
6 min
Director:
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Johnny Murray
5.1
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Bosko's Soda Fountain
(1931)
Animation, Comedy
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 kitten pupil.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.9
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I Like Mountain Music
(1933)
Animation, Comedy, Family, Music
After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mussolini, Ignacy Paderewski, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, and Ed Wynn. A robbery sequence features bad guys breaking into the cash reg...
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer
5.6
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Wake Up the Gypsy in Me
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Wake Up the Gypsy in Me
(1933)
Animation
A camp of Russian gypsies, dancing and playing music. After an opening dance, a quartet of beer-drinkers gargles the Volga Boatman song, then another group hauling on a rope sings it (we finally see that the other end of the rope is anchored by a very small dog). A trench-coated bomber sneaks into the palace, where we see Rice-Puddin',...
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
6.0
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Ain't Nature Grand!
(1931)
Animation, Comedy
Bosko fishes, and sings and dances with frogs. But two ladybugs use a wasp as an airplane, and a beehive and tree branch as a machine gun to drive him away.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
5.5
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Bosko's Holiday
(1931)
Animation, Comedy
Bosko and Honey go on a picnic that ends badly.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
5.6
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The Fishing Bear
(1940)
Animation, Comedy, Family
Barney's going fishing, but just as he's getting ready to hook a whole school of trout, a rather persistent duck keeps getting in the way.
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
6.0
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Dumb Patrol
(1931)
Animation, Comedy
During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
5.7
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Box Car Blues
(1930)
Animation, Comedy
Bosko and his porcine friend are hobos in a runaway boxcar.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
5.5
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Freddy the Freshman
(1932)
Animation, Comedy, Music
Freddy comes to a party and is a hit; he then goes on to be the star quarterback at the football game.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.4
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The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
(1939)
Animation
Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out. And that's just the beginning.
Runtime:
9 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
6.3
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Dance of the Weed
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Dance of the Weed
(1941)
Animation, Family, Romance
A clumsy yokel of a male weed courts a delicate female flower ballerina by trying to dance with her.
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
6.4
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Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
(1932)
Animation, Comedy, Music
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.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.5
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The Early Bird and the Worm
(1936)
Animation, Comedy, Family
A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then a snake and two crows join the chase.
Runtime:
9 min
5.5
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Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy
(1946)
Animation
Private Snafu (Situation Normal All Fucked Up) presents his brother Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up) who was a carrier pigeon keeper and has joined the Navy
Runtime:
3 min
Director:
George Gordon, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
Cast:
Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
5.6
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Bosko's Store
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Bosko's Store
(1932)
Animation, Comedy
Shopkeeper Bosko takes care of business.
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.9
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Honeyland
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Honeyland
(1935)
Animation, Family
An MGM Happy Harmonies cartoon in which a group of industrious bees, working to make honey among other products, attempt to outwit a spider who's chasing two of the bees.
Runtime:
10 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
6.2
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You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!
(1932)
Animation, Comedy
A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil ladybug. The whole hive turns out to fight the ladybug and get her back.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Rudolf Ising
5.4
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