MALICE IN SLUMBERLAND-Phantasy (Screen Gems/Columbia, 1942)

Time for a cartoon, friends and neighbors!


From 1942, we present the Phantasy cartoon "Malice in Slumberland."


In this one, a dripping basement faucet is preventing somebody from getting any badly needed sleep.


With animation by Ray Patterson and music by Eddie Kilfeather, this cartoon, from Columbia Pictures' Screen Gems Studio, was produced by Dave Fleischer and directed by Alec Geiss.

MR. ELEPHANT GOES TO TOWN-Color Rhapsody (Screen Gems/Columbia-1940)

From 1940, here's "Mr. Elephant Goes To Town," part of Columbia Pictures' Color Rhapsody series, in which a circus elephant gets drunk on "cold elixir" before he befriends a pink elephant.  Our hero is in no shape when the ringmaster finds him.



With animation by Sid Marcus and music by Joe De Nat, this cartoon, made by the Screen Gems cartoon studio in Hollywood and shown with the original main titles, was directed by Art Davis.

MALICE IN SLUMBERLAND-Phantasy (Screen Gems/Columbia, 1942)

From 1942, here's a Phantasy cartoon from Columbia Pictures' Screen Gems studio entitled "Malice in Slumberland."  In this one, a dripping basement faucet is preventing someone from getting some sleep.  With animation by Ray Patterson and music by Eddie Kilfeather, this cartoon was produced by Dave Fleischer and directed by Alec Geiss.

SLAY IT WITH FLOWERS-Color Rhapsody (w/ Fox and Crow) (Screen Gems/Colum...

From 1943, here are the Fox and Crow starring in a Columbia Pictures-released Screen Gems Color Rhapsody Technicolor cartoon "Slay It With Flowers."  In this one, the Fox is trying to plant a Victory Garden, but the Crow wants that corn.  With original opening and closing titles, plus  story by Leo Salkin, animation by Phil Duncan, and music by Eddie Kilfeather (and not to mention uncredited voice characterizations by Frank Graham), this cartoon was produced by Dave Fleischer and directed by Bob Wickersham.

Time For A Cartoon, Boys And Girls

From 1944, here's "As The Fly Flies," an entry in Columbia Pictures' Phantasy series, produced by the Screen Gems cartoon studio.  In this one, Professor Igor Puzzlewitz invents a Rube Goldbergian fly-killing matchine, but has trouble with one of the winged demons in his own laboratory.



With story by Ed Seward, animation by Grant Simmons, and music by Eddie Kilfeather, with cartoon was directed by Howard Swift.

Scrappy and Oopy's Minstrel Show

In this 1935 cartoon, "The Gloom Chasers," singing and wandering minstrels Scrappy and Oopy try to cheer up a sad little girl, whose father's farm had gone bone dry due to drought.  





This cartoon, originally released theatrically by Columbia Pictures, was produced by Charles Mintz and co-directed by story man Sid Marcus and animator Art Davis, with music by Joe De Nat.  This is a TV syndication print (Samba Pictures).