Ben Sharpsteen
Date of Birth: 04 Nov 1895
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 29 (Director)
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Titles you haven't rated - Director (29)
Mrs. Jumbo wishes for a baby, but when the stork finally delivers, the baby has a distinctive enhancement - gigantic ears. (imdb)
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A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy. (imdb)
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Snow White, pursued by a jealous queen, hides with the Dwarfs; the queen feeds her a poison apple, but Prince Charming awakens her with a kiss. (imdb)
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Moving Day (1936) - Short Film
Donald and Mickey are overdue on their rent, so the sheriff is preparing to evict them and sell their belongings... (imdb)
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Mickey's Trailer (1938) - Short Film
Goofy's in the driver's seat, Mickey's in the kitchen, and Donald's in bed in Mickey's high-tech house trailer... (imdb)
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Don Donald (1937) - Short Film
Donald is courting Daisy (called Donna, here in her first appearance) Duck in Mexico. He arrives on a burro, which doesn't get along at all well with her; she convinces him to buy a car. (imdb)
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On Ice (1935) - Short Film
Mickey shows off his ice-skating skills to Minnie; Goofy does some unconventional ice fishing; Donald straps skates to Pluto and laughs at his attempts to skate. Donald gets strapped to a kite and is about to be swept over a waterfall when Mickey pulls off an heroic rescue. (imdb)
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The Worm Turns (1937) - Short Film
Mad scientist Mickey has just brewed up a potion; to test it out, he squirts it on a fly that's been trapped by a spider, a (regular) mouse being harassed by a cat, then the cat when Pluto goes after it, and Pluto when dogcatcher Pegleg Pete goes after him. Each of the underdogs turns against his tormentor. (imdb)
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Clock Cleaners (1937) - Short Film
Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are cleaning a large clock. Among the complications: Mickey fights a sleeping stork that doesn't want to leave, Donald gets tangled up in the main-spring, and Goofy is inside the bell when the clock strikes four. (imdb)
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Pluto's Quin-puplets (1937) - Short Film
Pluto wants to chase the sausage man, but Fifi convinces him to look after their five rambunctious puppies instead. The puppies end up in the basement, where they tangle with a compressed air tank, paint, a jug of hooch, and other hazards. Fifi returns and finds a drunk Pluto, paint on everyone, and gets very angry. (imdb)
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Moose Hunters (1937) - Short Film
Goofy (front) and Donald (rear) are dressed in a moose suit, trying to lure moose for hunter Mickey. When they do find one, it turns out to be more than they can handle. (imdb)
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Boat Builders (1938) - Short Film
Mickey buys a boat kit, and enlists Goofy and Donald to help assemble it. The plans say, "so simple a child could do it", so of course, they have their share of troubles.
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The Fox Hunt (1938) - Short Film
Donald controls the hounds (or maybe they control him), and Goofy is riding on Horace Horsecollar, as the fox outwits both of them. Some other Disney characters are seen briefly in the hunting party at the end. (imdb)
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Hawaiian Holiday (1937) - Short Film
The gang is on vacation. Goofy has some surfing problems, Donald learns why you don't wear a grass skirt near a fire, Pluto and a starfish have a tiff, followed by an encounter with a hermit crab. (imdb)
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Donald and Pluto (1936) - Short Film
Plumber Donald is using a large magnet in his work. When he drops it, it causes trouble for Pluto, especially after Pluto swallows it. Things begin clinging to him, especially his metal dog dish. (imdb)
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Polar Trappers (1938) - Short Film
Donald and Goofy are trappers in the frozen north with different approaches. Donald sees a penguin and dresses as one to lure her to the chopping block; Goofy baits a trap with fish (then acts like a walrus to capture one that steals his bait bucket). (imdb)
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Mickey's Circus (1936) - Short Film
Mickey is ringmaster of a circus for orphans. Donald has a trained sea lion act, and does a bit of juggling himself. Mostly, though, he fights with a baby sea lion who keeps stealing both the fish and the show. Donald then finds himself and Mickey in an unrehearsed high wire act, which kicks into high gear when one of the orphans electrifies the wire. They end by doing a high dive into the seals' tank. (imdb)
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Orphans' Picnic (1936) - Short Film
Mickey and Donald take a truckload of mouse boys on a picnic. The boys delight in tormenting Donald, first by filching the picnic food, then giving him a flower with a bee inside (Donald eventually gets the whole hive after him), and finally a sandwich with another bee in it. (imdb)
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Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (1942) - Short Film
Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials for explosives for the war effort. (imdb)
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Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935) - Short Film
Mickey, Donald and Goofy are a fire department. As you might expect, their attempts at fighting a boardinghouse fire are not particularly effective. They hear Clarabelle singing in the bathtub and rescue her, tub and all, against her will (she won't believe there's a fire). (imdb)
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Two-Gun Mickey (1934) - Short Film
Minnie rides into town and takes a large sack of money out of the bank. Pegleg Pete gathers his gang to take it from her, and they chase her out of town. Lonesome cowboy Mickey, who met Minnie earlier and was told she could take care of herself, sees this chase unfolding from his high perch, and rides down to save the day. (imdb)
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Mickey's Service Station (1935) - Short Film
Mickey, Goofy & Donald have 10 minutes to fix Pete's car. Or else! (imdb)
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The Cookie Carnival (1935) - Short Film
Cookies, cakes, and other desserts march in a parade. A gingerbread girl cries because she has nothing to wear; a gingerbread man dresses her up, and she is named cookie queen. (imdb)
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Broken Toys (1935) - Short Film
A sailor doll, thrown into a toy dump, rallies the demoralized dolls that were already there. (imdb)
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Cock o' the Walk (1935) - Short Film
The title character comes to town, complete with portable boxing ring. He grabs a local chicken and dances with her... (imdb)
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Water Birds (1952) - Short Film
True life adventures presenting strange facts about the world we live in, following the lives of water birds including gannets, terns, pelicans, ducks and wading birds. Oscar winner.
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Lapland (1957) - Short Film
Beautiful nature documentary focusing on the wildlife, but also includes substantial information on the people of Finland.
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Samoa (1956) - Short Film
Samoa consists of two major islands. Western Samoa is inhabited by a very proud race of people who don't particularly like Westerners so tourism is not really encouraged. Catherine and John try to understand Fa Samoa, the source of intense pride in their culture. They visit Robert Louis Stevenson's house. They witness the Samoan art of tattooing, covering most of body.
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It depicts the lives of ama divers, Japanese women who dive for pearls. It won an Oscar at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959 for Documentary Short Subject.
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