Sid Marcus

After a coin-operated scale malfunctions in the Pink Panther's favor, he takes his profits to the arcade.

In 'Pink S.W.A.T.' we see a fly irritating the pink panther. The panther tries to kill the fly but instead of doing that he breaks a lot of things in his own place. (imdb)

It is 1776 and the Pink Panther is enlisted to act as Paul Revere.

A variation of Pinky Doodle. (imdb)

The Pink Panther goes on a cruise to the South Seas for 14 days, but the expected luxurious holiday turns out to be quite the opposite. (imdb)

When the little white guy doesn't want to take part in a bullfight, he offers it to the Pink Panther, who steps into the ring. (imdb)

The panther drops a coin while walking on the street, and it falls down a sewer. He buys a strong magnet, attempting to use it to get the coin back. Unfortunately, the magnet rips off anything metallic he passes by, including the watch from a man at a bus stop and the whistle, badge and uniform buttons from a policeman, and the panther gets in trouble with the law. When the panther finally gets back to the sewer, another man pulls up the coin with his own magnet. (imdb)

The panther gets a job as janitor in a hospital. He dreams of becoming a doctor himself, and initiatively helps out patients by pulling a banana out of a man's ear and bandaging another man's sore finger. Again concentrating on his actual job, he causes nothing but trouble by ruining an x-ray photo and making a doctor slip on the newly-waxed floor. (imdb)

The Pink Panther, after getting a incorrect reading from a scale, thinks he is overweight and tries to exercise. Unfortunately, the temptation of food is too strong..

The Pink Panther can't fall asleep because of a noisy cat.

Marooned on a ship in wintertime, Chilly Willy and Smedley try to eat one another. (imdb)

Chilly Willy can't afford any food, so he looks for a job. That doesn't go so well since Willy has no apparent skills... other than stealing. So he just does that with successful results.

A homeless cat singing, "Hallelujah! I'm a bum" encounters the home of a Mister Lavish McTavish who adopts the cat and promises him all the food he can eat... but ONLY if the cat proves his worth by capturing the mice loose in his house. As it turns out, there is only one mouse in the house who makes a deal with the cat to save his skin. (imdb)

Toby works as a janitor in a museum and has his own way of handling the artifacts in the exhibition. (archive.org)

In this Columbia "Color Phantasy" cartoon (production number 9701), it's the dogs vs. the cats in a golf match. But halfway through the match, an animated, unnamed version of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby join the competition. (imdb)

Three mice run, cavort, sing and dance around in the stores and restaurants a big city at night. They wind up in a café for an early-morning snack and stocking up on food provisions before they return to the safety of their den beneath a man-hole cover in the street. (imdb)

It's basically a series of visual gags that takes place on a greyhound race track with the racers chasing a mechanical rabbit attached to a gate (though the rabbit seems lifelike, at least for a cartoon). (imdb)

A Color Rhapsody cartoon in which children flood the house then proceed to go to sleep.

the title character gets some milk from a cow's udder for the first few inches of the bottles before filling the rest of them with water. Then he and his horse would deliver the stuff at various houses. (imdb comments)

A mad scientist introduces himself to us ("Come! I show you around!") and explains his specialty is crossing things ("I cross a pine mit a apple and I get a pineapple!").. (imdb)

As Pesky Pelican flies south for the winter, his wings begin to ice up. He's puzzled until he finds the South Pole. (bcdb.com)

An entry in the series of Columbia cartoons based on the newspaper comic strip, "L'il Abner", by Al Capp... (imdb)

A very dumb dog is chasing a cat. A smarter dog suggests getting the cat to come to him instead; the... (imdb)

A wacky newsreel shows us a beauty pageant gone wrong, a Jimmy Durante-like judo expert, two victims of the machine age, the horror of preserving beauty, Professor Baggysacks's gyro-copter hat, a push-button-age card sharp and more. (imdb)

Chilly Willy is dying of thirst in the desert- how he got there is unknown- and sees a sign for a hotel (bcdb.com)

Woody and his nephew and niece, Knothead and Splinter, are pursued by a stupid wolf with a desire for woodpecker pie. (imdb)

Many wonderfully weird scenes that would be typical of such cartoons from the '30s such the cow peeling a candle like a banana, or his eating an apple with a worm in it while the worm's taking a bath and pulls down an asbestos curtain!

Chilly Willy goes deep sea fishing coming up with an old shoe which he proceeds to cook. (imdb)

On a tuna boat, Chilly gives a dog a hard time by stealing the fish that he catches. (bcdb.com)

Stanley is tricked by a frog who claims to have been a king. (imdb)

Smedley is fed up with Arctic weather, and wants to leave for Hawaii. But his longtime pal Chilly Willy won't let him. (imdb)

Mrs. Meany is a bird watcher. Of course, she stumbles across Woody. (bcdb.com)

Chilly Willy goes face to face with lighthouse keeper Smedley for constantly disrupting his sleep. (imdb)

Gabby Gator tries to cook Woody for dinner, but he instead finds himself the pursued when an unfriendly cousin, a crocodile, ... (bcdb)

Chilly tries to borrow some coal from the ski resort Smedley works at, but Smedley stops him. (youtube)

An Indian tribe is in need of rain and believe they can get it by sacrificing a woodpecker. Along comes Woody. (imdb)

Smedley is tired of being the one-man crew for Captain Blah of the Old Eye Sore. (youtube)

When Woody makes way too much racket with his TV set and musical instruments, his neighbors have had enough and evict him from the entire city... (imdb)

Woody is getting his hair cut at the local barber when suddenly, said barber walks right out on him (it's his lunch break)... (imdb)

The cartoon starts off with Woody who, tired of flying, stops to rest on a cloud...

Woody and Fink Fox are teamed up as buddies roaming the Western Plains. (bcdb)

Toby conducting an orchestra playing Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" while that band is spitting tobacco in the spittoons nearby! (imdb)

Woody is reading the tale of Little Red Riding Hood... and soon finds himself living the fable when a sobbing Red confronts him, telling him how a mean wolf has been bullying her on her entire trip to Grandma's. Woody plans to get even with the fiendish (and totally stupid) wolf by swapping places with her and going to HIS Grandma's. The wolf stops Woody carrying an apple pie and demands, "Let me have it" (Needless to say, he gets it alright!). (imdb)

While walking past a pet shop, a dog catches Woody's attention, Woody buys him, names him Duffy and takes him home., Woody lives at Mrs. Meany's Boarding House and no dog are allowed, so Woody goes through many attempts to sneak Duffy in under Mrs. Meany's nose.

Woody flies onto a Hawaii-bound ocean liner, causing havoc for a captain and his dog. The ship's dog tries to catch him, with no luck.

Maisie is a secretary. We watch her dashing to work, then sitting through a typical day, reading novels and eating candy. But that's all prelude, as she lives to shop, particularly for hats. She tries on a wide variety of hats, but her heart is set on #36, which she's told must be special ordered. She orders it, and we switch to the hat workshop, where we see the designers, all of them clearly insane. Number 36 is let out long enough to whip one up for Maisie. (imdb)

Little Bigfeather, an Indian, wants to hunt and eat moose, but a turkey oddly wants to be chased instead. Very bizarre ending in this one.

Scrappy tries to enter his dog in a dog show.

Hoot trades in his trusty horse Confederate for a newer and faster horse. (dailymotion)

A Columbia Scrappy cartoon released November 7, 1935.

While flying south with a flock of ducks, Woody is shot at and hunted by a hunter and his dog. (bcdb.com)

Woody is freezing and hungry, too. To get warm, he burns his furniture and begins to burn pages from the family album... till he comes across one of his Uncle Scrooge Woodpecker. He goes to visit Uncle Scrooge in hopes of a handout and finds his house guarded by 10 crocodiles. Even worse than the crocodiles is Uncle Scrooge. (bcdb.com)

In this 1940 entry from Columbia Pictures' "Color Rhapsodies" series, three television pioneers demonstrate how TV works. Featured is singer Madame Dish, followed by trips to India, Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Venice. With the original main titles intact, this 1940 Screen Gems cartoon, with animation by Art Davis and Herb Rothwell plus music by Joe De Nat, was directed by Sid Marcus.

The king paces back and forth; a knight rushes in with the news: It's a boy! The knight visits the three wise fairies with the news, inviting them to a ball in celebration. The fairies arrive (singing), and bestow various blessings on the child (including dancing the jitterbug). There follows some general merriment and dancing, until the clock strikes three. (imdb)

Caricatures of many of the stars in Hollywood from the 1930's all playing and eating as best suits their public image. (imdb)

A spoof of radio quiz shows. The host asks questions, with the contestant getting worse and worse punishments for wrong answers. Professor Cornelius Van Goon (a real dope) gets all the answers wrong- and pays for it.

Li'l Abner, tired of being constantly pursued by Daisy Mae, decides to run away from home but drops by to inform her that he is leaving. But she doesn't care as she informs Li'l Abner that she has a new suitor, Disgustin' Jones, cousin of Available Jones. He takes a train, airplane, ocean liner and gets as far as the Egypitian pyramids before he realizes what she told him.

When Santa has an accident at Fred's house on Christmas Eve, Fred and Barney have to continue his run for him. (imdb)

Scrappy gets lucky panning for gold in the old west.

This satirical version of "Red Riding Hood" was, especially the ending, very topical when released in 1941, as the US had instituted a draft lottery long before Pearl Harbor (December 7,1941.) The wolf convinces Red he is a police dog and he hastily beats a path to Grandma's house with intentions of making a meal of her. But Grandma's boyfriend shows up and takes her dancing. He then plans on eating Red, but the postman arrives with his draft induction notice.

A re-telling of the classic nursery rhyme "The House That Jack Built".

Barney, Snuffy and Lowezie are in attendance at the track to see Spark Plug take part in a big race. Unfortunately, he's so slow that he doesn't finish until the next morning. Incredibly,though he next gets a one-on-one race against the legendary Man O'War. It looks like he'll be super loser again, except that Rudy the Ostrich kisses him,which gives Sparky the adrenaline to win instead.

An obnoxious little toddler boy scares and hits a whimpering puppy in his charge until his mother comes in and puts him to bed and scolds him for his cruelty. Asleep, the boy dreams that the puppy has grown to dinosaur size, bursting through walls, chasing down the brat until retribution looks nigh.

Toby The Pup goes to the circus.

A St. Bernard dog is dishonorably discharged from the Swiss Alps rescue corps when he samples his brandy and gets drunk. In an effort to make up for his disgrace, he sets out to rescue a skilled mountain climber who needs no help. Slapstick up and down the mountain ensues.

Kitty's owner introduces her to a puppy who will befriend and Kitty realizes that when the puppy grows up he becomes Kitty's enemy because dogs hate cats and makes a chase in the yard at the end of the flashback of kitty for the puppy and kitty chases the puppy and the horse gets into the garbage can.

A self-promoted and bragging mongrel is trying to prove his status to a doubting-parrot and accidentally swallows the cuckoo from a clock. The parrot tries to extricate the cuckoo from the dog, where the cuckoo seems to be content. The cuckoo and parrot are engaged in combat within the dog, which is not a pretty picture, and following the brawl, the cuckoo is now seen emerging at intervals from the parrot's mouth, which is also not a pretty picture.

Scrappy in Hollywood.

Barney Google, in a parody of the radio program, Major Bowles Amateur Hour, stages his own version, but uses catch-phrases all through the broadcast used by Bowles on his. Things go well until hillbilly Snuffy Smith gets an early gong and hooked-from-the-stage during his talent presentation.

Against the background of the Grand Canyon, a young Indian boy and an-equally-young Indian maiden fall in love. While they are romancing along in the beautiful scenery, their little dog gets into a hassle with a snake. The snake was harmless, the animation was outstanding.

Farm-boy Scrappy and his dog awaken at dawn and, all day long, they work in the fields only to have molesting crows undo their hard work, tear up the fields and eat the crops. They keep beating off the crows and finally win out just as the sun sets.

The staff at a large big-city hospital is all bothered and nervously awaiting the arrival of a patient, named Elmer, and the doctors and nurses are busily preparing for a major operation. Finally, a woman arrives in a large town-car, with a chauffeur, and she is followed by attendants carrying the patient on a stretcher...Elmer the Goldfish.

Two rival families of hens (and roosters)are arming in preparation for a battle in a property-line dispute over the division line between their two barnyard coops. After much fighting, squabbling and squawking between the two factions, two peaceful doves bring about a settlement between the two groups. Those two doves should have been toiling their trade in Europe in 1939, rather than in a USA barnyard.

Mother Hen’s kids are aspiring singers and actresses, but Chester wants to become a G-Man. This fantasy of his lands him into trouble.

A man visits the doctor and gets a new pair of glasses. The doctor’s dog guides him throughout the city.

While Tom Thumb is very, very small, his kid brother, Pee Wee, is even smaller and Pee Wee's only wish is to be as big and strong as Tom. When tiny Tom is cornered by a kitten, Pee Wee comes to his brother's rescue and proves to himself that what he lacks in size, he makes up for in quality.

With a lot of fuss and bother and replacing of blown vacuum tubes, Scrappy shows his audience -- Oopie, a cat, and a bird -- television images of a squirrel, cats on a back fence, and a comic boxing match from Madison Square Garden. (imdb)

Scrappy and company are putting on a show in the barn. All they need is a good theme song for the balcony scene, which Scrappy writes. Unfortunately, while everyone else remembers the music, he keeps forgetting his part. (imdb)

Scrappy and the Champ compete on horseback, in cars and airplanes to win the race. (imdb)

A dog is tired of living in a house and decides to leave for the fun and excitement of the big city. However, it turns out to be not exactly the way he thought it would be. (imdb)

Scrappy and Oopy are trying to make a movie, but things aren’t working out so they go door to door in Hollywood looking for actors. They find baby versions of mostly comedians and they all then dance about.

Scrappy and Oopie sneak into the New York Auto Show to look at the new cars. Then they go home and build their own auto from bath tubs and sausages. Will they be the hit of the show?

Scrappy goes to the South Pole with many radio personalities.

Scrappy comes down to open up his toy store and let customer Oopie in. Oppie begins to wreak havoc, but when the toys begin to attack the two of them, they defend themselves.

Scrappy is butterfly hunting, and captures a singing butterfly, who turns out to have a magic ring, which Oopie grabs.

Krazy Kat takes a girl to the circus. She is swept off her feet by the man on the flying trapeze. Krazy gets jealous and injures the dashing young man. He ends up in court, pleading his case.

Oopie is to give a violin concert, but doesn’t want to play. Scrappy gives him a stick of chewing gum, which calms him. However, the gum gets on the two of them.

Scrappy and Oopie are tootling along in a car-and-trailer rig, which is larger on the inside than the outside. It’s able to submerge and fly, and contains a cow, and a tree that contains a wasp nest and a bear.

Krazy is a taxidermist. A tough customer comes into his shop and tells Krazy to “Stuff this fish, and make it look like a bird.” Poor intimidated Krazy starts to work but gets knocked out. He begins to have a nightmare about all the animals he’s stuffed in the past. The animals put Krazy on trial.

Scrappy and Oopie are playing, when a pony arrives from Hollywood. Scrappy tries to ride him, but the pony throws him. When Oopie gives him sugar cubes, the pony takes a liking to him.

A he-flame lures a she-moth into his lantern and seduces her, leading her community to form a lynch mob.

A travelogue for some vacation spot, possessed of every natural attraction the tourist seeking peace could wish for.

A theatre-crowd is gathered to listen to Zaza Raja, a renowned mystic, who answers all questions regarding people’s life and future. In response to a question from a young girl in the audience, the psychic goes wonder-gazing into his crystal ball and visions ancient Egypt. In search of the answer to the question, he wanders off into the tombs of the ancient Pharaohs, where many mummies held him solve the riddle of the young lady’s future.

An exuberant little donkey lives for one thing: the joy of racing at top speed. But his mother, cautions her son to go slow and use care, for misfortune may be just around the corner. When the son tires of his mother’s lectures, he leaves from home, dashing off into the desert. Meanwhile, a heinous villain enters the picture, and he uses Mother Donkey as a beast of burden.