Gene Deitch Movies

Entry in the John Doormat series of shorts.

An adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale

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,...

In this classic story by one of the world's best-loved and acclaimed storytellers for children, the man in the moon looks down on the happy, dancing...

A king attempts, through various methods, to remove his son's persistent frown.

Clint Clobber, the superintendent/janitor at an exclusive apartment house kicks out a dog. The dog disguises himself as a cat to fool a kind-hearted,...

A rare look into the private world of Maurice Sendak, who describes the significant events of his own life and their impact on his work.

Tom and Jerry are sleeping outside during the day when a yellow bird wearing a red helmet lands on Tom, waking him up. Although the bird brushes...

An animated adaptation of the picture book by Toni Ungerer

John's next-door neighbor tries to help him become more assertive against his wife Jane and tell her that he won't do any more housework.

Gaston Le Crayon is a French (kind of beatnik-looking) artist who brings his artwork to life. He's doing a famous painting to be. Movie director...

Through a stray dog's mishaps, the stray gets mixed up with people who aren't really paying attention. He starts out as a shoe shine boy, then ends...

With the holiday season approaching, poor Reuven, the furrier, has no recourse but to sell the family's beloved goat for supplies. But Aaron has...

Nudnik in a shopping area.

A Terrytoons cartoon of 1959 with Gaston le Crayon

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.

Nudnik's adventures at a train station, city, and zoo.

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...

A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army.