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- DirectorTex AveryStarsElvia AllmanSara BernerDaws ButlerThe characters of the traditional fairy tale demand a new approach to the story as a sexy urban comedy with Red as a nightclub singer.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerDaws ButlerSpike gets a job running the house for a hibernating bear. Only problem is that same bear is VERY noise-sensitive, and Spike's got a rival that wants his job.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryBilly BletcherTommy BondA spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsJohn BrownAt the gates of Heaven, the admitting officials have a hard time understanding a newcomer's life story with all his contemporary slang.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonDaws ButlerRed CoffeyA variation on the age-old 'Three Little Pigs' theme, with Droopy and pals being the target of one of the most laid-back wolves you'll ever see.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsWilliam HannaHarry LangPat McGeehanA cute and very tormented kitten is bullied by an incomparably evil bulldog, who lives to know better after a black cat crosses his path.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryFrank GrahamA wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonFrank GrahamThe Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryBea BenaderetThis starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out to be Droopy, it turns into another Droopy-versus-the Wolf gagfest.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerPinto ColvigA mangy cat on the verge of starvation finds a tiny canary and a bottle of 'Jumbo-Gro' fertilizer, which gives him an idea that leads to giant cats, dogs, mice and canaries chasing each other round Lilliputian towns and cities...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryJohn BrownDon't be fooled by the title - Droopy looks like Droopy, but he's actually jazzman John Pettibone, with his performing flea combo, and the film shows how it came into being.
- DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerA jailhouse, a tempting safe, and a sleeping sheriff. Can the two villains make off with the loot without waking him up? Not if deputy Droopy, who is on patrol guarding the safe, has his way. Much of this cartoon is a remake of Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952).
- DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsTex AveryGus BivonaPaul FreesSpike has just finished the 20-year process of digging a tunnel from his prison cell but he picks the wrong place to hide.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsKent RogersTex AverySara BernerA man is murdered in an isolated mansion, and the detective tries to find out whodunit. But the house he's investigating is decidedly haunted, and he never knows just what's 'round the next corner.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryColleen CollinsPaul FreesHomesteaders are not popular in cattle country, so when the cows complain to Dishonest Dan, The Cattle Man, he makes it tough on the Droopy family.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerBilly BletcherPinto ColvigBored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical powers to help achieve her ends.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerDroopy is an unlikely fox-hound, but the highly civilised (and resourceful) English upper-class fox makes even more unlikely prey...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDroopy is a shepherd. His sheep graze into cattle country, despite the warning sign. He gets in an argument with the cattle owner, but of course, nobody wins a battle against Droopy.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerWilliam HannaAn energetic dog needs a night's rest if he's going to be ready for rabbit hunting at dawn. A crafty rabbit does everything he can to keep him awake.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerColleen CollinsPinto ColvigThe last of Tex Avery's variations on Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilised behaviour when watching girls in nightclubs - without, it has to be said, a great deal of success.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonAnn Pickard RheaTex AveryThe Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as "the hero" at the end, in fact barely features in this one - but connoisseurs of Tex Avery wolves will have a field day.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryVonnie BeranerSara BernerThe king of the jungle, after a well-spent day terrorising the rest of the animals, is petrified by a mouse...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsWilliam HannaCal HowardWally MaherA screwy squirrel provokes a pedigreed birddog to chase him throughout the picture.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryFrank GrahamLeone Le DouxA Pilgrim ventures out to procure a turkey for the first Thanksgiving.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryRed CoffeyA cat learns the art of ventriloquism in order to play a series of practical jokes on a slow-witted bulldog...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonLina RomayTex AveryA bullfight contest between Droopy and The Wolf, staged in the Chili Bowl.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerFrank GrahamDon MessickDroopy and Spike compete in a series of athletics contests, and no prizes for guessing who starts cheating...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerWilliam HannaPat McGeehanTwo buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.