Amadee J. Van Beuren

A look into the whole cupid operation; we see how the process is supposed to work, with cupids practicing their archery, and the couples handed off to the stork. But there's one particularly resistant couple (the man is a W.C. Fields caricature) who takes the whole crew to finally corral.

Felix the Cat is perched in a tree playing his guitar and serenading himself and a canary with a little ditty called "Nature and Me." It is a beautiful day in cartoon-land but Mother Nature, perhaps not a music lover, whips up a lightning-laden thunderstorm and Felix is soon seeking shelter. He finds it at the castle of King Cole, a boastful, fabricating blow-hard. The King's ancestors, tired of hearing the braggart, come out of their pictures as ghostly specters and take the King to the dungeon and pump the gassy hot-air out of him.

13th Cartoon in the Van Beuren Rainbow Parade Series.

5th Cartoon in the Van Beuren Rainbow Parade Series. Retitled "Chinese Lanterns" during World War II.

Faux documentary told in first-person narration, about an "adventuress" who sets sail to Guatemala with her father and two male crewmen, rescues them when their fresh-water supply is compromised, finds a treasure map, and attempts to steal a fabulous emerald from a ruined temple, much to the aggrevation of a worshipful native princess and her subjects.

The classic story of Robin Hood, with Brownie Bear as the prince of thieves.

On Christmas Eve, the Little King sneaks two tramps into the castle. The next morning, the three men are thrilled by the presents Santa left behind.

Brownie the Bear as a young, dapper Gaucho and his adventures as a South American cowboy.

A farmer, his family and all the barnyard animals are bullied by the rooster, who is vain and mean to everyone. He thinks one of his hens has cheated on him and knocks out the peacock. He can't stand to see 2 ducks in love and beats up the boy duck to steal his girl. The rooster is challenged to a fight by Runty Duck. Bully Rooster gets drunk on gasoline while the rest of the barnyard animals a partying because of the upcoming fight. The fight starts and Runty Duck seems to be getting the best of Bully Rooster. In the last moments, Runty KOs the Rooster and wins. Every one celebrates the win and carries Runty on their shoulders.

Cubby the Bear sneaks into the Roxy Opera House on it's opening night and ends up condicting an epic, animal-enacted version of Faust.

Dancing animals in a depression-era shanty town.

As two feline sweethearts sail along Moonlight Bay, the moon invites them up for a visit. They discover the moon is not made of green cheese, as is rumored, but is actually a land of candy, ice cream and cake.

The old woman who lives in the shoe is a cat. Her son Jack climbs the beanstalk and gets the golden goose.

In this Van Beuren cartoon, various animals are singing "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella" before we go to a couple of cats-one male, one female-looking for the gold pot at the end of the rainbow.

At a circus, the ring master and a clown both love Kitty the high-wire artist.

A mouse and his girlfriend (also a mouse) fool around in a toy store. The mouse impresses his girl with charming, toy-involved tricks. When a scrawny black cat enters the scene, the mice are transported to safety by a climbing monkey toy. Together, they inflate a "dummy cat," which comes as a real surprise for the villain cat. Having outwitted the cat, the mouse wins his girl's heart with a song on the piano. She is flattered, and he is happy. The male mouse sings "Good Night, Sweetheart, Good Night" at the end.

Cab drivers Tom and Jerry, waiting at a trains train station for customers on a stormy night, eagerly solicit two arriving gentlemen in top hats until they give in and ask for a ride to their castle.

Shows a stylized representation of how cartoons are made from the artists drawings, to the photography of those drawings with a movie camera, to the sounds and music added to the film with dogs, pigs and living cameras being the actors.

An Aesop's Fables cartoon about a musical fly.

The Cinderella story as told by the Van Beuren Studios.

A slow farm life is turned upside-down thanks to some magic pills....

The Aesop Sound Fables, while almost forgotten today, produced some of the strangest cartoons during the Depression with dream-like backgrounds, surreal imagery and some of the best cartoon scores.

An ordinary fair, but run by animals.

Late night in the toy shop. The toymaker goes up to bed, leaving his wind-up policeman to guard the shop, and the other toys come to life. First order of business: throw that pesky cop into the glue pot. The wind-up soldiers march around. They pass a doll, and the lead soldier stops them so he can go woo her. He has some success, until they are threatened by an elephant; he sucks up the other soldiers, and our hero cowers in fear. Then a monkey attacks, and our soldier continues not to be brave.

Early sound cartoon with an all-insect cast. An eager-to-please young bugler inadvertently annoys the king during a parade and tournament, but redeems himself by rescuing the king's daughter, who's been abducted by a really horrid-looking spider.

A Aesop's Fables cartoon with the animals going to school and causing mischief.

In this Van Beuren cartoon a quartet of singers kidnap a girl and the mouse has to try and save the day.

A cat and mouse nonchalantly dance on roller skates and comically harass Farmer Gray.

Farmer Alfalfa and his cat are having a wash day and mice starts a soap war.

An animated short film, and part of Paul Terry's Aesop's Film Fables, in which some animals play a game of baseball.

A series of animated short subjects created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook.

In this entry in the Aesop's Fables series, a boy and girl cat cannot keep their eyes- and paws- off each other.

Another Van Beuren's mouse cartoon variation of Aladdin's lamp, with a soundtrack added in the late 1940s.

Aesop's Fable from Paul Terry & VanBeuren.

Milton Mouse, the demon rider, stages a one-man round-up, puts the horses into the barn and then calls on Rita, the rancher's daughter. They are getting along famously until terrible Thomas sneaks up, lassos the barn, knocks out Milton, steals Rita, and drives away with his booty.