Paul Terry Movies

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

Cartoon short.

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 4 September 1942.

Silent cartoon.

Shanghai Pete and his crew of pirate cats sail into San Francisco to kidnap sailors at the port for their crew. The mice sailors are unable to stop...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 6 March 1936.

Pioneer animator Paul Terry launched his film career in 1915, and in less than a decade built a studio around his first star character, a cranky old...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 6 September 1935.

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

Silent cartoon.

An Aesop’s Film Fables short.

Mad Doctor who rooms with a house of skeletons plans mischief. M.D. animation largely by Bill Tytla.

This early Mighty Mouse cartoon -- actually, he was still called 'Super Mouse' at this point -- is one of the better ones, due to the large number of...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 1 June 1934.

Silent cartoon.

This one has lots of what Terrytoons are notorious for: cycles! And cycles of the commonest kind: ants harvesting and a baby factory! It also has a...

Silent cartoon.

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

It's the Army Mice vs. the Navy Cats in a wild, free-for-all football game. The cats battle and steamroll the mice until some gimmicks are employed.