Production
Hugh Harman
Born 1903-08-31 · Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA
Hugh Harman began work with Walt Disney in 1922 on the Laugh-O-Gram shorts. Harman and his partner, Rudolf Ising, then rejoined Disney for the Oswald cartoons, but stayed with producer Charles Mintz after Disney was let go. Harman joined Warner Bros., but left in 1933 for MGM where he and Ising found success with the "Happy Harmonies" before being eclipsed by the animators of the time: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera--whom they hired.
Acting credits
6.2Instead of Wonderland, Alice visits the Walt Disney animation room.
Alice's Wonderland
1923
6.5Ride Him, Bosko! is a western-flavored cartoon with lots of shooting gags involving body reduction, and card characters singing! There's also an alcohol gag that has a really strong one turning a male piano player into a woman instantly!
Ride Him, Bosko
1932
A world famous conductor suffers while leading a mediocre orchestra.
The Mad Maestro
1939
Behind the camera
7.1Two baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when he comes in singing "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war. This classic animation short was an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee.
Peace on Earth
1939
7.1Two baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when he comes in singing "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war. This classic animation short was an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee.
Peace on Earth
1939
7.1Two baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when he comes in singing "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war. This classic animation short was an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee.
Peace on Earth
1939
5.5A streetcar conductor, Foxy has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while Foxy, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
1931
6.2During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.
Dumb Patrol
1931
6.2During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.
Dumb Patrol
1931
A group of brave honey bees attempt to rescue a girl bee who's been abducted by a spider.
Honeyland
1935
NRA look at the career of Warner Bros. animator and director Robert McKimson.
Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson
2007
5.8Bosko, Honey, and Bruno spend a day at the beach.
Bosko at the Beach
1932
5.8Bosko, Honey, and Bruno spend a day at the beach.
Bosko at the Beach
1932
7.5A chicken has hatched seven chicks. She locates six of them, but the other, Eggbert, is missing.
The Lost Chick
1935
7.5A chicken has hatched seven chicks. She locates six of them, but the other, Eggbert, is missing.
The Lost Chick
1935
6.2Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on the sea floor, where they interact with a parade of seahorses, starfish and other marine life, before disappearing into the surface from which they came.
Merbabies
1938
The hear/see/speak no evil monkeys come to life from a small statue on a shelf. They find a pipe and smoke it, and enter a world where all manner of tobacco smoking paraphernalia comes to life.
Pipe Dreams
1938
The hear/see/speak no evil monkeys come to life from a small statue on a shelf. They find a pipe and smoke it, and enter a world where all manner of tobacco smoking paraphernalia comes to life.
Pipe Dreams
1938
5.6Tom Turkey and his friends play their harmonicas so enthusiastically that they nearly destroy the general store.
Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers
1940
5.6Tom Turkey and his friends play their harmonicas so enthusiastically that they nearly destroy the general store.
Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers
1940
5.6A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil large predator.
You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!
1932
5.8A mole lad with sensitive vision is allowed outside to play in the daylight on the condition that he stay close to home. Outdoors, he meets a traveling sales-skunk.
The Little Mole
1941
5.8A mole lad with sensitive vision is allowed outside to play in the daylight on the condition that he stay close to home. Outdoors, he meets a traveling sales-skunk.
The Little Mole
1941
6.9A hound chases a young rabbit, ultimately cornering him against a tree. But the dog doesn't want to eat the rabbit, just make friends. The bunny takes his new friend (who he names Sniffy) to where the rest of the rabbits are playing football and, after introductions, they join in. Soon a fox happens along.
The Hound and the Rabbit
1937
5.5After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mussolini, Ignacy Paderewski, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, and Ed Wynn. A robbery sequence features bad guys breaking into the cash register and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the case. King Kong also makes an appearance. A Merrie Melody cartoon.
I Like Mountain Music
1933
A canary is frustrated by being caged. One day the kind old lady who owns him opens a nearby window, and also leaves the door to the cage open. Freedom! But it's not all it's cracked up to be.
The Discontented Canary
1934
7.0A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then a snake and two crows join the chase.
The Early Bird and the Worm
1936
