Rudolf Ising

Directing

Rudolf Ising

Born — Died

1903-08-07 — 1992-07-18

Place of birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

63 titles

Rudolf Ising was an American producer and director of animated short films. Some of the titles he is known for are The Calico Dragon (1935), The Old Mill Pond (1936), The Hound and the Rabbit (1937), Puss Gets the Boot (1940), The Milky Way (1940), and Bats in the Belfry (1942).

Known for

Merbabies poster
6.2

Walt 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

Puss Gets the Boot poster
7.0

Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".

Puss Gets the Boot

1940

Dumb Patrol poster
6.2

During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.

Dumb Patrol

1931

Fraidy Cat poster
7.3

Tom hears a ghost story on the radio and is spooked by it; Jerry notices this and takes advantage of it, using a variety of tricks to scare Tom.

Fraidy Cat

1942

I Like Mountain Music poster
5.5

After 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

No artwork available
8.0

A mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores. A big black spider dresses up as a maid to get in the door.

Mrs. Ladybug

1940

Film credits

1940s · 9 titles

The Rookie Bear poster
6.2

In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.

The Rookie Bear

1941

Home on the Range poster
7.4

A cow and her calf are bedding down for the night. The calf is frightened by a shadow, until it's revealed to be a jackrabbit. He follows the rabbit deep into the woods. Neither of them notices the wolf following.

Home on the Range

1940

The Bear and the Beavers poster
7.0

Barney has run out of firewood in mid winter. His quest for more is not too successful. Meanwhile, the beavers have been busily cutting and stacking their wood, which proves too tempting for Barney. The beavers are not pleased.

The Bear and the Beavers

1942

A Rainy Day with the Bear Family poster
5.7

In this animated short featuring the Bear Family, Papa Bear attempts to fix a leaky roof during a rain storm.

A Rainy Day with the Bear Family

1940

Bah Wilderness poster
6.7

Barney's on a camping trip, but the great outdoors is a bit too wild for him: first the wildlife, then the air mattress, then a bit of rain...

Bah Wilderness

1943

The Prospecting Bear poster
6.3

Barney and his severely overloaded pack mule are prospecting, high on a mountain, when Barney spots gold nuggets, and a whole cave lined with gold.

The Prospecting Bear

1941

Papa Gets the Bird poster
6.3

Papa Bear attempts to give the family's pet canary a bath. An MGM Bear Family cartoon.

Papa Gets the Bird

1940

The Fishing Bear poster
7.3

Barney's going fishing, but just as he's getting ready to hook a whole school of trout, a rather persistent duck keeps getting in the way.

The Fishing Bear

1940

The Uninvited Pest poster
7.6

Barney is settling in for his hibernation when a squirrel spots his bedtime snack: a bowl of walnuts. The squirrel sneaks in and wakes Barney up. Barney chases out the squirrel, who proceeds to drop first the nut, then himself, down Barney's noisy tin roof.

The Uninvited Pest

1943

1930s · 12 titles

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! poster
5.5

A 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

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep poster
6.0

Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out. And that's just the beginning.

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep

1939

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land poster
5.2

Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land

1931

Big Man from the North poster
5.4

Bosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive.

Big Man from the North

1931

You Don't Know What You're Doin'! poster
5.6

Piggy picks up his girlfriend and takes her to a theater where a hot jazz orchestra is playing.

You Don't Know What You're Doin'!

1931

Bottles poster
7.8

A dark and stormy night in a drugstore. The druggist mixes a potion and falls asleep. The skull-and-crossbones on the bottle comes to life and drips the potion on the druggist.

Bottles

1936

Ride Him, Bosko poster
6.5

Ride 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

Pagan Moon poster
4.7

On a tropical island, a native boy sings "Pagan Moon" to his sweetheart. Later, he plays music underwater with an octopus-pianist and other jazz-loving sea life.

Pagan Moon

1932

The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives poster
5.3

Christmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild. He plays with a few toys. A candle falls off the tree and starts a fire. The toys try in vain to fight the fire; the boy hooks up a hose to a set of bagpipes and takes care of it.

The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives

1933

You're Too Careless with Your Kisses! poster
5.6

A 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

Bosko the Doughboy poster
5.9

Bosko is a doughboy in the Great War. Bullets and bombs are everywhere. (A bomb even blows up the title card.) Bosko and his fellow infantrymen are hardly safe in their trench. Bosko is happily eating from a pan full of beans when a bomb hits the pan and destroys his meal. Bosko misses Honey; he pulls out her picture and kisses it. A cannonball tears through it, making her head a gaping hole. Now Bosko is angry. He vows revenge but the moment his helmet appears above the trench, it’s hit with dozens of bullets, knocking him back down. Another soldier briefly cheers him up with harmonica music. Bosko gets his chance to be a hero when his buddy swallows a cannonball.

Bosko the Doughboy

1931

The Organ Grinder poster
5.2

A beloved Italian organ grinder plays his music and sings his song through an immigrant-filled ghetto neighborhood, where hard-scrabble kids and well-proportioned matrons get hep to the beat that flows from the organ grinder's calliope. There are lots of spoofs of life on the Lower East Side and lots of monkeyshines as the organ grinder's pet performs "42nd Street" and imitates some Hollywood greats. The monkey takes wing and gets behind the wheel of a car, driving all over the area and wrecking everything.

The Organ Grinder

1933

Behind the camera

Merbabies poster
6.2

Walt 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

Merbabies poster
6.2

Walt 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

Puss Gets the Boot poster
7.0

Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".

Puss Gets the Boot

1940

Dumb Patrol poster
6.2

During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.

Dumb Patrol

1931

Dumb Patrol poster
6.2

During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.

Dumb Patrol

1931

Fraidy Cat poster
7.3

Tom hears a ghost story on the radio and is spooked by it; Jerry notices this and takes advantage of it, using a variety of tricks to scare Tom.

Fraidy Cat

1942

I Like Mountain Music poster
5.5

After 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

I Like Mountain Music poster
5.5

After 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

No artwork available
8.0

A mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores. A big black spider dresses up as a maid to get in the door.

Mrs. Ladybug

1940

The Rookie Bear poster
6.2

In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.

The Rookie Bear

1941

The Rookie Bear poster
6.2

In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.

The Rookie Bear

1941

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! poster
5.5

A 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

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! poster
5.5

A 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

Home on the Range poster
7.4

A cow and her calf are bedding down for the night. The calf is frightened by a shadow, until it's revealed to be a jackrabbit. He follows the rabbit deep into the woods. Neither of them notices the wolf following.

Home on the Range

1940

Home on the Range poster
7.4

A cow and her calf are bedding down for the night. The calf is frightened by a shadow, until it's revealed to be a jackrabbit. He follows the rabbit deep into the woods. Neither of them notices the wolf following.

Home on the Range

1940

One Step Ahead of My Shadow poster
5.9

Several Chinese residents play music. A dragon frees himself from a cage and goes after them, but fireworks are shoved down the dragon's throat. This causes him to explode and turn into a walking dragon skeleton.

One Step Ahead of My Shadow

1933

One Step Ahead of My Shadow poster
5.9

Several Chinese residents play music. A dragon frees himself from a cage and goes after them, but fireworks are shoved down the dragon's throat. This causes him to explode and turn into a walking dragon skeleton.

One Step Ahead of My Shadow

1933

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep poster
6.0

Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out. And that's just the beginning.

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep

1939

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep poster
6.0

Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out. And that's just the beginning.

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep

1939

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep poster
6.0

Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out. And that's just the beginning.

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep

1939

The Hound and the Rabbit poster
6.9

A 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

The Hound and the Rabbit poster
6.9

A 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

Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson poster
NR

A look at the career of Warner Bros. animator and director Robert McKimson.

Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson

2007

Bosko and Bruno poster
5.7

Bosko and Bruno escape from a speeding train via a handcar; make a failed attempt to steal a chicken; and end up on a runaway boxcar.

Bosko and Bruno

1932

The Queen Was in the Parlor poster
6.0

The last Goopy Geer cartoon. The king returns to his castle, and asks where the queen is; she's in the parlor, and won't be seen, according to the title song. He goes to his throne and summons his jester, Goopy Geer. A black knight arrives and threatens one of the young ladies in court; Goopy Geer fights him off, first with an ax, then in armor from kitchen utensils, then butting him with a mounted animal head, which makes the knight's armor fall apart. He pulls it together again and runs away.

The Queen Was in the Parlor

1932

The Queen Was in the Parlor poster
6.0

The last Goopy Geer cartoon. The king returns to his castle, and asks where the queen is; she's in the parlor, and won't be seen, according to the title song. He goes to his throne and summons his jester, Goopy Geer. A black knight arrives and threatens one of the young ladies in court; Goopy Geer fights him off, first with an ax, then in armor from kitchen utensils, then butting him with a mounted animal head, which makes the knight's armor fall apart. He pulls it together again and runs away.

The Queen Was in the Parlor

1932

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land poster
5.2

Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land

1931

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid poster
5.6

A cartoonist draws Bosko, who promptly comes to life.

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

1929

Sinkin' in the Bathtub poster
6.0

The music-happy Bosko and Honey take a car ride, but bad luck briefly interrupts their fun.

Sinkin' in the Bathtub

1930

Sinkin' in the Bathtub poster
6.0

The music-happy Bosko and Honey take a car ride, but bad luck briefly interrupts their fun.

Sinkin' in the Bathtub

1930

Bosko's Parlor Pranks poster
6.7

Bosko keeps Wilbur occupied with tales of his past exploits while Honey steps out on an errand.

Bosko's Parlor Pranks

1934

Bosko's Soda Fountain poster
5.2

Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty Wilbur.

Bosko's Soda Fountain

1931

Bosko's Soda Fountain poster
5.2

Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty Wilbur.

Bosko's Soda Fountain

1931

The Tree's Knees poster
5.3

Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.

The Tree's Knees

1931

The Tree's Knees poster
5.3

Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.

The Tree's Knees

1931

Big Man from the North poster
5.4

Bosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive.

Big Man from the North

1931

Big Man from the North poster
5.4

Bosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive.

Big Man from the North

1931

The Early Bird and the Worm poster
7.0

A 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

The Early Bird and the Worm poster
7.0

A 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

It's Got Me Again! poster
5.9

Late at night, the mice come out and sing and play to the title tune, among others. That is, until the cat arrives, but he's quickly sent packing.

It's Got Me Again!

1932