Steve Muffati

An Oil-can-Harry radio announcer presents Cubby Bear the Crooner as the star of his own radio program over station R-K-O and, while Cubby is crooning away, Slick also advises that Kitty Schmidt (Kate Smith), Cal Jolson (Al Jolson)and Sol Rightman (Paul Whiteman) will be Cubby's guest stars. Then a 100-year-old Western-Union 'boy' delivers a telegram informing that none of the guests will appear. So Cubby has to do the whole program by himself. Cubby comes through.

Cubby The Bear is a jockey and prepares to race....

Cubby The Bear takes his girlfriend to the park where a band plays and they go fishing.

2nd Cartoon in the Rainbow Parade Series by Van Beuren.

A little boy chasing after a duck encounters a cartoon frog, who tells him the story of how he saved that duck's life.

Film targeting magazine advertisers. Opportunities Unlimited describes the growing mid-1950s market of lower-income consumers and families with children. “Slick as a whistle—an extremely attractive blend of animation and live action depicting the current economic boom and its significance to producers and consumers,” wrote Howard Thompson.

An Oil-can-Harry radio announcer presents Cubby Bear the Crooner as the star of his own radio program over station R-K-O and, while Cubby is crooning away, Slick also advises that Kitty Schmidt (Kate Smith), Cal Jolson (Al Jolson)and Sol Rightman (Paul Whiteman) will be Cubby's guest stars. Then a 100-year-old Western-Union 'boy' delivers a telegram informing that none of the guests will appear. So Cubby has to do the whole program by himself. Cubby comes through.

Cubby The Bear is a jockey and prepares to race....

Cubby The Bear takes his girlfriend to the park where a band plays and they go fishing.

2nd Cartoon in the Rainbow Parade Series by Van Beuren.

A little boy chasing after a duck encounters a cartoon frog, who tells him the story of how he saved that duck's life.

Film targeting magazine advertisers. Opportunities Unlimited describes the growing mid-1950s market of lower-income consumers and families with children. “Slick as a whistle—an extremely attractive blend of animation and live action depicting the current economic boom and its significance to producers and consumers,” wrote Howard Thompson.

A mustachioed villain fox and suit-sporting yes-men kidnap Cubby's girlfriend. Cubby pursues them to the old sawmill, where the villain has tied her to a log that is soon to be sawn. A classic good guy vs. bad guy battle to save the girl ensues.

Gulf Oil calmly reminding us why their gasoline is better than anyone else’s gasoline. And it’s all because of their “balanced volatility” and “antiknock value.”