Production

John Sutherland

Born — Died

1910-09-11 — 2001-02-17

Place of birth

Williston, North Dakota, USA

Known for

Production

Credits

35 titles

An United States movie producer, animator on the 1931 short The Beach Party and voiced the adult Bambi.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Hawaiian Holiday poster
6.7

Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto experience all that Hawaii has to offer. Donald tries hula dancing, Pluto explores the beach and Goofy takes up surfing!

Hawaiian Holiday

1937

Gulliver Mickey poster
6.6

Mickey is first seen reading Gulliver's Travels while the mice orphan children are pretending to be sailors. After ruining their game Mickey tries to make it up to them by retelling the Liliput sequences of Gulliver's Travels pretending it was a real event that happened to him by portraying the role of Gulliver. The story ends with Mickey saving the town from a giant spider (Pete). However after telling the story, one of the children dangles a fake spider attached to a fishing rod which scares Mickey out of his witts.

Gulliver Mickey

1934

Let's relax poster
6.0

Cartoon Compilation loosely based on the Disneyland episode "How to Relax" (1957). Released theatrically in european territories and South America.

Let's relax

1974

Moving Day poster
6.4

Donald and Mickey are overdue on their rent, so the sheriff is preparing to evict them and sell their belongings. Goofy the ice-man comes by and helps them move out before the sale, but their piano doesn't want to stay on his truck. Meanwhile, Donald has a fight with a plunger and a fishbowl after removing a heater from the gas line.

Moving Day

1936

Lady at Midnight poster
9.0

A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.

Lady at Midnight

1948

Too Many Winners poster
6.0

Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.

Too Many Winners

1947

Too Many Winners poster
6.0

Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.

Too Many Winners

1947

The Castaway poster
6.2

Mickey, apparently shipwrecked, is on a raft; he washes up on a tropical island, where a banana tree takes care of his hunger. He then discovers a piano that washed ashore, and begins playing it. The animals come around; a gorilla, after playing a 4-hands piece with his feet, destroys the piano. Mickey runs away and accidentally wakes a lion. The lion chases Mickey to a stream, where he jumps onto a rock that turns out to be right next to a crocodile.

The Castaway

1931

It's Everybody's Business poster
6.7

Animated propaganda advocating for the importance of unregulated capitalism to the American way of life.

It's Everybody's Business

1954

It's Everybody's Business poster
6.7

Animated propaganda advocating for the importance of unregulated capitalism to the American way of life.

It's Everybody's Business

1954

The Strange Mrs. Crane poster
6.3

Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.

The Strange Mrs. Crane

1948

Meet Mrs. Swenson poster
5.0

An overworked housewife struggles to survive in an old house with an inadequate electrical supply and out-of-date appliances.

Meet Mrs. Swenson

1956

Make Mine Freedom poster
4.6

This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.

Make Mine Freedom

1948

No artwork available
NR

The devil poses as a business tycoon to try and raise the price on home living to start another war and it's up to John Q to stop him.

The Devil and John Q

1952

Destination Earth poster
5.0

A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.

Destination Earth

1956

The Delivery Boy poster
5.9

Delivery boy Mickey encounters Minnie washing clothes and singing. He stops for a quick song and dance with her. Meanwhile, Pluto gets tangled up in tar. Mickey sends a beehive flying; it lands on his mule, who kicks Mickey's instrument-filled wagon into the air. He plays a march or two on the piano with Minnie, with many animals playing along.

The Delivery Boy

1931

Rhapsody of Steel poster
7.0

Animated industrial movie about the steel industry.

Rhapsody of Steel

1959

Rhapsody of Steel poster
7.0

Animated industrial movie about the steel industry.

Rhapsody of Steel

1959

Your Safety First poster
6.0

An animated film about the development of the automobile from the perspective of futuristic consumers.

Your Safety First

1956

The Lady Said No poster
6.5

Pepito approaches a beautiful senorita who icily rebuffs him, but he is persistent and she allows him to take her to an upscale restaurant, where Pepito can not pay the bill. The consequences are realized later when he finds himself at the altar, about to be married, a confused victim of a misunderstanding.

The Lady Said No

1946

No artwork available
NR

A documentary about the laying of the first transatlantic telephone line.

The Voice Beneath the Sea

1956

Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas poster
1.0

A propaganda short commissioned by the United Fruit Company on the benefits they bring to Central America, such as creating jobs and delivering educational opportunities, which is something the Soviet Union could never understand.

Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas

1953

Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas poster
1.0

A propaganda short commissioned by the United Fruit Company on the benefits they bring to Central America, such as creating jobs and delivering educational opportunities, which is something the Soviet Union could never understand.

Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas

1953

Dear Uncle poster
10.0

Lost industrial cartoon from late 1940s or early 1950s telling everyone to PAY YOUR TAXES!. Directed by Carl Urbano. Produced by John Sutherland. Sponsored by harding College.

Dear Uncle

1953

No artwork available
NR

Explains how an atomic powered submarine operates. Includes scenes at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady and the submarine reactor test site at West Milton, New York.

The Atom Goes to Sea

1954

Why Play Leap Frog? poster
7.3

Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power.

Why Play Leap Frog?

1950

Fresh Laid Plans poster
10.0

Cold War propaganda allegory about farm markets.

Fresh Laid Plans

1951

The Littlest Giant poster
NR

Sponsored by the National Consumer Finance Association, this short film is a lesson about all the things you can do with bank loans.

The Littlest Giant

1956

Meet King Joe poster
8.0

Cold War propaganda movie showcasing the benefits of capitalism through the eyes of an average worker named Joe.

Meet King Joe

1949

The Dragon Slayer poster
NR

The Dragon Slayer is an animated cartoon in Technicolor., and is the first film of Peanuts director Bill Melendez. It was commissione by Du Pont to explain its security plan to company employees. The story revolves around Sir Evans, a knight of old, who goes forth to battle the menacing dragons. Only through the protection of armor made for him by his trusty squire, D.I.R.P. can he slay the dragons without being singed by their fiery blasts. But knights in legends aren't the only ones to fear dragons. Most of us, like Ed Blevins, hero of this tale, have the modern-day dragons of insecurity to reckon with. But Ed, like Sir Evans, also has the protection of D.I.R.P., in this case the Du Pont Industrial Relations Plans, which are outstanding examples of how a company helps its employees help themselves.

The Dragon Slayer

1956

No artwork available
4.7

FIlm on how the average person can invest in the stock market.

Working Dollars

1956

No artwork available
NR

Animated short film featuring Reddy Kilowatt, reusing some footage from 1946's Reddy Made Magic.

The Mighty Atom

1958

No artwork available
NR

An industrial short.

Tomorrow & Mr. Jones

1960

Going Places poster
NR

Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power. The second of seven smart-looking animated shorts in the "fun and facts about American business" series. Its subject is "the profit motive," and it stars "Freddie Fudsie," a lazy soap maker who just wants to go fishing. He invents bar soap, makes some money, and is about to retire in peace and quiet when a sexy lady (the Profit Motive) walks by and Freddie -- who suddenly needs more money to win her affection -- never sees a fishing hole again. But that's okay, because "the profit motive has been the driving force behind the growth of American industry" and "will make a better life for the children of tomorrow." Oh, really? Watch for the cameo by "Joe," who later starred in Why Play Leap Frog? and Meet King Joe. The films in this series were made possible by a $597,870 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Going Places

1948