Directing
George Gordon
Born — Died
1906-09-02 — 1986-05-24
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George Gordon (September 2, 1906 – May 24, 1986) was a film and TV animator and director of animated productions. Starting in film in 1930, he moved to TV in its early days. Gordon is credited with hundreds of cartoons from 1937 through 1983. Gordon began working with animation in 1930 at the Moser-Terry-Coffman Studio as an animator on the Jesse and James and Farmer Al Falfa series . After two years, he moved to Terrytoons along with one of his previous employers, Paul Terry. In 1937, Gordon left Terrytoons for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio to work as an animator. During his career at MGM, he was able to work on the Barney Bear and Tom and Jerry. Gordon was later promoted to the …
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6.3Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
Bat★21
1988
6.8Barney just wants to hibernate for the winter, but his nephew, just in from the North Pole, has other plans.
Polar Pest
1944
A Terrytoons cartoon released 16 October 1936.
Sunken Treasures
1936
A Terrytoons cartoon released 16 April 1937.
Bug Carnival
1937
7.3A donkey, putting a small pile of rubber out for wartime recycling, is dismayed by the much larger piles his neighbors have put out. He goes into the backyard and finds, in his lawn, a huge buried inner tube - but it has a mind of its own.
Innertube Antics
1944
Kiko the Kangaroo and Farmer Al Falfa and all the animals take an expedition to the North Pole in a dirigible but the skunks are made to ride in a small- trailer towed by the dirigible...or back of the blimp. Once there they all participate in winter sports. The local walrus lodges a complaint against the visitors.
Skunked Again
1936
Behind the camera
6.3Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
Bat★21
1988
6.8Barney just wants to hibernate for the winter, but his nephew, just in from the North Pole, has other plans.
Polar Pest
1944
A Terrytoons cartoon released 16 October 1936.
Sunken Treasures
1936
A Terrytoons cartoon released 16 April 1937.
Bug Carnival
1937
7.3A donkey, putting a small pile of rubber out for wartime recycling, is dismayed by the much larger piles his neighbors have put out. He goes into the backyard and finds, in his lawn, a huge buried inner tube - but it has a mind of its own.
Innertube Antics
1944
Kiko the Kangaroo and Farmer Al Falfa and all the animals take an expedition to the North Pole in a dirigible but the skunks are made to ride in a small- trailer towed by the dirigible...or back of the blimp. Once there they all participate in winter sports. The local walrus lodges a complaint against the visitors.
Skunked Again
1936
A German-accented bird teacher gives his bird pupils a firsthand lesson in the dangers of cats when one attempts to break into their school.
School Days
1937
7.0Animated industrial movie about the steel industry.
Rhapsody of Steel
1959
6.3Barney takes his air-raid warden post too seriously, telling first an owl (shining eyes) and then a firefly to put their lights out. The firefly isn't at all happy and keeps pestering Barney. Then Barney finds a huge offender: a cabin that's all lit up. Looks familiar...
Bear Raid Warden
1944
8.0To bar the Ant from subterranean refuge, the Aardvark strives to plug every ant hole in existence and, to his dismay, discovers a hole of volcanic proportions which is the dwelling of Charlie's huge, older kin.
The Ant from Uncle
1969
6.0In this 1937 Terrytoon, one of the funniest ever made by the studio, a drunk goat is scared by the appearence of three pink elephants. The goat runs into Farmer Al Falfa's house.
Pink Elephants
1937
Farmer Al Falfa runs a rural fitness resort with all the workout gags, involving dumbbells, rowing machines, steam boxes, etc. Kiko the Kangaroo helps expose one of the guests as a criminal in disguise, and a big reward is forthcoming.
Farmer Al Falfa in The Health Farm
1936
NRAlbert, an auto mechanic is listening to a radio broadcast about a society based on the "coordinated cooperation of ants". He becomes excited about the idea, and becomes a little careless. The hood of the car, crashes down on his head, knocking him out cold. While unconcious, he dreams about being a worker among ants in the state-controlled nation of Antrolia. At first he is enthusiastic, but soon becomes disenchanted. When he threatens to strike, the soldier ants drag him before a firing squad. Just as he is being executed, he wakes up. He jumps into the car, races to the radio station and assaults the speaker, who is still extolling the virtures of state-planning boards and a controlled, planned economy. The speech, on red paper, flies into the air, as the mechanic grabs the microphone to give the audience "the real low-down on them ants".
Albert in Blunderland
1950
7.2The stork tells about a harrowing encounter with a gun emplacement. As a result, he declares himself "closed for the duration."
The Stork's Holiday
1943
5.8Private Snafu (Situation Normal All Fucked Up) presents his brother Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up) who was a carrier pigeon keeper and has joined the Navy
Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy
1946
7.2Barney Bear runs afoul of a foul-smelling skunk who wants to steal his berries.
The Unwelcome Guest
1945
A Terrytoons cartoon released 28 May 1937.
Ozzie Ostritch Comes to Town
1937
7.0Cold-War propaganda film where the importance of research and development in capitalism is stressed.
Inside Cackle Corners
1951
A Terrytoons cartoon released 24 July 1936.
Puddy Pup and the Gypsies
1936
When a mother bear gets burdened by the pesky antics of her cubs, she places a sign in front of her house to hire a caretaker. Immediately Kiko, who is passing by, reads the ad and takes the job.
Kiko and the Honey Bears
1936
7.0During Christmas, Puddy the Pup finds a bag of kittens abandoned in the snow.
Cats in a Bag
1936
Farmer Al Falfa and Puddy's farm is shriveling up under the intense heat. A peddler provides magic explosive pills that cause it to rain, and the crops swell up instantly. Unfortunately, it's all a dream.
The Hot Spell
1936
A Terrytoons cartoon released 6 January 1937.
Salty McGuire
1937
NRThis animated film dramatizes the danger of working in oxygen-deficient conditions. It was intended for viewing by mine and construction workers in order to promote safety and prevent accidents.
Two Breaths To...
1979
Farmer Al Falfa receives a gift from his brother Hank in Australia: a pet kangaroo named Kiko, who proves to be a demanding and mischievous house guest.
Farmer Al Falfa's Prize Package
1936
8.0A Terrytoons cartoon released 5 February 1937.
The Book Shop
1937
The barnyard animals throw Al a party commemorating his long career as an animated star. But as happened often before, and would again, uninvited skunks crash the affair, stink up the farmhouse, and all descends into destruction and chaos.
Farmer Al Falfa's 20th Anniversary
1936
Farmer Al Falfa and Puddy the Pup bring their gadget-filled trailer to the Tin Can Tourist Camp, but their fun is spoiled by angry bees.
The Tin Can Tourist
1937
Kiko plays a fife and manages the two well-known pieces for that "The Girl I Left Behind Me" and "Yankee Doodle."
Kiko Foils the Fox
1936
6.0An animated film about the development of the automobile from the perspective of futuristic consumers.
Your Safety First
1956
7.0When a band at radio station KIKO starts playing hot music, the instruments start spitting out flames, and the whole building is soon ablaze. The band can't stop playing as Kiko the fireman tries to put it out.
Red Hot Music
1937
A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 February 1937.
The Big Game Haunt
1937
4.0Animated cartoon from the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
A Few Quick Facts: Air Transport/Ships/China/Fire
1944
A Terrytoons cartoon released 18 September 1936.
A Bully Frog
1936
The tree surgeon (a donkey) races to the giant sequoia, which isn't feeling well. His techniques, though, seem better suited to treating a person.
The Tree Surgeon
1944
A musical cartoon detailing the woes of a new family in a neighborhood beset by credit wolves. A wise owl comes to the rescue by organizing a Community Action Program to boycott the unfair merchants in the neighborhood.
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
1967
10.0Cold War propaganda allegory about farm markets.
Fresh Laid Plans
1951
In this first (and close to the last) cartoon done in Sepia Tone, Puddy the Pup is walking along with a bone in his mouth and, while crossing on a log running over a stream he sees the magnified reflection of the bone in the water. An impish devil appears and urges him to drop his bone and dive into the water after the bigger one. He does and finds nothing while losing his bone. He finds another bone at an Italian restaurant and as he returns over the same stream the imp appears again. Will Puddy be fooled again?
The Dog and the Bone
1937
A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 July 1937.
The Homeless Pup
1937
A short sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc.
Horizons of Hope
1954
