Van Beuren cartoons are at their best when weird stuff happens out of nowhere. Not an awful lot weird happens on In the Park , a 1933 Tom an...

On paper, it looked like a great idea. Amadee Van Beuren decided to get out of the third-rate cartoon business, and hired Three Little Pigs...

Unexpected, funny things used to happen in early 1930s Fleischer cartoon, like a plant being watered, coming to life and waving “Thanks!” In...

A kitten tries to pull on a rope, or something. Its kin attempt to help. They fall after unable to budge whatever it is. No matter. The t...

Of the dozens of cartoons made by the animation division of Van Beuren Productions from 1929 (when it changed from Fables Pictures following...

John Foster and Harry Bailey go for pathos in a scene from Cinderella Blues (1931). After dropping and breaking the family dishes, Cindere...