Cartoon X-Ray

Cartoon X-Ray #60: Old Manor House

This week's pick is the 1948 British toon Old Manor House. Bubble and Squeak take refuge in a dilapidated manor on a dark and stormy night. Colonel Rat, the sole occupant of the manor, takes exception and tries to get them to leave with numerous attacks, inadvertently making them believe the place is haunted.

Cartoon X-Ray #59: the Calico Dragon

This week's pick is the 1935 Happy Harmonies toon the Calico Dragon. A little's girls dolls travel through a world made of fabric and undergarments to battle a three-headed dragon.

Cartoon X-Ray #58: Five Minutes of Murder

This week's pick is the darkly humorous 1966 Hungarian cartoon Five Minutes of Murder aka Five Minutes Thrill. It is literally five minutes of people murdering other people sandwiched between and intro and outro and it is great.

Cartoon X-Ray #57: the Magic Fluke

This week's pick is the 1949 Columbia Favorite the Magic Fluke. The Fox and the Crow have a successful swing band gig until the Fox gets an offer to lead a symphony orchestra and turns his back on his old friend.

Cartoon X-Ray #56: Fanny's Wedding Day

This week's pick is the 1933 Terrytoon Fanny's Wedding Day. Oil Can Harry tries to ruin Fanny's Zilch's wedding day with dastardly tactics.