Abe Levitow

Abe Levitow

Abraham Levitow (July 2, 1922 – May 8, 1975) was an American animator who worked at Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA and MGM Animation/Visual Arts. He is best known for his work under Chuck Jones' direction. Levitow began working as an in-betweener and assistant animator at Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1940 at the age of 17. He briefly left Warner Bros. when he was drafted during World War II working on training films. Levitow returned to the studio, working as an assistant animator for Ken Harris under the Chuck Jones unit, and he was later promoted to animator in 1950 and would receive his first animations credit in 1953 for the cartoon Wild Over You. He worked steadily for Jones over the remainder of the 1950s, and directed several cartoons for release in 1959, including the Pepé Le Pew cartoon "Really Scent". While working under Jones, he made characters' joints more angular than most other animators. Those characters with fur (Wile E. Coyote, for example) looked especially shaggy in Levitow's scenes. Levitow joined UPA in 1958 to work on the Mr. Magoo feature 1001 Arabian Nights, staying behind even after the studio was sold to Henry G. Saperstein. In 1962, he directed the first feature-length animated television special, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. 1962 also saw the release of his theatrical feature Gay Purr-ee. By 1962, he was working with Jones at MGM as an animator and a director in the Tom and Jerry series. He co-directed the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth with Chuck Jones at MGM. In addition, he worked with UPA on more Mr. Magoo cartoons, including The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, and also collaborated with Chuck again on the program Curiosity Shop through Format Films. He animated on the Chuck Jones-produced A Christmas Carol, directed by Richard Williams at Williams' London studio in 1971. In 1972, he and producer Dave Hanson founded Levitow/Hanson Films. The studio produced several animated pieces for Sesame Street, the most notable being Willie Wimple. His last completed project was B.C.: The First Thanksgiving, which aired in November of 1973. At the time of his death, Levitow was in line to direct the animated feature film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure. The project was taken over by Richard Williams when Levitow died from a bone tumor during pre-production at the age of 52. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

  • Title: Abe Levitow
  • Popularity: 1.022
  • Known For: Visual Effects
  • Birthday: 1922-07-02
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Abraham Levitow
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Abe Levitow Movies

  • 1962
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    Gay Purr-ee

    Gay Purr-ee

    6.6 1962 HD

    Mewsette is a starry-eyed cat who grows weary of life on a French farm and heads for the excitement of 1890s Paris. Her tomcat suitor, Jaune-Tom, and...

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  • 1970
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    The Phantom Tollbooth

    The Phantom Tollbooth

    6.8 1970 HD

    The Phantom Tollbooth, based upon the children's adventure novel by Norton Juster, tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo. Unexpectedly...

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  • 1962
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    Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

    Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

    6.3 1962 HD

    In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage...

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  • 1955
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    One Froggy Evening

    One Froggy Evening

    7.7 1955 HD

    A workman finds a singing frog in the cornerstone of an old building being demolished. But when he tries to cash in on his discovery, he finds the...

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  • 1957
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    What's Opera, Doc?

    What's Opera, Doc?

    7.5 1957 HD

    Bugs is in drag as the Valkyrie Brunhilde, who is pursued by Elmer playing the demigod Siegfried.

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  • 1955
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    A Hitch in Time

    A Hitch in Time

    5.1 1955 HD

    John McRogers dreams about his future after spending four years in the U.S. Air Force, and is convinced by "Grogan," Technical Gremlin First Class,...

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  • 1956
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    90 Day Wondering

    90 Day Wondering

    5.1 1956 HD

    Ralph Phillips is overjoyed when he runs out of Fort Itude, because he's a civilian again. Things, however, don't go well for him when he gets home,...

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  • 1959
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    A Witch's Tangled Hare

    A Witch's Tangled Hare

    6 1959 HD

    Rabbit - in this case Bugs - is an important needed ingredient in Witch Hazel's brew.

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  • 1957
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    Boyhood Daze

    Boyhood Daze

    5.8 1957 HD

    Ralph gets sent to his room for breaking a window. There, he passes the time in Walter Mitty-type fashion, daydreaming that he's a parent-saving...

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  • 1956
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    Broom-Stick Bunny

    Broom-Stick Bunny

    6.8 1956 HD

    On Halloween night, Bugs Bunny, masquerading as a witch, trick-or-treats at the creepy old mansion of Witch Hazel, who prides herself on being the...

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  • 1954
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    Feline Frame-Up

    Feline Frame-Up

    6.7 1954 HD

    After Claude frames Marc Antony, making it look like the bulldog ate the kitty, Marc must try various methods of getting back at Claude from outside...

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  • 1958
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    Hare-Way to the Stars

    Hare-Way to the Stars

    6.9 1958 HD

    Bugs Bunny groggily climbs out of bed and his hole and, unknowingly, into a rocket ship that's parked directly above. It transports him into outer...

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  • 1948
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    Scaredy Cat

    Scaredy Cat

    7.4 1948 HD

    Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat spend the night in an old dark house, whose horrors only Sylvester sees.

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  • 1956
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    Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z

    Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z

    6.5 1956 HD

    Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully chases the Road Runner using such contrivances as a rifle, a steel plate, a dynamite stick on an extending metal...

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  • 1954
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    Baby Buggy Bunny

    Baby Buggy Bunny

    6.6 1954 HD

    Baby-Faced Finster robs a bank, but the baby carriage with the money in it goes down Bugs' rabbit hole.

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  • 1959
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    Baton Bunny

    Baton Bunny

    6.7 1959 HD

    Bugs conducts the Warner Brothers Symphony in Franz von Suppé's "Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna" while reacting to a bothersome fly.

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  • 1958
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    Cat Feud

    Cat Feud

    6 1958 HD

    Bulldog Marc Anthony, guarding a construction site, finds a kitten, Pussyfoot, to whom he affectionately gives a wiener for lunch. A hungry grown cat...

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  • 1954
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    Stop! Look! and Hasten!

    Stop! Look! and Hasten!

    6.6 1954 HD

    A Burmese tiger trap, a pop-up steel wall, a motorcycle, and a box of Acme-brand leg-building vitamins can't help the Coyote (Eatibus anythingus)...

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  • 1955
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    Ready.. Set.. Zoom!

    Ready.. Set.. Zoom!

    6.8 1955 HD

    Among the strategies that fail in Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch the Roadrunner: glue on the road, a giant rubber band, an outboard motor in a...

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  • 1955
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    Guided Muscle

    Guided Muscle

    6.9 1955 HD

    While cooking a tin can, the Coyote spots a better meal rushing by: the Road Runner.

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  • 1956
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    There They Go-Go-Go!

    There They Go-Go-Go!

    6.3 1956 HD

    Wile E. Coyote is hungry and schemes to catch the Road Runner.

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  • 1957
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    Scrambled Aches

    Scrambled Aches

    6.9 1957 HD

    Wile E. Coyote uses, among other things, a dehydrated boulder to try to catch the Road Runner.

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  • 1957
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    Zoom and Bored

    Zoom and Bored

    6.4 1957 HD

    Wile E. Coyote uses a bottle full of bees, a brick wall, a boulder in a catapult, and a harpoon gun in his attempts to catch the Road Runner.

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  • 1958
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    Whoa, Be-Gone!

    Whoa, Be-Gone!

    6.9 1958 HD

    Wile E. Coyote's plans for catching the Road Runner involve a giant elastic spring, a gun and trampoline, TNT sticks in a barrel, and tornado seeds.

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  • 1956
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    Deduce, You Say

    Deduce, You Say

    6.9 1956 HD

    Daffy Duck is a detective who is hunting for the Shropshire Slasher.

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  • 1959
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    Really Scent

    Really Scent

    6.9 1959 HD

    Pepe le Pew arrives in New Orleans, where Fabrette the black cat has been cursed with white stripes like a skunk, interfering with her chances to get...

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  • 1956
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    Rocket-bye Baby

    Rocket-bye Baby

    6.6 1956 HD

    A cosmic mix-up results in a Martian baby being delivered to Earth, while an Earth baby is sent to Mars. Joseph Wilbur and his wife try to raise the...

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  • 1970
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    The Phantom Tollbooth

    The Phantom Tollbooth

    6.8 1970 HD

    The Phantom Tollbooth, based upon the children's adventure novel by Norton Juster, tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo. Unexpectedly...

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  • 1966
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    Catty-Cornered

    Catty-Cornered

    5.8 1966 HD

    Jerry's mouse hole connects two homes, with Tom living in one residence, a neighboring cat in the other. Jerry decides the best survival plan is...

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  • 1966
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    Filet Meow

    Filet Meow

    5.5 1966 HD

    Perhaps because he's grown weary of chasing Jerry, Tom sets his sights on the house's goldfish. But the female goldfish is a friend of Jerry's, and...

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  • 1966
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    Jerry-Go-Round

    Jerry-Go-Round

    6.2 1966 HD

    Jerry is chased into a circus, where he removes a tack from the foot of an elephant. This gets him a friend for life, and a powerful ally in the...

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  • 1966
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    Puss 'n' Boats

    Puss 'n' Boats

    5.6 1966 HD

    Jerry's a wharf mouse; he sees a load of cheese being loaded onto a cargo ship and tries a variety of tricks to board, but Tom is on guard.

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  • 1962
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    Martian Through Georgia

    Martian Through Georgia

    5.7 1962 HD

    Way out in space, on another world whose population is contented, one of its people decides that travel broadens the mind and relieves boredom. So,...

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  • 1967
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    Rock 'n' Rodent

    Rock 'n' Rodent

    5.9 1967 HD

    Jerry heads out to his night job: drummer for an all-mouse rock band in the basement of a high-rise. They are loud enough to wake up Tom, despite his...

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  • 1967
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    Surf-Bored Cat

    Surf-Bored Cat

    5.5 1967 HD

    Tom and Jerry are taking a cruise when Tom decides to go surfing. He has problems with a shark and a rather tenacious starfish.

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  • 1967
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    O-Solar-Meow

    O-Solar-Meow

    6.7 1967 HD

    A supply satellite arrives at the space station where Tom (despite his high-tech gadgets) is having no better luck than usual at catching Jerry...

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  • 1967
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    Guided Mouse-Ille

    Guided Mouse-Ille

    6.3 1967 HD

    2565 AD. Tom and Jerry are once again manipulating robot versions of themselves in space. Tom experiments with invisibility, a giant electromagnet,...

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  • 1967
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    The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.

    The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.

    6.1 1967 HD

    Secret agent Jerry-akin has to steal a giant refrigerator full of cheese, guarded by the evil Tom Thrush with a vast array of diabolical gadgets and...

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  • 1959
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    Unnatural History

    Unnatural History

    6 1959 HD

    Are animals human? Or vice versa? This is the question asked by a professor, Dr. Beest Lee, who appears on a stage in a theater to give a lecture and...

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  • 1991
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    Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes

    Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes

    6.6 1991 HD

    Bugs has to defend the Earth's right to exist in an intergalactic court.

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  • 1960
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    Inside Magoo

    Inside Magoo

    1 1960 HD

    A public-service announcement from the American Cancer Society featuring Mr. Magoo. Not part of the regular series, this rare cartoon begins with a...

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  • 1957
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    Steal Wool

    Steal Wool

    6.8 1957 HD

    Ralph Wolf tries to forcibly remove Sam Sheepdog in order to gain access to a flock of sheep. Without success, he uses a lasso, cannon, a string of...

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  • 1961
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    Magoo Meets Frankenstein

    Magoo Meets Frankenstein

    1 1961 HD

    Mr Magoo goes to what he thinks is a hotel but it’s actually a mad scientist’s castle and he’s after a brain...

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  • 1959
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    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

    1 1959 HD

    Mr. Magoo agrees to babysit Gerald McBoing Boing.

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  • 1966
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    The A-Tom-inable Snowman

    The A-Tom-inable Snowman

    5.3 1966 HD

    In the Alps, Tom gets knocked out chasing Jerry, and is revived, revitalized and intoxicated by a St. Bernard with a keg of brandy. After several...

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  • 1973
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    B.C.: The First Thanksgiving

    B.C.: The First Thanksgiving

    5.5 1973 HD

    To add flavor to her rock soup, the Fat Broad commands Wiley, Peter, Thor, etc. to catch a turkey. The problem is that no one knows what a turkey is...

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  • 1973
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    B.C.: The First Thanksgiving

    B.C.: The First Thanksgiving

    5.5 1973 HD

    To add flavor to her rock soup, the Fat Broad commands Wiley, Peter, Thor, etc. to catch a turkey. The problem is that no one knows what a turkey is...

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  • 2010
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    Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

    Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

    1 2010 HD

    A concert musical featuring Looney Tunes characters.

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  • 1971
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    The Wizard of Id

    The Wizard of Id

    1 1971 HD

    Short cartoon based on the comic strip by Johnny Hart and Brant Parker.

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  • 1955
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    Beanstalk Bunny

    Beanstalk Bunny

    6.8 1955 HD

    Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (as Jack) find themselves at the top of a beanstalk where they get chased around by a giant Elmer Fudd.

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  • 1954
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    Claws for Alarm

    Claws for Alarm

    7 1954 HD

    Porky and Sylvester stay overnight in what Sylvester realizes is a terrifying hotel filled with endless imminent danger.

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  • 2011
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    Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One

    Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One

    8.9 2011 HD

    A Blu-ray Disc and DVD box set containing 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. All but seven cartoons included on...

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  • 1960
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    Barbecue for Two

    Barbecue for Two

    1.5 1960 HD

    Popeye wants to have a barbecue for two -- namely him and Olive. But Brutus, Wimpy and Swee' Pea all try to muscle in.

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  • 1964
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    Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

    Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

    1 1964 HD

    Literary classics take a ribbing as the nearsighted bumbler portrays Dr. Watson, Dr. Frankenstein and other characters.

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  • 1955
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    Two Scent's Worth

    Two Scent's Worth

    6.4 1955 HD

    A crook disguises a cat as a skunk to scare people out of a bank. Soon after, great lover Pepé Le Pew sees her and the chase is on through the...

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  • 1970
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    Uncle Sam Magoo

    Uncle Sam Magoo

    1 1970 HD

    Join Mr. Magoo as Uncle Sam, on an all-American animated adventure through our nation's history. Pull up a chair at the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving,...

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  • 1953
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    Forward March Hare

    Forward March Hare

    6.4 1953 HD

    Bugs Bunny gets a draft notice by mistake and joins the army, with disastrous results, especially for the sergeant of his platoon.

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  • 1958
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    Robin Hood Daffy

    Robin Hood Daffy

    6.8 1958 HD

    Daffy attempts to convince Porky, as Friar Tuck, that he really is Robin Hood.

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  • 1961
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    Nelly's Folly

    Nelly's Folly

    6.2 1961 HD

    Nelly the Giraffe is discovered in Africa and leaves to begin a singing career, but finds that chasing fame brings her nothing but unhappiness.

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  • 1980
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    Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special

    Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special

    6.1 1980 HD

    A 1980 Looney Tunes Thanksgiving special, starring Daffy Duck. Cartoons featured "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" "Robin Hood Daffy" "Drip-Along Daffy"...

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  • 1954
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    It's Everybody's Business

    It's Everybody's Business

    6 1954 HD

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

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  • 1959
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    1001 Arabian Nights

    1001 Arabian Nights

    5.7 1959 HD

    In this animated retelling of the classic tale, Abdul Aziz Magoo -- an ancestor of Mr. Magoo -- is the lamp-selling uncle of Aladdin. Tired of his...

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  • 1970
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    B.C. - The Shadow

    B.C. - The Shadow

    1 1970 HD

    A short animated cartoon featuring the characters from the B.C. comic strip by Johnny Hart.

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  • 1961
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    Lickety-Splat

    Lickety-Splat

    6.2 1961 HD

    Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner with roller skis, a bow, a rifle, a boomerang, an anvil, and several exploding darts let loose from a balloon.

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired for one season. The...

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    The Dick Tracy Show was an American animated television series based on Chester Gould's comic strip crime fighter. The series was produced from 1961...

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