Cartoons released in 1937

245 cartoons ← 1936 1938 →

  1. She Was An Acrobat's Daughter

    April 10, 1937 No. 7750. MPAA: 03178 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Lampoon of a typical afternoon at the moving picture shows with animal audience hijinks, a parody newsreel ("Warmer Bros. Presents Goofy-Tone News"), a glass slide sing-along and a pointed…

  2. The Hay Ride

    April 12, 1937 No. 3707 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    No one is safe when Kiko and his band of hockey hooligans show up. Soon, bodies are flying everywhere -- and we're not talking about the players.

  3. Halt, Who Goes There

    April 15, 1937 Theatrical Astor Pictures Corporation

    Sam is in the army, and he just cannot seem to tell a story without exaduration.

  4. Bug Carnival

    April 16, 1937 No. 3708 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    The setting is a carnival where bugs entertain themselves on Ferris wheels and roller coasters. One bug is the strong man, another is the fire eater. A spider escapes from a bottle and kidn…

  5. Chicken A La King

    April 16, 1937 No. FL3712 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    An Arabian rooster has a harem of chickens. But life is a bore until Ducky Wucky (a Mae West-styled duck) pays him a call. She's a wise quackin' gal who can be your pal!

  6. Hospitaliky

    April 16, 1937 No. MPAA: # 01311 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Popeye and Bluto fight for the attention of Olive, who is a nurse in the local hospital. They increasingly get themselves battered and bruised, thinking that the worse-injured will get all…

  7. Daffy Duck

    April 17, 1937 Warner Bros.

    Daffy Duck first appeared in "Porky's Duck Hunt", directed By Tex Avery.

  8. Mickey's Amateurs

    April 17, 1937 No. UM-51. MPAA: 2782 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Mickey hosts an amateur radio talent show. Mickey introduces the various acts... and he can cancel them at any time.

  9. Porky's Duck Hunt

    April 17, 1937 No. 7749. MPAA: 3190 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Porky Pig and his hound go duck hunting, and Daffy Duck does his best to make Porky's life a living hell.

  10. The Steel Workers

    April 26, 1937 No. 106 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    First seen as incidental characters in an Oswald the Rabbit cartoon, these three monkeys act is reminiscent of the Three Stooges. Acting out in pantomime, the monkeys were a bit hit with au…

  11. Scrappy's Band Concert

    April 29, 1937 No. 3707 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    The adventures of a young boy and his dog. Vonsey and Oopie are the two bullies on the block who sometime give the two problems.

  12. Schoolbirds

    April 30, 1937 No. 3709 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  13. Steve Of The River

    April 1937 (estimated) No. 4 Theatrical Roland Davies.

    Featuring Steve, Steve Donoghue

  14. Steve's Cannon Crackers

    April 1937 (estimated) No. 3 Theatrical Roland Davies.

    Featuring Steve, Steve Donoghue, Master

  15. Ain't We Got Fun

    May 1, 1937 No. 7780. MPAA: 03232 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Thinking that his cat is eating up all his food, an old man kicks him out in the snow, but with the cat gone, the mice start singing "Ain't We Got Fun." Realizing that he's wrong, the old m…

  16. Little Ol' Bosko And The Pirates

    May 1, 1937 No. 3704 Theatrical Series Harman-Ising Productions

    Bosko is told to go straight to "Gramma's" with a fresh batch of cookies. Straight to Gramma's Bosko goes, but his imagination gets distracted along the way. He hears the woodpeckers and be…

  17. Trailer Thrills

    May 3, 1937 No. 3709 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Oswald, along with his animated car and trailer, go into a rough and troublesome journey.

  18. Krazy's Race Of Time

    May 6, 1937 No. 3708 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Krazy is sent on a mission to explore planet Mars.

  19. Mother Hen's Holiday

    May 7, 1937 No. 3709 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Mama Hen complains about all the work that she's gotta do. Her baby chicks run amok and drive her to collapse. The chicks have a change of heart because it's Mother's Day- and they begin to…

  20. Puddy's Coronation

    May 14, 1937 No. 3710 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Puddy the Pup

  21. Pudgy Picks A Fight

    May 14, 1937 No. FL3713 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    When Betty brings home a new fox fur, her pup Pudgy gets confused- and jealous. After roughing it up a bit, Pudgy feels remorseful and, in a really macabre sequence, tries to coax the mangy…

  22. Little Hiawatha

    May 15, 1937 No. S-41 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    The "fearless warrior" of the poem sets off into the forest primeval to prove his worth by hunting big game. He tries to shoot a grasshopper with his arrow, but the grasshopper spits in his…

  23. Porky And Gabby

    May 15, 1937 No. 7921. MPAA: 3187 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Porky and Gabby go camping. They have car trouble on the way.

  24. Academy Award Review Of Walt Disney Cartoons

    May 19, 1937 Theatrical Walt Disney Pictures

    A limited-release compilation feature that combined 5 Academy Award winning Silly Symphony shorts (Flowers and Trees, Three Little Pigs, Three Orphan Kittens, The Tortoise and the Hare, and…

  25. The Foxy Pup

    May 21, 1937 No. 3710 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

  26. The Twisker Pitcher

    May 21, 1937 No. FL3714 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Baseball game between Popeye's Pirates and Bluto's Bears. Popeye's team will lose unless he can come up with some great pitching and play all the positions himself. When Popeye drops his sp…

  27. Clean Pastures

    May 22, 1937 No. 7876. MPAA: 3265 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Up in heaven (known as Pair-O-Dice), a disgusted St. Peter is worried about all the sin and partying that is taking place down in Harlem especially the fact that nightlife is attracting mor…

  28. The Stevedores

    May 24, 1937 No. 3710 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    First seen as incidental characters in an Oswald the Rabbit cartoon, these three monkeys act is reminiscent of the Three Stooges. Acting out in pantomime, the monkeys were a bit hit with au…

  29. Ozzie Ostrich Comes To Town

    May 28, 1937 No. 3711 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Kiko is working in his garden when the air mail flies over, dropping a package from Australia to Kiko. It's a big egg (imprinted with the message "Greetings to Kiko from Australia"). It hat…

  30. Please Keep Me In Your Dreams

    May 28, 1937 No. FL3715 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Featuring Drivers, Women

  31. Modern Inventions

    May 29, 1937 No. UM-52 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald visits "The Museum of Modern Marvels." Among the inventions he struggles with are a robot butler who keeps taking his hat; a package-wrapping machine; a robot nursemaid; a hitchhiker…

  32. The Hound And The Rabbit

    May 29, 1937 No. MPAA: # 3260 Theatrical Series Harman-Ising Productions

    A round little-boy bunny who's a member of a football team befriends a lost, but irrepressibly chummy, angular hunting dachshund and names him Sniffy. Sniffy is enlisted into the rabbits' f…

  33. Carmen

    May 1937 (estimated) Theatrical Astor Pictures Corporation

    Sam is in the army, and he just cannot seem to tell a story without exaduration.

  34. Gunner Sam

    May 1937 (estimated) Theatrical Anglia Films, Sound City

    Featuring Sam Small, Horatio Nelson

  35. Steve Cinderella

    May 1937 (estimated) No. 6 Theatrical Roland Davies.

    Featuring Steve, Steve Donoghue, Fairy Godmother

  36. Steve In Bohemia

    May 1937 (estimated) No. 5 Theatrical Roland Davies.

    Featuring Steve, Steve Donoghue

  37. Scrappy's Music Lesson

    June 4, 1937 No. 3711 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Scrappy's sweater-wearing pet parrot declares war on his ranting, sadistic Germanic music teacher. Slapstick ensues! This energetic (and prescient) short seems to exhibit some unusual (in c…

  38. Uncle Tom's Bungalow

    June 5, 1937 No. 7912. MPAA: 03012 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Topsy and Little Eva buy Uncle Tom from Simon Legree's Used Slave Co., but they can't keep up the payments. Topsy and Eva do a color switch under Legree's whip as Eliza saves the day.

  39. The Wily Weasel

    June 7, 1937 No. 3711 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Oswald and his two dogs try to catch an egg-snatching weasel on the farm, but with disappointing results.

  40. Play Ball

    June 11, 1937 No. 3712 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    It's the day of the much-anticipated baseball game between Kiko's Australian Champs and the Jungle Giants. The stands are full of adoring fans as the players take to the field. The battle b…

  41. The Stork Takes A Holiday

    June 11, 1937 No. 3712 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Featuring the stork

  42. A Coach For Cinderella

    June 14, 1937 (estimated) Jamison Handy Organization, Inc. Sponsor: Chevrolet Divisio…

    Darn those evil stepsisters! This is a hilarious retelling of the Cinderella story. In the high-production-value cartoon, the Chevrolet is magically built out of plant and animal life while…

  43. Morning, Noon And Night Club

    June 18, 1937 No. MPAA: 01199 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Popeye and Olive are a popular dance team known as Popita and Olivita. They're appearing at Wimpy's Cafe- a well-known and popular nightspot. But Bluto is more interested in getting to know…

  44. The Impractical Joker

    June 18, 1937 No. FL3716 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Betty is minding her own business, trying to bake a cake, but her practical joking friend Irving won't leave her alone. In disgust, Betty turns the problem over to Grampy, the genius who li…

  45. Porky's Building

    June 19, 1937 No. 8093. MPAA: 03421 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Building contractors Porky Pig and Dirty Diggs compete to see who can first complete the construction of a new town hall.

  46. Streamlined Greta Green

    June 19, 1937 No. 7794. MPAA: 3357 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    A look at a society of cars. A little boy car wants to be a taxi cab- against his mother's wishes and unlike his dad, who's a touring car. Playing hookey from school, he gets some high-test…

  47. The Masque Raid

    June 25, 1937 No. 3713 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Krazy Kat is a night watchman at the Colossal Costume Co. during a fierce rain and lightning storm. Inside, there's a lineup of apparent wax museum-type characters with costumes: a witch, c…

  48. The Mechanical Cow

    June 25, 1937 No. 3713 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Farmer Al Falfa's regular milk cow has a sit-down strike (Local 6 7/8) and won't give milk, so the farmer gets a idea to build a mechanical cow using a cement mixer, a mailbox, bicycle hand…

  49. A Car-Tune Portrait

    June 26, 1937 No. FL3718 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    A tale about the animator's hand that is drawing the pictures of some crazy animals playing music. Although the opening is in the mode of the Out Of The Inkwell films, the cartoon character…

  50. Sam And his Musket

    June 1937 (estimated) Theatrical Astor Pictures Corporation

    Sam is in the army, and he just cannot seem to tell a story without exaduration.