Cartoons released in 1939

202 cartoons ← 1938 1940 →

  1. The Little Goldfish

    April 15, 1939 No. 3906.. MPAA: 5034 Theatrical MGM

    A goldfish living in a fishbowl dreams about living life in the sea, but the little fish soon realizes that the big ocean is no place for him. He dreams that as the maid changes the fishbow…

  2. Small Fry

    April 21, 1939 No. MPAA: 02267 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    A small catfish tries to grow up in a hurry, but after he is initiated as a member in the Big Fry Club, he gets scared and runs home to his mother.

  3. Their Last Bean

    April 21, 1939 No. 3908 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    A little cat joins a fox hunt, since his family is out of food.

  4. Daffy Duck And The Dinosaur

    April 22, 1939 No. 8839. MPAA: 5121 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    For no particular reason our story is set in the Stone Age- millions and billions and trillions of years ago- probably before any of you people were ever born. A prehistoric Jack Benny, Cas…

  5. Porky And Teabiscuit

    April 22, 1939 No. 8864. MPAA: 5122 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Porky's dad, who runs a feed store, sends young Porky off to the racetrack to make a delivery. At a horse auction at the fair, Porky finds that he has unknowingly spent his father's $11.00…

  6. Charlie Cuckoo

    April 24, 1939 No. 970 Theatrical Series Universal Studios

  7. A Worm's Eye View

    April 28, 1939 No. 3909 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Scrappy tries to fish.

  8. Leave Well Enough Alone

    April 28, 1939 No. MPAA: # 02111 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    After seeing all the caged up animals in Olive's Pet Shop, Popeye feels sorry for them, buys all of them, and sets them free. All the animals leave except for a talking parrot (voiced by Ja…

  9. The Hockey Champ

    April 28, 1939 No. 2223. MPAA#: 04171 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald- the Hockey Champion of Duck Swamp- plays a game of hockey with his nephews.

  10. Barnyard Egg-citement

    May 5, 1939 No. 3909 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    A chick is born, pampered, tries his hand at eating someone, and is then grabbed by a vulture.

  11. Thugs With Dirty Mugs

    May 6, 1939 No. 8753. MPAA: 5060 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    A spoof of gangster pictures in general, and the Warner Bros. variety in particular, in which our hero, Officer Flat Foot Flannigan, chases after bank-robbing mobster Killer Diller (as port…

  12. Nellie Of The Circus

    May 8, 1939 No. 971 Theatrical Series Universal Studios

  13. Musical Mountaineers

    May 12, 1939 No. MPAA: 2289 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    After running out of gas in hillbilly country, Betty Boop seeks help from the locals, but ends up being held at gunpoint. She proves her identity as a dancer by putting on a demonstration;…

  14. Art Gallery

    May 13, 1939 No. 3907. MPAA#: 05214 Theatrical MGM

    Night falls in an art gallery. A statue of Nero comes to life and tries to tempt the statuette of the Three Good Little Monkeys (See No evil, Hear No evil, Speak No evil) into helping him s…

  15. Kristopher Kolumbus Jr.

    May 13, 1939 No. 8862. MPAA: 5161 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Porky Pig is Kristopher Kolumbus, who sets off to discover the New World carrying Queen Isabella's treasures (including her jewels, a slingshot and a Jr. G-Man badge). Porky is met by some…

  16. Donald's Cousin Gus

    May 19, 1939 No. 2221. MPAA: 04071 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald's cousin Gus Goose arrives unexpectedly, and he proceeds to eat him out of house and home.

  17. Nick's Coffee Pot

    May 19, 1939 No. 3910 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    Musical insects in a diner sing, dance, cook and do battle. While the insects go on funny food-serving activities, a dancing girl sings "Come On You Jitterbugs." Later, the villain kidnaps…

  18. Wotta Nitemare

    May 19, 1939 No. MPAA: # 02141 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Popeye has a bizarre dream about a picnic in the clouds.

  19. Naughty But Mice

    May 20, 1939 No. 8861. MPAA: 5162 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    Sniffles goes to a drugstore for a cold remedy and takes one loaded with alcohol, on which he ends up getting drunk. While in this state, he makes friends with an electric razor who saves h…

  20. Lucky Pigs

    May 26, 1939 No. 3911 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    A family of poor lower-class pigs win a million in the sweepstakes. They try to fit in with high society, but the tax collectors come around and take all their and the other rich folks' mon…

  21. Bolo-Mola Land

    May 28, 1939 No. 3910 Theatrical Series Universal Studios

  22. Nyan No Urashima

    May 30, 1939 Theatrical Nihon Doga Kenkyu-jo

  23. Scrappy's Rodeo

    June 2, 1939 No. 3912 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.

  24. The Prize Guest

    June 2, 1939 No. 3911 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    A total nutjob checks into the local hotel.

  25. Believe It Or Else

    June 3, 1939 No. 8837. MPAA: 5164 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    A parody of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not." We meet a man who drinks large amounts of milk, an Indian snake charmer, a man building a ship in a bottle, the world's loudest hog caller, a man w…

  26. Polar Pals

    June 3, 1939 No. 8922. MPAA: 5069 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Porky the Eskimo fights off fur trapper I. Killem with his animal friends of the North.

  27. Beach Picnic

    June 9, 1939 No. 2224. MPAA#: 04221 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald and Pluto's swimming trip to the beach is interrupted by a swarm of hungry ants stealing his picnic. The fly paper ends up catching Donald and Pluto rather than the ants.

  28. The Scared Crows

    June 9, 1939 No. FL3910. MPAA#: 02504 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Betty Boop is trying to make a garden, but the crows are spoiling everything- so she makes herself a scarecrow and shoos off the birds. Betty becomes a softie when one of the birds is hurt.

  29. The Bear That Couldn't Sleep

    June 10, 1939 No. 3908. MPAA: 05309 Theatrical Series MGM

    As autumn draws to a close, Barney Bear prepares for his long winter's sleep, but his surroundings keep him up until spring.

  30. Ghosks Is The Bunk

    June 14, 1939 No. MPAA: # 02149 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Bluto sets up a haunted house in a deserted hotel and gives Popeye and Olive the works.

  31. A Bully Romance

    June 16, 1939 No. 3912 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Gandy Goose is told by his girl's father that he has to fight a bull before he can marry his daughter. Gandy heads for Mexico, where he finds a pretty Senorita. He romances her and asks for…

  32. Hobo Gadget Band

    June 17, 1939 No. 8859. MPAA: 5221. Copyright #… Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    At the Hobo Hotel ("All Outside Rooms"), it's morning while one hobo after another awakens, avoids the shower, eats what there is. All is well until the next train runs through, and havoc e…

  33. The Bird On Nellie's Hat

    June 19, 1939 No. 3911 Theatrical Series Universal Studios

    A dishy dolly of a brunette hitchhikes while taking lunch to her blacksmith husband. She gets a ride from a dastardly masher once she shows some leg. When she resists the cad's advances, sh…

  34. Scalp Trouble

    June 24, 1939 No. 8924. MPAA: 5070 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    General Daffy Duck's fort is plagued by Indian raids and a sorry bunch of sleepy soldiers, including Porky Pig.

  35. Africa Squawks

    June 30, 1939 No. 3913 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Major Doolittle

  36. Colour Flight

    June 1939 (estimated) Theatrical Imperial Airways.

  37. Nell's Yells

    June 30, 1939 No. 3913 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    A spoof of those "No, No, A Thousand Times No!" melodramas.

  38. Sea Scouts

    June 30, 1939 No. 3909.. MPAA#: 04274 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Commodore Donald teaches the finer points of seamanship to his crew of nephews.

  39. The Barnyard Brat

    June 30, 1939 No. FL3912.MPAA: 02335 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Spunky is a bratty nuisance around the farm, and Hunky is reluctant to punish Spunky until the last straw breaks her back.

  40. Old Glory

    July 1, 1939 No. MPAA: 5258. Blue Ribbon (2nd)… Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Porky dreams that Uncle Sam shows him the importance of the Pledge of Allegiance by taking him back through U.S. history.

  41. The Stubborn Mule

    July 3, 1939 No. 979 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Lil' Eightball is asked by a fruit seller to take his stubborn mule, but the poor boy can't get the mule to work as well.

  42. Rhythm On The Reservation

    July 7, 1939 No. FL3913 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Betty Boop takes an adventure to meet some real-life cartoon Indians, and they erupt in an orgy of song and dance. Betty is a one-woman swing band. A highlight is the clever manner in which…

  43. Barnyard Baseball

    July 14, 1939 No. 3914 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Gandy Goose

  44. Hello, How Am I?

    July 14, 1939 No. MPAA: # 02224 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Popeye is surprised to meet himself! However, "himself" is actually Wimpy in disguise for better mooching. In an unusual twist, Wimpy beats up Popeye, then Popeye slugs Wimpy.

  45. Dangerous Dan McFoo

    July 15, 1939 No. 8863. MPAA: 5259 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Dan (a little nebbish with an Elmer Fudd voice) is in the back of the Malibu Saloon playing "a solo game" (pinball). A villainous stranger comes in and looks over "the girl who's known as S…

  46. Goldilocks And The Three Bears

    July 15, 1939 No. MPAA #: 05033 Theatrical MGM

    Yet another version of the classic fable of breaking and entering; in this bear family, Papa is a bit accident-prone and cowardly.

  47. Porky's Picnic

    July 15, 1939 No. 8626 Theatrical Series A Vitaphone Production

    Porky, his girlfriend Petunia and Porky's nephew Pinkie head to the country to have a picnic. Naughty little Pinkie plays all sorts of cruel tricks on Porky by pulling the sidecar's pin, ta…

  48. The Pointer

    July 21, 1939 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Mickey and Pluto go hunting for quail. Pluto chases first ones they see. So Mickey teaches Pluto how to be a pointer, and they set off after more quail. Mickey has a run in with a bear whil…

  49. Hollywood Sweepstakes

    July 28, 1939 No. 3914 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

  50. Old Fire Horse

    July 28, 1939 No. 3915 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons