Cartoons released in 1943

257 cartoons ← 1942 1944 →

  1. The Unbearable Bear

    April 17, 1943 No. (Blue Ribbon) 1228. MPAA: 8432 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A very fast chatty Sniffles causes mayhem amongst a fox burglar and a tipsy officer bear arriving home late who attempts to sneak past his sleepwalking, rolling pin-toting wife.

  2. A Jolly Good Furlough

    April 23, 1943 No. 4306 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Popeye is in the South Seas fighting the Japanese. Twinkletoes (the bird from the Max Fleischer animated feature Gulliver's Travels) delivers his furlough papers, and Popeye decides to visi…

  3. Fall Out, Fall In

    April 23, 1943 No. 4307. MPAA: 7882 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald experiences one of the joys of army life; the extended march with an overnight respite in an uncooperative pup tent.

  4. The Boy And The Wolf

    April 24, 1943 No. 4304. MPAA: # 08890 Theatrical MGM

    A little Mexican boy is herding sheep with his dog Perrito. The boy plays a prank on Perrito, pretending the wolf is attacking the flock. Later, when the wolf really comes, Perrito at first…

  5. Swing Your Partner

    April 26, 1943 No. C-8 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    A horse (with a Jack Benny attitude and voice) is treated like a horse and doesn't like it, so he gets even with his owner. Homer Pigeon incurs the animosity of his horse Hank, first by rou…

  6. Abu's Dungeon

    April 1943 (estimated) No. 1 Theatrical Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films.

    A series of cartoons in Arabic directing anti-Nazi propaganda to the peoples of the Middle East.

  7. The 500 Hats Of Bartholemew Cubbins

    April 30, 1943 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

    The King asks for his subjects to take their hats off as he travels through his kingdom. Everyone takes off their hats except for a little boy named Bartholomew Cubbins. No matter how many…

  8. Willoughby's Magic Hat

    April 30, 1943 No. 4306 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    Delilah knits a cap from the hair (yecch!) of Samson. She then passes it on to her other boyfriend, Hercules. Subsequently, the cap journeys through history, bestowing strength and courage…

  9. The Wise Quacking Duck

    May 1, 1943 No. 1056. MPAA: 8713 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Mrs. Meek gives her husband the job of killing Daffy Duck. Daffy takes advantage of the timid little man.

  10. Water, Friend Or Enemy

    May 1, 1943 Walt Disney Studios

    This educational propaganda short instructed the Latin America audience on how to prevent contamination of the water supply. Steps were shown on how to construct well housings to prevent se…

  11. Red Hot Riding Hood

    May 8, 1943 No. MPAA: # 08499 Theatrical MGM

    This sensual adaptation of the old fairy story soon liberates its principals from their cute Disney-style forest and slaps them right in the middle of swanky Manhattan. Grandma's a nymphoma…

  12. Plenty Below Zero

    May 14, 1943 No. 4307 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Food delivery man Fox is pestered by the Crow up north.

  13. The Last Round Up

    May 14, 1943 No. 4306 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    During a training session, an exploding bomb sends Gandy Goose and Sourpuss straight into Germany, where they do battle with Adolf Hitler (a pig) and Benito Mussolini (a monkey).

  14. Greetings Bait

    May 15, 1943 No. 973. MPAA: 8313 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A worm uses unusual methods to attract fish to the fisherman's hook. The worm (reminiscent of Jerry Colonna) is lowered into water and uses various disguises to lure fish and tangles with a…

  15. Tokio Jokio

    May 15, 1943 No. 1058 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Beginning with scratchy lines on a black screen, this cartoon purports to be a Japanese newsreel ("Nipponews of the Week").

  16. Jasper's Music Lesson

    May 21, 1943 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

    Featuring Jasper, Blackbird, Professor Scarecrow

  17. The Lonesome Mouse

    May 22, 1943 No. 4306. MPAA: 08869 Theatrical Series MGM

    Jerry finally gets Tom thrown from the house, but he soon finds life a bore without the cat's tormenting. The two join forces to get Tom back in and up to his old ways.

  18. Duty And The Beast

    May 28, 1943 No. 4308 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    A hunter shoots down a Japanese pilot.

  19. Ration Fer The Duration

    May 28, 1943 No. 4307 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    In a Spinach Victory Garden, Popeye is planting spinach everywhere. His four nephews are picking up worms to go fishing. Popeye gives a patriotic lecture, tells them the tale of Jack and th…

  20. The Dizzy Acrobat

    May 31, 1943 No. C-9. MPAA: 8993 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Unimpressed by the sideshow barkers' astounding claims, Woody goes to the circus without a ticket, and the circus cop kicks him out. Woody comes back, and the cop tells him that he'll have…

  21. Coming Snafu

    June 1, 1943 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    While fantasizing about a stripper, Private Snafu manages to destroy the fighter plane he's towing and winds up in the brig.

  22. Salvage Saves Shipping

    June 3, 1943 Theatrical Film Traders.

  23. Yankee Doodle Daffy

    June 5, 1943 No. 1048. MPAA: 8628 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Daffy, the world's most persistent agent, demonstrates for Porky (the talent agent for "Smeller Productions") what kind of spectacular entertainment he'll witness if he gives an audition to…

  24. He Can't Make It Stick

    June 11, 1943 No. 4309 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

  25. Pandora's Box

    June 11, 1943 No. 4307 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    The heroic rodent is inserted into the ancient Greek tale of Prometheus and Pandora. A little girl mouse is dancing in her yard. She has everything that she could want: ice cream trees, lol…

  26. Jack-Wabbit And The Beanstalk

    June 12, 1943 No. 993. MPAA: 8314 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    This is the familiar story of Jack and the giant, with Bugs playing Jack's part. The trouble begins when Bugs is caught harvesting the giant's victory garden (which features giant carrots).

  27. The Underground World

    June 18, 1943 No. MPAA: # 3440 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Underground caverns and the promise of an exclusive story for the Daily Planet make this an exciting adventure for Lois Lane and Clark Kent. Clark, Lois and a professor journey to a lost un…

  28. Bertie

    June 19, 1943 Warner Bros.

    Bertie first appeared in "The Aristo-Cat", directed by Chuck Jones.

  29. Hubie

    June 19, 1943 Warner Bros.

    Hubie first appeared in "The Aristo-Cat", directed by Chuck Jones.

  30. The Aristo-Cat

    June 19, 1943 No. 1031. Blue Ribbon: 1229. MPAA… Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    When Meadows the butler quits after being fed up with the family cat's practical jokes, he leaves the formerly spoiled cat to fend for himself, not even knowing what a mouse looks like. The…

  31. Who Killed Who?

    June 19, 1943 No. MPAA: # 08870 Theatrical MGM

    A man is murdered, and the detective tries to find out whodunit. But the house he's investigating is decidedly haunted, and he never knows just what's round the next corner. Gags include a…

  32. Tree For Two

    June 21, 1943 No. 4310 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Tree surgeon Fox tries to repair stubborn Crow's old, run-down tree, but to no avail.

  33. Mass Mouse Meeting

    June 25, 1943 No. 4311 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    A mouse is chosen by his peers to bell the cat so they will know when he's coming. After the cat realizes that he has been duped, he plans a little surprise of his own.

  34. Mopping Up

    June 25, 1943 No. 4308 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  35. The Hungry Goat

    June 25, 1943 No. MPAA #: 03439 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Very unusual cartoon about a hungry goat trying to eat all the metal on the ship that Popeye is assigned to, thus getting him into trouble with the admiral. Popeye, who finds himself swabbi…

  36. The Yankee Doodle Mouse

    June 26, 1943 No. MPAA: # 08895 Theatrical Series MGM

    Lieutenant Jerry Mouse fights a war against Tom with dynamite, egg grenades and champagne bottle corks.

  37. Canine Commandos

    June 28, 1943 No. C-11 Theatrical Series Universal Studios

    Dogs train in the United States Army.

  38. Contraries

    July 1, 1943 Theatrical MacDougall & Mackendrick.

    Sort your salvage.

  39. Fuku-Chan No Zosan Butai

    July 1, 1943 Theatrical Shôchiku Dôga Kenkyûjo

  40. Osaru Sankichi Tatakau Sensuikan

    July 1, 1943 Theatrical Nihon Manga Film Kenkyu-jo

    Featuring Sankichi

  41. Wackiki Wabbit

    July 3, 1943 No. 1051. MPAA: 8779 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Two hungry castaways (a fat man and a skinny one) are on a raft imagining each other as different types of food. They swim to an island and have the misfortune to take refuge on a place who…

  42. Compost Heaps

    July 8, 1943 Theatrical Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films.

  43. Happy Birthdaze

    July 16, 1943 No. 4310. MPAA: 03498 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    A V-mail truck is at the wharf next to a navy ship. On board, all the sailors are reading their mail, except one. Shorty keeps wanting to blow his brains out because he feels useless. Popey…

  44. Porky Pig's Feat

    July 17, 1943 No. 11-13. MPAA: 9018 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Porky gets ready to pay the bill at The Broken Arms Hotel, but Daffy has lost their money gambling. So Porky and Daffy Duck try every trick in the book to "duck" their "bill." They try to s…

  45. The Uninvited Pest

    July 17, 1943 No. 4309. MPAA: 08874 Theatrical Series MGM

    A lone squirrel makes his way into Barney Bear's log cabin in the forest. Barney tries to get rid of the squirrel, who wants his nuts.

  46. Tin Pan Alley Cats

    July 17, 1943 No. 975. MPAA: 8714 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A "Fats Waller" cat visits the Kit Kat Club to be tempted by wine, women and song, rather than listen to the pious sermons and hymns of the Uncle Tomcat Mission. A jazz version of "Nagasaki…

  47. Victory Through Air Power

    July 17, 1943 Theatrical Walt Disney Studios

    A Disney feature-length cartoon that is both documentary and propaganda film. Inspired by Walt Disney's desire to help the war effort, this film deals with the ability of airplanes to help…

  48. He Can't Make It Sick

    July 23, 1943 Theatrical Columbia Pictures Corporation, Screen Gems

    A satire of Adolph Hitler, interpeting the dictator's early years as a wallpaper hanger to his attempts at European conquest, failing to "make it stick"... as with wallpaper.

  49. The Fly In The Ointment

    July 23, 1943 No. 4312 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    Set in an old deserted house, an organ-playing spider tries to procure his supper- a wise-guy fly. The Leo Gorcey-like fly gives the hungry Boris Karloff-like spider a run for his ghoulish…

  50. Ration Bored

    July 26, 1943 No. C-12. MPAA: 9168 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Woody Woodpecker tries to get gas without a ration book and finds that pleasure driving can be a mighty unpleasurable chore.