Cartoons released in 1944

223 cartoons ← 1943 1945 →

  1. Booby Traps

    January 1, 1944 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    Snafu skips through an area abandoned by the enemy as if he is on a picnic. He refuses to heed a warning regarding the potential presence of booby traps... much to his regret.

  2. Flat Hatting

    January 1, 1944 Theatrical UPA

  3. The Dream Kids

    January 5, 1944 No. 4403 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    The Crow fools the Fox into thinking that he's dreaming his accidents in order to spend the winter at his house. Very bizarre cartoon.

  4. Polly Wants A Doctor

    January 6, 1944 No. 4401 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    Polly, a parrot, hates crackers and observes a nearby goat eating everything in sight. He then proceeds to join the goat in a feast, which includes tin cans, nails, alarm clocks and radio c…

  5. The Butcher Of Seville

    January 7, 1944 No. 4401 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    An evil wolf has no meat for his shop. The Devil appears and suggests that he take a little girl's cow. A little pig comes to the rescue, though, and foils the wolf's plot. This is performe…

  6. The Pelican And The Snipe

    January 7, 1944 No. 2716. MPAA: 08345 Theatrical Walt Disney Studios

    Two friends live in Uruguay: Monte, a sleep-flying pelican, and Vidi, the sleep-deprived snipe who watches over him to prevent harm. The pair "set up light housekeeping in a lighthouse." Th…

  7. What's Cookin' Doc?

    January 8, 1944 No. 22-12. MPAA: 9003 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Bugs attends the Academy Awards ceremony. Following his impressions of Edward G. Robinson, Jerry Colonna, Bing Crosby and Frankenstein's monster, he can't believe it when he loses to James…

  8. The Helicopter

    January 21, 1944 No. 4402 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    A mouse pilots a helicopter to save the rest of the mice.

  9. Innertube Antics

    January 22, 1944 No. MPAA: # 08990 Theatrical MGM

    A suburban homeowner, embarrassed by his small rubber contribution to the war drive in comparison to his neighbors, goes searching the yard for more. He finds an inner tube half-buried in h…

  10. How To Be A Sailor

    January 28, 1944 No. MPAA #: 09328 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    A history of sailing through the ages; from a prehistoric Goofy using a log, through the Age of Sail ("iron men, wooden ships") and on to modern times.

  11. Package For Jasper

    January 28, 1944 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

    Featuring Jasper, Blackbird, Professor Scarecrow

  12. Meatless Flyday

    January 29, 1944 No. 1-13 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A housefly is buzzing near the ceiling. On a table below, a hungry spider plans his trap. He tries everything- except building a web- to catch the fly. The spider tries to catch the fly wit…

  13. Tokyu Nikudansen

    February 1, 1944 Theatrical Shôchiku Dôga Kenkyûjo

  14. Magic Strength

    February 4, 1944 No. 4402 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    In the frozen North, Willoughby Wren, with the assistance of his magical hat, attempts to save a damsel in distress from a large mean villain.

  15. The Wreck Of The Hesperus

    February 11, 1944 No. 4403 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    An old sea captain takes his young daughter along on a voyage. The sea gets rough, but the captain thinks that he can make his way. When the hurricane hits the Hesperus, the skipper faces s…

  16. Tom Turk And Daffy

    February 12, 1944 No. 1-14 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Daffy Duck is singing "Jingle Bells" and building a snowman when the hapless Tom Turk runs up and, in desperation, appeals to Daffy to help hide him from deadly Pilgrim Porky Pig, hunting w…

  17. The Henpecked Rooster

    February 18, 1944 No. 4401. MPAA: 03553 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    So who's the boss in this relationship? It isn't hard to tell as the whip is cracking and this desperate fellow is planning a rebellion with the help of a little mouse. Maybe it isn't such…

  18. Trombone Trouble

    February 18, 1944 No. 4403 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Pete's trombone playing is so awful and loud that it even incurs the wrath of the Gods. Donald Duck is eventually called in to help, but as it turns out, his playing is even worse!

  19. Hullaba-Lulu

    February 25, 1944 No. 4402 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    In order to get into the circus, Lulu disguises herself as "the press" after giving her ticket away. Once inside, Lulu manages to wreck every performance by yelling "Faker!" She ends up sav…

  20. Bugs Bunny And The Three Bears

    February 26, 1944 No. 2-13. MPAA: 9230 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Three hungry bears adjust the classic tale to lure Bugs in for dinner.

  21. The Three Bears

    February 26, 1944 Warner Bros.

    The Three Bears first appeared in "Bugs Bunny and The Three Bears", directed by Chuck Jones.

  22. The Zoot Cat

    February 26, 1944 No. MPAA: # 08989 Theatrical Series MGM

    Shedding his "square" image, Tom becomes "cool" and wins the affection of a black kitten by wearing a makeshift green and orange zoot suit (made from a lampshade and a cut-up hammock). Jerr…

  23. Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

    March 1, 1944 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    Snafu bathes naked in a lake. This is not a smart idea. His bare behind is a prime target for a mosquito named Malaria Mike.

  24. Snafuperman

    March 1, 1944 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    Snafu's guardian angel- Technical Fairy, First Class- transforms him into a Superman clone who goes about ineptly employing his powers to do in the nasty Nazis. The point is that Superman i…

  25. A Day In June

    March 3, 1944 No. 4404 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    A nice day in the forest... so sweet and cute, it's sickening.

  26. Amoozin' But Confoozin

    March 3, 1944 No. 4404 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Featuring Lil' Abner, Mammy Yokum

  27. Lionel Lion

    March 3, 1944 No. 4405 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    A very drunk Lionel Lion arrives home late one night and must get into his house without disturbing his wife. He enlists the "help" on his son Junior who proceeds to foil Lionel's repeated…

  28. How To Play Golf

    March 10, 1944 No. MPAA #: 09487 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    An analysis of the game of golf, the Goofy way.

  29. Say, Ah Jasper

    March 10, 1944 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

    Featuring Jasper, Blackbird, Professor Scarecrow

  30. I Got Plenty Of Mutton

    March 11, 1944 No. 2-14. MPAA: 9230 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A wolf on the home front must scramble when his meat allowance is cut. Unfortunately (fortunately, for the wolf), the sheepdog has joined the WAGS to enforce rationing. The hungry wolf drag…

  31. The Champion Of Justice

    March 17, 1944 No. 4405 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    An elderly couple (human, not animal) dies, leaving their substantial estate to their mice, who had befriended them. A distant nephew, Willy the Spender, is outraged, and he takes the mice…

  32. Cilly Goose

    March 24, 1944 No. MPAA: 3580 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    A modern horror story of how the golden egg can become a terrible curse. Cilly Goose finds that no one is impressed by her one egg, and that other animals do better. Dreaming of laying gold…

  33. The Weakly Reporter

    March 25, 1944 No. 6-13. MPAA: 9198 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A World War II newsreel spoof of rubber shortages, scrap drives and food rationing on the home front. The Statue of Liberty and the presidents on Mount Rushmore are air raid wardens, and th…

  34. The Greatest Man In Siam

    March 27, 1944 No. D-3. MPAA: 09585 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    The Sultan offers his beautiful daughter as wife to the "Greatest Man in Siam." (A sign reads, "King's Daughter Contest/Also Bowling at 1:10 p.m./Lockheed vs. Kaiser Welders".) A number of…

  35. The Clothes Moth

    March 30, 1944 Theatrical Elwis Films.

    Featuring German Moth, Grubs

  36. Donald Duck And The Gorilla

    March 31, 1944 No. 2260 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald and the boys are sitting around one night and they hear on the radio that a giant killer gorilla has escaped from the zoo. Huey, Dewey and Louie dress up like the gorilla to scare th…

  37. Lulu Gets The Birdie

    March 31, 1944 No. 4404 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Mamsie catches Lulu making a mess of the kitchen, so she punishes Lulu. When Lulu asks, "How do you know that I made this mess?", the maid says sarcastically, "A little bird told me!" Anger…

  38. A Lecture On Camouflage

    April 1, 1944 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    The idea of camouflage may date from the time of Adam and Eve, but in wartime, it consists of much more than the presence of fig leaves, as Technical Fairy First Class demonstrates.

  39. Screwball Squirrel

    April 1, 1944 No. MPAA: # 09277 Theatrical Series MGM

    Cute little Sammy Squirrel is out looking for nuts when he meets Screwy Squirrel. Poor little Sammy gets beaten up behind a tree, but Screwy reassures us that we wouldn't have liked the sho…

  40. Tim Marches Back

    April 6, 1944 Theatrical Film Traders.

    Featuring Telephone Users

  41. Giddy-Yapping

    April 7, 1944 No. 4406 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    A starving horse tries to convince Puzzlewitz the window-washer to give him a lunch break. The horse washes windows, too!

  42. The Frog And The Princess

    April 7, 1944 No. 4406 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    In this take-off of the classic "The Frog Prince," a beautiful goose Princess loses her ball, and a frog helps retrive it for her. In turn, the Princess must allow the frog to stay in her c…

  43. Tick Tock Tuckered

    April 8, 1944 No. (Blue Ribbon): 1184. MPAA: 09… Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Roommates and workmates Porky and Daffy are notorious over sleepers. They show up late, and their boss says that if they're late one more time, they'll lose their jobs at the Fly-By-Nite Ai…

  44. The Barber Of Seville

    April 10, 1944 No. D-4. MPAA: 9663 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    While Tony Figaro is out to get his physical, Woody Woodpecker heckles the customers in the Seville Barbershop. Woody stands outside the shop looking at the ads and wants a "victory haircut…

  45. Contrary Condor

    April 21, 1944 No. 4406 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    While mountain climbing in the Andes, Donald is taken under the wing of a mother condor who mistakes him for one of her newborn babies.

  46. We're On Our Way To Rio

    April 21, 1944 No. MPAA: # 03652 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    In this musical cartoon, good buddies Popeye and Bluto go to a nightclub in Rio to hear Olive sing. Later, they do a Samba dance. This cartoon spoofs the popular Holywood "buddy" films such…

  47. Batty Baseball

    April 22, 1944 No. MPAA: 9009 Theatrical MGM

    Baseball is being spoofed in general. The gags slowly rises to the level of exaggeration that's typical for Tex Avery.

  48. Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips

    April 22, 1944 No. 4-13 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Somewhere in the South Pacific, Bugs, floating in a crate, lands on an island filled with Japanese soldiers. His peace and quiet come to a halt when bombs start hitting the island. Bugs tan…

  49. Leather Must Last

    April 24, 1944 No. 1 Theatrical Films of GB.

  50. Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll And Hyde Cat

    April 28, 1944 No. 4407 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    A group of mice try to find shelter during a storm, ending up in the home of mad scientist Dr. Henry Jekyll. His cat is the only resident of the house. Unable to catch the mice, the cat ent…