Cartoons released in 1945

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  1. Hare Trigger

    May 5, 1945 No. 9-14. MPAA: 10065 Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Yosemite Sam wants to rob the train, but citizen Bugs thwarts his numerous attempts. This short includes the classic "Draw Your Gun" sequence.

  2. The Mouse Comes To Dinner

    May 5, 1945 No. MPAA: # 09698 Theatrical Series MGM

    When Tom invites his girl Toots to dinner, he forces Jerry to act as waiter. In the process, Tom is set on fire, fried, stabbed, hammered, bitten and drowned! Jerry soon loses his job, and…

  3. Yosemite Sam

    May 5, 1945 Warner Bros.

    Yosemite Sam first appeared in "Hare Trigger", directed by Friz Freleng.

  4. Mother Goose Nightmare

    May 11, 1945 No. 4508 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Gandy and Sourpuss take a trip to Mother Goose Land, where they meet the many famous characters who live there. But things aren't what they seem, and this trip winds up as a nightmare of ep…

  5. Woody Dines Out

    May 14, 1945 No. E-1. MPAA: 10497 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Woody Woodpecker is looking for a meal, but his favorite eatery, The Coffee Pot, has shut down (a sign reads "Closed by Popular Demand"). Unable to find a restaurant that's open, he finally…

  6. Ain't That Ducky

    May 19, 1945 No. (Blue Ribbon): 1313. MPAA: 10… Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Daffy tries to befriend a crying duck and save him from a hunter. The little guy is crying over something in his suitcase, but he won't let Daffy or the curious hunter know what it is. Whil…

  7. Daffydilly Daddy

    May 25, 1945 No. 4509 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    When Lulu is told to watch her father's plant, the daffydills end up in the park's garden that is guarded by a bulldog. Lulu tries many plans to trick the bulldog.

  8. Jasper's Minstrels

    May 25, 1945 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

    This one features Jasper talking to the Talking Scarecrow. The Scarecrow then tells Jasper in flashback about his show business days. You see many scenes of dancing watermelon men and other…

  9. Smoky Joe

    May 25, 1945 No. 4509 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    A faithful horse retires as the method of getting to a fire and is replaced by a fire engine. Of course, when the big fire breaks out, the fire engine breaks down and Joe comes to the rescu…

  10. For Better Or Nurse

    June 8, 1945 No. MPAA #: 03923 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Popeye and Bluto try to injure themselves so that they can be admitted to the hospital where Olive works. To get Bluto to beat him up, Popeye force-feeds him spinach. They later find out it…

  11. The Silver Streak

    June 8, 1945 No. 4510 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Mice live in an abandoned shack and have a friend in a Goofy-like dog named Rover, who protects them from the cats. The Country Cats hatch a plan to bump the dog off and gain access to the…

  12. A Gruesome Twosome

    June 9, 1945 No. 3-14. MPAA: 9946 Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    A sexy kitty has two alley-cat suitors: a fat cat and a Jimmy Durante caricature cat. The two alley cats compete against each other to catch Tweety, with the winner getting to be the cute c…

  13. Rippling Romance

    June 21, 1945 No. 4505 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

  14. Snap Happy

    June 22, 1945 No. 4511. MPAA: 03952 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Lulu constantly gets in the way of a professional news photographer. The shutterbug is trying to get a scoop. Everywhere he goes, Lulu is posing for the camera: at a fire; at a beauty conte…

  15. A Self-Made Mongrel

    June 29, 1945 No. 4512 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    A rich man brings home a talking mutt of a dog for companionship, but later, when they play a game of "burglar and watchdog," a real burglar steps in.

  16. Aesops Fables: The Mosquito

    June 29, 1945 No. 4511 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Gandy Goose

  17. Donald's Crime

    June 29, 1945 No. 4506 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald wants to go on a date with Daisy, but discovers that he is broke, so he raids Huey, Dewey, and Louie's piggy bank. Donald and Daisy go out jitterbugging. After Donald kisses Daisy go…

  18. Cleanliness Brings Health

    June 30, 1945 Theatrical Walt Disney Studios

    Using animation, shows how personal cleanliness, clean food, and safe disposal of excreta are first steps in protection against disease in the home. Compares the habits of a clean family wi…

  19. Hookworm

    June 30, 1945 Theatrical Walt Disney Studios

    Careless Charlie is infected with hookworm and must learn the appropriate medication and living conditions to get rid of it from a local clinic.

  20. Insects As Carriers Of Disease

    June 30, 1945 Theatrical Walt Disney Studios

    Careless Charlie is shrunk to the size of an insect to learn to his horror how household pests such as flies, mosquitoes, and lice are not "basically harmless" as he thought, but really mon…

  21. Tale Of Two Mice

    June 30, 1945 No. 7-15. Blue Ribbon: 1309. MPAA… Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Rodent comedy duo Babbitt and Catsello set their beady sights on the refrigerator and the large Swiss cheese wedge therein. Of course, there is that minor obstacle of the housecat. Babbitt…

  22. The Unseen Enemy

    June 30, 1945 Theatrical Walt Disney Studios

    Featuring Careless Charlie

  23. Hot Spot

    July 1, 1945 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    The purpose of this cartoon was to acquaint military personnel with conditions in Iran.

  24. A Hatful Of Dreams

    July 6, 1945 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

    A hat, with the properties of changing the wearer to whatever he or she secretly desires to be, floats along on the wind landing on assorted heads. One man turns into an opera singer and th…

  25. Summer Travelling

    July 6, 1945 Theatrical Larkins Studios

  26. Mouse In Manhattan

    July 7, 1945 No. MPAA #: 10782 Theatrical Series MGM

    Jerry is getting down because of the country life and decides to head off for Broadway to have a night out dancing with the ladies. Unfortunately, Manhattan doesn't exactly turn out to be t…

  27. Crow Crazy

    July 9, 1945 No. E-2 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Andy Panda, as a farmer, has a fine-looking field of corn about ready for the harvest. However, a flock of crows has discovered the corn and is busily devouring every kernel in sight when A…

  28. Booby Socks

    July 12, 1945 No. 4506 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    Cat swooner, "The Noise", tries to woo a nonchalant, female kitten, guarded by a bulldog.

  29. Californy Er Bust!

    July 13, 1945 No. 4507 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Goofy takes a covered wagon on the overland trail to California.

  30. Anchors Aweigh

    July 19, 1945 Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Two U.S. Navy men become involved with a small boy who has run away from home to join the navy and will only return home if they can persuade his aunt, with whom he lives, to let him join t…

  31. Mighty Mouse And The Wolf

    July 20, 1945 No. 4512 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    A twisted version of some famous fairy tales! The Wolf introduces himself and explains that he's misunderstood! Red Riding Hood comes along, and the Wolf changes into his zoot suit, grabs R…

  32. Tee For Two

    July 21, 1945 No. MPAA: # 09867 Theatrical Series MGM

    Jerry will not stay put as Tom plays a round of golf. He can't get a mouse hole in one because Jerry is his handicap. Adding to the disruption of Tom's game are a woodpecker and a swarm of…

  33. Canine Casanova

    July 27, 1945 No. MPAA: 9948 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Pluto's first meeting with Dinah, as he falls head over heels and tried to woo the cute, little dachshund.

  34. Wagon Heels

    July 28, 1945 No. 6-14. MPAA: 10524 Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Scout Porky leads his wagon train through the territory of that most dreaded of "red-skinned savages," Injun Joe. Occasionally, he runs into the cross-eyed, gooney-looking pioneer Sloppy Mo…

  35. Hot Foot Lights

    August 2, 1945 No. 4507 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    A caricature of W.C. Fields runs a theater show with four separate short stories in which nursery rhymes are sung in the beginning (by Andrews Sisters lookalikes) and then acted out.

  36. Gypsy Life

    August 3, 1945 No. 4513 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    A Gypsy caravan travels across the countrieside. One night, as the Gypsy princess performs a dance, a bat-cat spies on the camp, flies back to his cave, and informs his colony, or whatever…

  37. War In The Wardrobe

    August 3, 1945 No. 3 Theatrical Larkins Studio

  38. Duck Pimples

    August 10, 1945 No. 4509 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald's overactive imagination is inspired by scary stories on the radio and in books. His evening of light reading turns into a hair-raising experience when the characters take on a life…

  39. Hare Conditioned

    August 11, 1945 No. 5-14. MPAA: 10060 Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Bugs' plush job in a department store display goes wrong when he's transferred to taxidermy.

  40. How Disease Travels

    August 13, 1945 Theatrical Walt Disney Studios

    This short shows how an ill person covering his mouth when coughing will isolate the contagious germs, and how building latrines can prevent the spread of disease.

  41. Ziegfeld Follies

    August 13, 1945 Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Heaven's harps and wings are nice, but what showman extraordinaire Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. wants most now that he's no longer on Earth is to put on another extravaganza. It would have the brig…

  42. The Flying Jeep

    August 20, 1945 No. F8600 Theatrical Morey and Sutherland Productions

    The story of an Army jeep which was disatisfied with his uninteresting and unglorious routine work. He envied the spectacular role of the combat planes. After his discomfiture and serious d…

  43. Mess Production

    August 24, 1945 No. 4513 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Popeye and Bluto work making bombs in a steel factory, where Olive is an irresistible welder. All goes well in the defense plant until Olive shows up for work with her beauty shop in her lu…

  44. The Fox And The Duck

    August 24, 1945 No. 4514 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Fox, Duck

  45. The Legend Of Coyote Rock

    August 24, 1945 No. MPAA: 10093 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Sheepdog Pluto protects his flock from a coyote, and carves out a desert landmark in the process.

  46. Fresh Airedale

    August 25, 1945 No. (Blue Ribbon): 1259. MPAA: 98… Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    A parable on fame and success. In his master's eyes, "good old Shep" is the perfect dog. Shep is treated like a king. But the cat knows that he's really a two-faced mutt who can be bought o…

  47. Swing Shift Cinderella

    August 25, 1945 No. MPAA #: 10838 Theatrical MGM

    Cinderella (played by Preston Blair's Red Hot) must work two jobs, moonlighting at an aircraft plant when she's not torch singing at a nightclub. Her time at the club is spent dodging the a…

  48. The Dippy Diplomat

    August 27, 1945 No. E-3. MPAA: 10633 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Woody Woodpecker's sleeping in the arms of a statue in the city park, dreaming of a big, juicy steak. Across the street from the park lives Wally Walrus, who's preparing to entertain famous…

  49. Treasure Jest

    August 30, 1945 No. 4508 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    The Fox is fooled by the Crow into thinking that his island has buried treasure.

  50. Carnival Courage

    September 6, 1945 No. 4509 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Willoughby Wren gets a job at a circus and, with the help of this magic hat, saves the circus from an escaped gorilla.