Gene Deitch Movies

A farmer wanted words to go with the tune he was playing when he saw a frog sitting on the bank of the stream. The frog did something silly which...

Adaptation with verse and accompanying music of an old folk tale about the building and firing of a cannon.

School begins, and one day at a time, Emily and her new classmates learn new ideas, expand their world, and grow closer together.

Three bears come home from a bicycling trip through the woods to find a little girl "all nice and cozy and fast asleep" in Baby Bear's bed.

Sidney the elephant is looking for a mother, even though he's 44. The hippo and giraffe turn him down.

One of Clint Clobber's tenants keeps a seal in his flat. After discovering the seal, Clint goes mad. He then tells his tenant he can't keep Alvin...

The gregarious Flebus, whom everyone likes, grows desperate when he meets the one person who can't stand him.

Clint Clobber, the superintendent/janitor at an exclusive apartment house kicks out a dog. The dog disguises himself as a cat to fool a kind-hearted,...

In this classic story by one of the world's best-loved and acclaimed storytellers for children, the man in the moon looks down on the happy, dancing...

Entry in the John Doormat series of shorts.

A blue dwarf and a red dwarf get into a vicious argument. Each ultimately calls upon a matching giant to protect them, with unexpected results.

Two kids want to build a bridge and get help from Samson.

Nudnik lives in the Withered Arms Apartments in what appears to be Manhattan. He wakes from his chair/bed and eventually escapes. He decides to start...

Dinky quits the cartoon business and gets a job as a spokes-duck for TV commercials.

After receiving a call stating that Mr. Flamboyant will be arriving at the apartment for inspection, Clint tries to clean the place up. During the...

What do you do when your best toy disappears and no one will help you find it? Jules Feiffer's spunky little detective learns that if you keep on...

A king attempts, through various methods, to remove his son's persistent frown.

A rich woman on her way to a costume party thinks Gaston is a babysitter; Gaston thinks he's there to paint her child's picture. Gaston mistakes her...

A short adaptation of the book by Helme Heine

Nudnik awakens at a woman's home and bothers both her and her dog throughout the day.