Howard Beckerman Movies

Little Billy and Isabel catch Red Lantern, the Magic Fish. He takes them to the Land Of The Lost to meet King Find All, Rosita Wristwatch, and Wally Pocketwatch.

For half a century Harvey Comics characters ruled newsstands, television screens, and the imaginations of children across the United States. While the names Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, Little Audrey, Dick Tracy, and The Green Hornet live on, Harvey Comics has been largely forgotten....

A documentary about the early days of animation.

Rather than adapt a later or create a new Oz story, this production has Dorothy still in posession of the shoes, and she clings to an apple tree during a tornado which takes her back to Oz. The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion (using the names created for the nearly-abstract television series,...

A documentary about the early days of animation.

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue pre-sound cartoons from obscurity and screen them to new, appreciative audiences.

The senior thesis film of Elyssa DiGiovanni

Directed by Shamus Culhane, this was a fine animated short about the title character turning his pipes into a musical instrument with a performance that gets such a positive response from some passersby that he gets a contract offer.

A diverse compilation of short animations from NYC's popular festival, Animation Block Party. Various genres and narratives. A great mix-tape of student and professional work, featuring old-school and new-school animations of varied genres.

An office drudge goes on a cruise and winds up a castaway on a tropical island. He soon meets his man Friday in the form of a friendly ape.

Based on the Rudyard Kipling story.

John R. Dilworth's 1985 student film. A simple animation of a man smoking a cigarette, which generates a strange angry cloud of smoke.

An elephant is on the loose when escaping from the jungle.

"The Eyeball Chase" is Jeremie Duval's SVA Animation Thesis from 2007.

Hard Hat trains Fall Guy how to build a bridge, but keeps getting distracted by a flower with a mind of its own.

About Native Americans Geronimo and Son.

Lonesome Honey Halfwitch draws a friend and bewitches the paper so that her drawing comes to life.

A film by Brad Rose.

Sir Blur was Famous Studios' answer to Mr. Magoo in that he was another nearsighted fellow who mistakes something or someone for something else.

Sir Blur stumbles into a kingdom. A king is having trouble getting someone to marry his daughter because she's, to put it mildly, ugly. Guess who stumbles into the contest? Sir Blur was Famous Studios' answer to Mr. Magoo in that he was another nearsighted fellow who mistakes something or someone...