Gene Deitch Movies

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

Big Anthony, left alone with Strega Nona's magic pasta pot, runs into trouble when he decides to show the townspeople how it works.

On a snowy night in the city, Jerry is comfortably asleep in his hole inside a penthouse, while Tom tries to keep from freezing to death in the alley...

Alice travels to Paris and hears five stories adapted from children's picture books in this anthology film. The books adapted include: "Anatole,"...

Nudnik and his adventures with change.

Harold draws himself a castle in an enchanted garden and fills it with a king, a giant, a fairy - and himself!

This short film is the first film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel, The Hobbit. The film is a considered an "ashcan copy" as it was made...

This is the diary of a spider who's a lot like you! He goes to school, but he also spins sticky webs and takes wind-catching lessons.

Tom accompanies his owner, Clint Clobber, who has severe anger management issues, on a fishing trip.

Mickey falls through the dark into the Night Kitchen where three fat bakers are making the morning cake and so begins an intoxicating dream fantasy...

A young man learns his new antique violin has the power to change the form of things around it.

Gaston Le Crayon is a French (kind of beatnik-looking) artist who brings his artwork to life. He's doing a famous painting to be. Movie director...

The adventures of Anatole, a suave and debonair French mouse, in a cheese factory.

Jerry, tired of Tom's repeated attempts to kill him, leaves the house to join a space program. Tom tries to convince Jerry to stay, but to no avail.

A spoiled princess scorns the love of an honorable prince who offers her precious gifts.

The eleven musicians from the orchestra introduce themselves and talk about their instruments.

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 deliciously scary story about a boy who outsmarts an old witch-woman before she can have him and his brothers for dinner.

Nudnik runs into the usual troubles.

With his purple crayon, Harold draws a picture for his room - and then becomes part of it.