Gene Deitch Movies

Intended for a TV series in 1960, this short about Samson, a junk yard owner and his horse Delilah help a couple of kids build a bridge between their...

A Gene Deitch cartoon about dogs and their inferior owners.

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

An animated adaptation of the picture book by Toni Ungerer

Nudnik and his adventures with change.

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...

Johnny Doormat has a domineering, nagging wife. He takes his ire at her out on his office workers. His wife sees him at a tobacco shop and, through...

Clint Clobber, superintendent of the Flamboyant Arms, is watching the fights on an old-fashioned TV set.

John's next-door neighbor tries to help him become more assertive against his wife Jane and tell her that he won't do any more housework.

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

After six months at sea, Popeye and Brutus see that Olive has become overweight after eating too much out of feeling lonely. Popeye wants to help her...

Short with Gaston Le Crayon.

Nudnik is strolling through town, getting caught in a mailbox and a garbage truck.

Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

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

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

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

Two owls discover the secret of peace and happiness and eventually share their secret with all their barnyard friends.

Picture book animator for Weston Woods Studios Gene Deitch, shares his insights into the purpose, art and technique of adapting, as animated films,...

An anxious man in his forties quits his job and resigns himself to an early death after a supposed heart attack, but his doctor sets him straight.