Wilfred Jackson — Director (50)
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Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930) [Movie] Douban
Midnight in a Toy Shop
director: Wilfred Jackson
other title: 玩具店的午夜
A spider sneaks in to a toy store and sees the toys come to life as he plays a tune on the toy piano and record player.
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The Cat's Out (1931) [Movie] Douban
The Cat's Out
director: 威尔弗雷德·杰克逊
other title: 离家的小猫
The family cat, out for the night, stalks and catches a bird singing atop the weathervane, but it flies off, pulling the cat and weathervane down and knocking the cat out. The cat has a vision of giant birds, lacking the tailfeathers he pulled out, tormenting him, and soon, everything in the autumn landscape is animated and scary.
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埃及舞曲 (1931) [Movie] Douban
Egyptian Melodies
director: Wilfred Jackson
other title: Egyptian Melodies
炎热干燥的埃及沙漠，狮身人面像伫立在这静谧的绝地中心，默默注视着亘古的沧桑变幻。在狮身人面像的胸口部分有一个石门，门上方有一只蜘蛛弹着蛛网载歌载舞，享受快乐的生活。突然之间，冥冥之中似乎有一股神秘的力量，打开了那扇早已封闭许久的石门。出于无法抑制的好奇心，小蜘蛛蹑手蹑脚走入幽暗的隧道，经过一番曲折，它见到了一尊沙漏。俄而沙漏如闹钟般铃声大作，棺中的木乃伊相继蹦了出来，跳起欢快的舞步。跟着墙上的壁画也像感染了魔法一般，画中人随着音乐载歌载舞。节奏越来越快，画中人的歌舞也越来越疯狂。这可吓坏了小蜘蛛……
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The Clock Store (1931) [Movie] Douban
The Clock Store
director: Wilfred Jackson
other title: 钟表店
The various clocks and watches in a clock store dance, ring alarms musically, and otherwise entertain us in an after hours presentation.
7min
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The Spider and the Fly (1931) [Movie] Douban
The Spider and the Fly
director: 威尔弗雷德·杰克逊
other title: 蜘蛛和苍蝇
A kitchen is filled with houseflies. A spider wakes up and plays his web like a harp, attracting a pair of them; the female is trapped, and the male summons the cavalry, which arrives riding horseflies, riding dragonflies to drop pepper bombs, firing champagne bottles, and ultimately setting the web on fire and catching the spider on flypaper when he falls.
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The Bird Store (1931) [Movie] Douban
The Bird Store
director: 威尔弗雷德·杰克逊
other title: 鸟店
A pet shop specializing in birds. The various caged birds chirp along to the score in their various styles (including a set of birds that looks like the Marx Brothers). A cat eyes the proceedings hungrily and makes his way in through an open transom, causing panic and an organized counterattack.
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Father Noah's Ark (1933) [Movie] Douban
Father Noah's Ark
director: 威尔弗雷德·杰克逊 actor: Delos Jewkes / Allan Watson
other title: 诺亚方舟
愁云惨淡，暴雨将至。诺亚在得到神谕之后，开始着手打造可以装下世界上所有种类动物的巨大方舟。他设计了方舟的图纸，他的妻子、三个儿子以及各自的媳妇齐齐上阵，抓紧时间建造动物们的庇护场所。动物们也不怠慢，协同诺亚一家忙碌起来。犀牛变成了木材切割机，硕大的原木被他的蛮力切割成了木板；河马化作了打孔机，他的巨牙精准地在木板上钻出了孔；啄木鸟变成了锤子，将一颗颗木钉契在船上。
这时，天空开始落下雨滴，诺亚知晓最后的时刻已经到来，他连忙招呼家人和动物们上船，大家手忙脚乱，惟恐被落下来。诺亚方舟伴着瓢泼大雨起航了，开始了长达40天的漫长航行……
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The Pied Piper (1933) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Pied Piper
7.6 (5 ratings) director: 威尔弗雷德·杰克逊 actor: George Gramlich / Allan Watson …
other title: 花衣魔笛手 / A Walt Disney SILLY SYMPHONY Cartoon Short. …
The people of Hamelin, overrun with rats, offer a bag of gold to anyone who can get rid of the rats. A piper offers to do the job, and successfully lures the rats into a mirage of cheese, which disappears. The citizens, disappointed that all he did was play a tune, offer only pocket change. The piper, angered, plays a new tune that has all the children of the city follow him, even the new twins the stork is preparing to deliver. Written by Jon Reeves {[email protected]}
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The China Shop (1934) [Movie] Douban
The China Shop
director: Wilfred Jackson
other title: 瓷器店
The elderly owner of a china shop leaves for the night, and the various figurines and decorated mugs come to life. A demonic figure captures an upper-class lady and does battle with her lord, damaging much of the shop. But the demon proves to have a glass jaw and, literally, a yellow streak, and the happy couple is soon reunited. No dialogue, but some signs are in English, particularly the final punch-line.
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The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934) [Movie] Douban
The Grasshopper and the Ants
6.2 (6 ratings) director: Wilfred Jackson
other title: 蚱蜢与蚂蚁
春去秋来，正是丰收的黄金季节。青草绿叶还未退去绿色的衣装，宜人的天气让所有的生灵都沉湎其中。远处传来了愉快的歌声和小提琴声，那是四处流浪的蚱蜢演奏的乐而无忧的乐曲，他歌唱美好的生活，歌唱当下的逍遥自在，一切仿佛如青草绿叶一般唾手可得，不值得珍惜。这时，蚱蜢看见附近的大树下，蚂蚁们正辛勤地搬运食物。这群勤劳的小生命知晓寒冷的冬天将近，于是抓紧时间储备过冬的粮食。可在蚱蜢看来，蚂蚁们的举止不仅不解风情，简直浪费了当下的大好时光。他鼓励疲于奔命的小蚂蚁和他畅快歌舞，这可惹恼了威严的蚂蚁女王。
在女王看来，没有劳动就没有食物……
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The Wise Little Hen (1934) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Wise Little Hen
director: 威尔弗雷德·杰克逊 actor: Florence Gill / 克拉伦斯·纳什
other title: 聪明的小母鸡 / 현명한 암탉 …
Join Donald Duck in his debut in the classic animated short The Wise Little Hen. The Little Hen is planting corn and would like to have help from Peter Pig and Donald Duck, but they refuse stating they each have a "tummy ache." When it comes time to harvest the corn, Peter Pig and Donald still refuse to help the Hen, so she and her chicks do the harvest by themselves. Finally, the hen cooks the corn and offers some to Donald and Peter Pig, but when they look more carefully they discover a surprise.
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The Goddess of Spring (1934) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
The Goddess of Spring
director: 威尔弗雷德·杰克逊 actor: Diana Gaylen / Kenny Baker …
other title: 春天的女神 / Der Raub der Frühlingsgöttin …
The goddess is greeted by dancing flowers and fairies. The devil comes and takes her away to be his queen. She's despondent, as winter settles in above ground. But the devil isn't happy either, and offers anything to make her happy. They reach an agreement: she'll spend six months above ground and six below. Thus we have seasons.
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Music Land (1935) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Music Land
director: 威尔弗雷德·杰克逊
other title: 音乐国度 / Jazz Band Contre Symphony Land …
Musical instruments are the stars of a romantic fable set in the Land of Symphony and the Isle of Jazz, two islands separated by the Sea of Discord. The violin princess and the saxophone prince fall in love, but must meet secretly in order to avoid the wrath of their parents, the Symphony queen and the Jazz king. The queen finds the boy saxophone on her island, attempting to woo her daughter. She has him locked in the metronome, but the young lover manages to send a note - in fact, several musical notes on sheet music - that conveys the message that he has been imprisoned. The Isle of Jazz declares war by blasting musical notes across the sea. The only thing that can bring peace and harmony to the Sea of Discord is love.