Friz Freleng — Director (146)
Homeless Homer (1929) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Homeless Homer
Friz Freleng's second directorial effort -- under his legal name of 'Isadore' and credited as co-director with Rudolf Ising -- is a silent Oswald the Lucky Rabbit effort, made soon after Charles Mintz grabbed the rights to the character and almost all his crew from Walt Disney. Oswald takes in Homer, a small kitten, and attempts to teach him table manners and to give him a bath, but Homer retaliates using a clothesline and a player piano.
He Was Her Man (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
He Was Her Man
other title: C'était son homme
A Depression-era female mouse has to sell apples in the miserable cold, and then bring them home to her abusive husband. But when he abandons her and takes up with another woman, she does what any woman has the right to do.
Shop Look & Listen (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Shop Look & Listen
director: Friz Freleng actor: Mel Blanc / Tedd Pierce
other title: Suivez le guide et en silence
J.T. Gimlet's department store is closed, and the mice are going on a tour, led by the same W.C. Fields mouse as in Little Blabbermouse. First, the shoe department, where we see mules, both red and green, who pop out of the box and bray at us. Next, the artworks: Whistler's Mother proves to be a good whistler herself; The Thinker is puzzling over his tax return; a painting that starts with two Indians becomes The Last of the Mohicans. In housewares, an automatic ashtray deals with a cigar (prompting a string of babble from Blabbermouse). An automated poker table plays the whole game, complete with the requisite ace-up-the-sleeve. And finally, the gift-wrap department, which includes one robot to measure out ribbon and another to wrap packages. This prompts another string of babble from Blabbermouse, which gets *him* wrapped up (and, when that's not enough, slapped with a "Do Not Open Until Xmas" sticker on his mouth).
Tweet Dreams (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tweet Dreams
director: Friz Freleng actor: Mel Blanc / June Foray
other title: Rêves de Canari / Rêves de canari
Warners' "economy cartoon," repackaging footage from earlier Tweety and Sylvester chases with new footage. In this one, Sylvester tells a psychiatrist of his frustration at not being able to catch Tweety, his repeated failures illustrated through past cartoons featuring the canary and puddy tat.
D' Fightin' Ones (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
D' Fightin' Ones
director: Friz Freleng actor: Mel Blanc
other title: Comme chiens et chats
Sylvester Cat and a tough bulldog escape, chained together, from a transport vehicle headed for the city animal pound and make like convicts on the lam.
The Gay Anties (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Gay Anties
director: Friz Freleng
other title: Les Fourmis Joyeuses / Die fröhlichen Anties
The 1890s; a picnic in the park. A man is pitching woo to his girl, while behind them a steady stream of ants is methodically devouring and carting off their food. Some other interludes include four ants eating Russian rye bread, then breaking for a Russian dance; a torch singer that sends everyone scurrying for some kind of ear plugs; a chef ant that coordinates the creation of three sandwiches that the humans eat.
Road to Andalay (1964) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Road to Andalay
director: Friz Freleng actor: Mel Blanc
other title: Il est bête ce faucon / Sur la route d'Andalay
Sylvester Cat uses a hunting bird, Malcolm Falcon, in another unsuccessful attempt to catch Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in Mexico.
Muzzle Tough (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Muzzle Tough
director: Friz Freleng actor: Mel Blanc
other title: Titi emménage
Tweety Bird moves into a city brownstone with his mistress, Granny. A stray Sylvester Cat watches them move in and delights on seeing Tweety. Another of Granny's pets is a bulldog who complicates Sylvester's plan to sneak up close enough to make a grab for Tweety. Sylvester unsuccessfully tries all sorts of disguises, including a moving man, a lamp, a bearskin, and a female dog. He ends up being captured by the dog catcher and placed in the back of a truck surrounded by snarling canines.
The Fella with a Fiddle (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Fella with a Fiddle
director: Friz Freleng actor: Mel Blanc / Billy Bletcher
other title: The Fella with the Fiddle
A mouse fakes blindness and plays his fiddle; he returns home, where it becomes apparent he's rich. The tax collector arrives, and he pulls various levers and presses buttons to make his home look like a shack. The tax collector can't catch him. A cat sees this and tries baiting a trap with a gold coin; that fails, but a gold crown on his tooth lures the mouse in. Or does it? The mouse telling this story to his grandchildren looks oddly familiar...