Seymour Kneitel — Director (47)
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The Mild West (1947)
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Seymour Kneitel
A series of blackout gags, followed by an exhortation to sing along with the bouncing ball -- the song being "I'm an Old Cow Hand".
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Spooking with a Brogue (1955)
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Seymour Kneitel
other title: Le Petit Lutin
Casper the Friendly Ghost goes to Ireland, where he meets Billy, a young boy whose widowed mother is about to be evicted my a miserly landlord. Billy thinks Casper is a leprechaun and demands a crock of gold. Casper can only come up with gold-painted eggs, golden corn and gold fish. But when the landlord arrives and sees Casper, he runs away, and Casper gives the miser's gold to the boy.
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Hullaba-Lulu (1944)
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Seymour Kneitel actor: Cecil Roy
In order to get into the circus, Lulu disguises herself as "the press" after giving her ticket away. Once inside, Lulu manages to wreck every performance by yelling "Faker!" She ends up saving the ringmaster from a ferocious lion.
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Gabriel Churchkitten (1944)
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Seymour Kneitel actor: Jackson Beck / Mae Questel …
This cartoon concerns the efforts of a kitten, Gabriel, and a mouse, Peter, who apparently live in peaceful coexistence in the home of Parson Peaseporridge, to get the Parson to wake up at night and feed them their milk and cheese, respectively. The Parson repeatedly rises up, in a fit of sleepwalking, and reaches the cupboard, while muttering the need to feed the "churchkitten" and "churchmouse," but then proceeds to drink the milk and eat the cheese himself. Eventually, the kitten and mouse enlist the aid of a neighboring puppy named Trumpet to achieve their goal.
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Not Ghoulty (1959)
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Frank Endres / Seymour Kneitel
other title: Non Coupable
His fellow ghosts bring Casper up on charges for breaking the Ghostly Laws ,since he will not scare people, and he loses his ghostly powers. He realizes he needs to do something drastic, so he, disguised as a man, invades a meeting of ghosts planning a scare-campaign, and gives them a taste of their own medicine. He regains his standing in the Ectoplasm Society.
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Huey's Father's Day (1959)
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Seymour Kneitel actor: Sid Raymond / Gilbert Mack
The well-meaning but bumbling Baby Huey decides to give his father a wonderful Father's Day he won't forget, and does just that. His well-intentioned plans lead to one disaster after another and his father ends up in bandages in the hospital. And then has a relapse when Huey says he is planning another wonderful day on his birthday.
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I'm Just Curious (1944)
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Seymour Kneitel actor: Cecil Roy
For misbehaving, Little Lulu gets a spanking from Daddy with the book "Art of Self Defense" in her pants. In the shower, after being sent to her room, Lulu starts to sing "I'm Just Curious." Later Lulu sneaks out and goes after a chicken hawk who, thinking that he's a stork, tries to get Lulu's chickens from her family's henhouse.
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The Fly's Last Flight (1949)
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Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer
other title: Le dernier vol
Popeye is settling in for a nap in his hammock, but every sound in the city is disturbing him until he moves indoors. Even there, he's plagued by houseflies. He chases them outdoors, except for one. That one ends up in a spinach can and gives Popeye a real fight.
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Robin Hood-Winked (1948)
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Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Robin des épinards
Popeye is Robin Hood; he's got a sidekick, Little John. Bluto is the tax collector, and Olive is the owner/barmaid at the local pub. Bluto comes to the pub to collect taxes and falls for Olive.
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Suddenly It's Spring (1944)
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Seymour Kneitel
Raggedy Ann's little girl is seriously ill and needs sunlight to recover. She sets off on a mission to the sun and other elements hoping to make Winter end early. She works a minor miracle, with their help.
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Tots of Fun (1952)
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Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer
other title: Sombre carrière
Popeye is building a house while his nephews practice their music. The kids come out to help, but only cause trouble, so Popeye sends them back to practice. He finishes his house, goes in, and it collapses. The boys decide they can help Popeye and practice at the same time, so they build a skyscraper luxury apartment building to the tune of the ever-popular Poet and Peasant Overture.
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Popeye Makes a Movie (1950)
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Seymour Kneitel / Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Popeye tourne un film
Popeye and Olive prepare to make a movie while his nephews watch. The movie is a significant portion of Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves, which makes up over 80% of this release (beginning with Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy suffering in the desert), and despite admonitions, the nephews get involved a couple times, most notably tossing Popeye his can of spinach.