Otto Messmer — Director (33)
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Felix the Cat Weathers the Weather (1926)
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Otto Messmer
other title: Felix Weathers the Storm
Felix disappoints his kittens because he promised to take them on a picnic but couldn't because of bad weather. He flies to the clouds to see Jupiter Pluvius' weather-making machine, which he blames for his predicament. He manages to get the machine to work for his advantage while getting back at Jupiter in the process.
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Land O'Fancy (1926)
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Otto Messmer
Felix sees a smoke ring rising from a cigar, and wonders where they go. He finds out that they wind up in the clouds, home to a race of giants. He steals a giant bottle of milk and is chased back to Earth by the giants.
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The Oily Bird (1928)
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Otto Messmer
A persnickety chicken steals the master's jewels (by eating them). Framed for the theft, Felix decides to find them himself. Felix takes after the bird and ends up striking oil!
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Polly-tics (1928)
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Otto Messmer
other title: Felix the Cat in Polly-Tics
Felix is homeless so he has to provide for himself if he wants to eat. He finds some milk sitting out on someone's doorstep, when he decides to snatch it. When he does, he encounters a group of mice who are after the same thing.
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Felix Saves the Day (1922)
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Otto Messmer
other title: フィリックス 野球場で大活躍
Boys playing back alley baseball improbably hold their afternoon game at the Polo Grounds. Felix the Cat takes action when his favored team seems poised to lose.
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Felix in the Swim (1922)
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Otto Messmer
other title: ピアノレッスンから抜け出せ！
A grateful mouse promises Felix "if there's anything I can do for you, just call on me" after Felix lets him go from a mousetrap. Felix then goes over to Willie Brown's house, whistles for the kid to come down from his bedroom and go "to the 'ole swimming hole" but Willie's mom spots him and tells the boy to go back inside and "practise his piano lessons."
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Felix Lends a Hand (1922)
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Otto Messmer
Trudging through the snow in his hometown, Felix sees a billboard advertising sunny Egypt, and says that he'd give four of his nine lives to be there rather than freezing in the snow. He then hears crying coming from his friend Abdul's carpet shop, and it turns out that Abdul's girlfriend has been kidnapped by an Egyptian sheik. Felix promises to rescue her, and hops on a magic carpet Abdul has lying around the shop, says the magic word and flies off to Egypt to keep his promise.
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Skulls and Sculls (1930)
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Otto Messmer
Felix the Cat is walking along when he is abruptly blindfolded and subjected to an elaborate ordeal which turns out to be (as the title hints) a fraternal initiation.
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Eskimotive (1928)
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Otto Messmer
Felix & his friend have fun playing at blowing bubbles. Felix gets inside one and is blown away. The bubble lands on a snowy mountain and turns...
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Felix in Fairyland (1923)
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Otto Messmer
Felix is reading a book about Fairyland, and decides that it must be a wonderful place to be. Suddenly he hears a cry for help, and finds a fly stuck on a piece of flypaper. He rescues the insect, only to have it turn into a beautiful fairy princess who, in gratitude for his help, grants him one wish. He wishes he were in Fairyland, and is immediately transported there.