John Hubley Movies

  • 1977
    A Doonesbury Special

    A Doonesbury Special

    A Doonesbury Special

    5.31977HD

    Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end...

    A Doonesbury Special
  • 1947
    Leben des Galilei

    Leben des Galilei

    Leben des Galilei

    01947HD

    Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel...

    Leben des Galilei
  • 1965
    We Learn About The Telephone

    We Learn About The Telephone

    We Learn About The Telephone

    61965HD

    Bill sketches an animated person, Mr. Man, who takes us back through history to explain how people developed a need to communicate, and shows us...

    We Learn About The Telephone
  • 1958
    Date with Dizzy

    Date with Dizzy

    Date with Dizzy

    41958HD

    A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.

    Date with Dizzy
  • 1961
    Of Stars and Men

    Of Stars and Men

    Of Stars and Men

    81961HD

    Of Stars and Men is a 1964 animated film from the Hubley family of animators, based on the 1959 book of the same name by astronomer Harlow Shapley,...

    Of Stars and Men
  • 1949
    Ragtime Bear

    Ragtime Bear

    Ragtime Bear

    6.81949HD

    At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be his nephew, Waldo.

    Ragtime Bear
  • 1943
    Professor Small and Mr. Tall

    Professor Small and Mr. Tall

    Professor Small and Mr. Tall

    01943HD

    Small and Tall break a mirror on a train trip and their seven years of bad luck start immediately. Stranded by an accident, they have trouble in a...

    Professor Small and Mr. Tall
  • 1949
    The Sailor and the Seagull

    The Sailor and the Seagull

    The Sailor and the Seagull

    5.51949HD

    The Sailor and the Seagull was released by the U.S. Navy in 1949 with a simple goal: encouraging servicemen to re-enlist. In the film, a disgruntled...

    The Sailor and the Seagull
  • 1968
    Zuckerkandl!

    Zuckerkandl!

    Zuckerkandl!

    01968HD

    Animated cartoon, in which philosopher and scholar Alexander Zuckerkandl proposes the view that detached, uninvolved existence is the best.

    Zuckerkandl!
  • 1950
    Trouble Indemnity

    Trouble Indemnity

    Trouble Indemnity

    5.81950HD

    An insurance salesman enters Magoo's house hoping to make a sale. Magoo refuses but the salesman is eventually able to sell Magoo some by posing as...

    Trouble Indemnity
  • 1967
    Urbanissimo

    Urbanissimo

    Urbanissimo

    61967HD

    A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours...

    Urbanissimo
  • 1952
    More Than Meets the Eye

    More Than Meets the Eye

    More Than Meets the Eye

    01952HD

    Promotional film extoling the virutes of radio advertising, even in a new era of televison.

    More Than Meets the Eye
  • 1950
    The Miner's Daughter

    The Miner's Daughter

    The Miner's Daughter

    8.51950HD

    A Harvard grad tries to start a gold claim, but is immediately beset by the amorous daughter of a rival miner.

    The Miner's Daughter
  • 1950
    Punchy De Leon

    Punchy De Leon

    Punchy De Leon

    6.51950HD

    Fox and Crow attempt to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.

    Punchy De Leon
  • 1957
    The Adventures of *

    The Adventures of *

    The Adventures of *

    5.71957HD

    Life drums the playfulness out of a boy as he grows up.

    The Adventures of *
  • 1974
    Cockaboody

    Cockaboody

    Cockaboody

    71974HD

    John and Faith Hubley combined animation with the voices of their preschool daughters Georgia and Emily to make this award-winning short (New York...

    Cockaboody
  • 1951
    Georgie and the Dragon

    Georgie and the Dragon

    Georgie and the Dragon

    61951HD

    Georgie, a young Scottish lad, befriends a baby dragon and takes it home as a pet and companion.

    Georgie and the Dragon
  • 1960
    Children of the Sun

    Children of the Sun

    Children of the Sun

    01960HD

    On the one hand, a healthy child who has enough to eat. On the other hand, a poor, undernourished kid. On the one hand, a quarter of the blue...

    Children of the Sun
  • 1951
    Bungled Bungalow

    Bungled Bungalow

    Bungled Bungalow

    01951HD

    Mr. Magoo's house is towed-away by thieves.

    Bungled Bungalow
  • 1948
    Accidents Resulting from Unfamiliarity in Aircraft, or: The Rover Boys in Peril

    Accidents Resulting from Unfamiliarity in Aircraft, or: The Rover Boys in Peril

    Accidents Resulting from Unfamiliarity in Aircraft, or: The Rover Boys in Peril

    01948HD

    Part of the Flight Safety series of PSAs produced by United Productions of America for the U.S. Navy. Three stalwart brothers learn the importance of...

    Accidents Resulting from Unfamiliarity in Aircraft, or: The Rover Boys in Peril