Connie Rasinski
2021Mighty Mouse in Krakatoa
Connie Rasinski
The superist hero of them all, Mighty Mouse, easily brushes aside molten lava and stems the tide of an island volcano, set off by the torrid dancing of Krakatoa Katy, the hottest dancer of them all. Then he carries all of the island natives to the safety of higher ground, where Katy leads them all in a jive-chanting jitterbug dance in tribute to their hero.
Mighty Mouse in Krakatoa
Beauty on the Beach
Connie Rasinski
Mighty Mouse, the mightiest mouse of them all, swoops down from the skies to rescue Pearl Pureheart from death on the roller-coaster rails at the amusement park. Oil Can Harry, the meanest villain of them all, is cursing at being foiled once again by the super-hero, and even manages to get the upper-hand on Mighty and put Polly Pureheart again in the path of peril, but you can't keep a good mouse down and, once again, here comes Mighty Mouse to the rescue.
Beauty on the Beach
Swooning the Swooners
Connie Rasinski
Frankie, the skinny, crooning alley-cat, is serenading his fan-pack of female animals late at night, who are swooning off the fence in droves, but the homeowner trying to sleep is not impressed and he belts Frankie with a tomato and chases him away. Frankie's fans are upset and, as retribution for his act, the homeowner is kept awake all night by the singing of the fans.
Swooning the Swooners
Post War Inventions
Connie Rasinski
Arthur Kay
Gandy Goose is reading a book about Post-War Inventions. Sourpuss doesn't like it one bit, and that night he dreams that he has come to a hall of new inventions. At first he's impressed, but things begin to go wrong with the inventions, and when he finally wakes up, he promptly smashes the book over Goose's head.
Post War Inventions
Mighty Mouse and the Pirates
Connie Rasinski, Mannie Davis
A pirate cat has his eyes set on a beautiful island mouse princess. He and his fellow pirates kidnap the beautiful girl. When singing cat pirates decide to kill all the mice on board for the buried treasure, the natives call to Mighty Mouse for help. Singing his way from the skies, Mighty Mouse flies to the pirate ship, fights buccaneers to the death, and saves the young beauty. He returns her to her people, to their thunderous applause. Lots of opera singing in this one.
Mighty Mouse and the Pirates
Throwing the Bull
Connie Rasinski
A well-to-do Spanish merchant offers a fortune in gold and the hand of his daughter in marriage to any matador who can kill the bull in the ring. But the bull defeats all comers who challenge him. Finally, Mighty Mouse enters the ring and clobbers the bull, sending him to the local butcher shop and winning the hand of the merchant's daughter.
Throwing the Bull
Prehistoric Perils
Connie Rasinski
Tom Morrison
Mighty Mouse encounters a Time Machine while trying to save pure-hearted Pearl Pureheart from the unwanted advances and clutches of the evil oily-villain, Oil Can Harry. After brief stops in 1620 and 1890, and ancient Egypt, Mighty Mouse finds himself in the prehistoric age of the dinosaurs. He mops up on Harry and the dinosaurs, proving he can take care of anyone, anyplace, anywhere at any time.
Prehistoric Perils
Down with Cats
Connie Rasinski
This early Mighty Mouse cartoon -- actually, he was still called 'Super Mouse' at this point -- is one of the better ones, due to the large number of good comedy gags inserted -- cats hiding behind skinny trees, mice running down cats' gullets and into their tails, and so forth.
Down with Cats
Out Again, in Again
Connie Rasinski
A few weeks before this epic was released, the two magpies had starred in 'Free Enterprise', a cartoon that ended with them both in prison. 'Out Again, in Again' begins like the latest chapter of a serial in progress, with a nasal-voiced narrator informing the audience that "in our last episode" Heckle and Jeckle were in prison, and then picking up the action from there.
Out Again, in Again
Phony News Flashes
Connie Rasinski
A collection of newsreel spoofs. Among them, a house with some special features for the mother-in-law, an egg-eating champion who speaks fluent chicken, a slow-motion view of a spitball pitcher, a toothpaste with unfortunate side effects, a look at a heavenly body from Mt. Wilson observatory, a speaker is unconcerned with alien invasions, a circus performer retires from diving into wet anvils, a dog that does income taxes, and an anti-noise campaign in a small town.
Phony News Flashes