Top 28 Animation Movies Worth Watching Released in 1937

As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill. Info on The Old Mill / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey, Donald and Goofy run the Ajax Ghost Exterminators agency. They receive a call from lonely and bored ghosts to come to their house where they are scared silly by the hilarious haunts and taunts of these spirited pranksters. Info on Lonesome Ghosts / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are cleaning a large clock. Among the complications: Mickey fights a sleeping stork that doesn't want to leave, Donald gets tangled up in the main-spring, and Goofy is inside the bell when the clock strikes four. Explore Clock Cleaners / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto experience all that Hawaii has to offer. Donald tries hula dancing, Pluto explores the beach and Goofy takes up surfing. Learn about Hawaiian Holiday / IMDB / YouTube

Donald continually heckles Mickey's magic act, but Mickey bests him at every turn. Donald shoots off a magic pistol that causes all the stage props to fall down on them at the finish of the act. Read about Magician Mickey / IMDB / YouTube

Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves. More about Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves / IMDB / YouTube

Donald Duck visits a museum of modern inventions; among the inventions he struggles with: a robot butler who keeps taking his hat; a package wrapping machine; a robot nursemaid; an automated barber chair. Details on Modern Inventions / IMDB / YouTube

Donald is courting Daisy (called Donna, here in her first appearance) Duck in Mexico. He arrives on a burro, which doesn't get along at all well with her; she convinces him to buy a car. They head through the desert, but the car breaks down, and throws Donald out, then takes off on its own with Daisy trapped inside the rumble seat. The car hits a rock, throwing Daisy . Learn about Don Donald / IMDB / YouTube

Goofy (front) and Donald (rear) are dressed in a female moose suit, trying to lure a moose for hunter Mickey. When they do find one, it turns out to be more than they can handle. Get info on Moose Hunters / IMDB / YouTube

Donald is the baggagemaster at a remote railway station. Part of the latest cargo shipment is Hortense the Ostrich, who is a bit too friendly with Donald, and who eats everything in sight, whether it's food or not (mostly not): a concertina, an alarm clock, some balloons, all of which start reacting when Hortense gets the hiccups. Details on Donald's Ostrich / IMDB / YouTube

The fearless Hiawatha is more of a lover than a fighter. He befriends the local forest animals and they help him when he's in a bind. Look into Little Hiawatha / IMDB / YouTube

The fly turns into the fighter, the mouse turns into the super mouse, the cat turns into the ferocious feline, Pluto turns into the attack dog and finally, the fire hydrant turns into the living hydrant. Look into The Worm Turns / IMDB / YouTube

Porky is advised by the superintendent of the railroad that his services and the services of his old-fashioned engine are no longer required as the company will be using a new streamlined train. Learn about Porky's Railroad / IMDB / YouTube

Porky and his family are the target of a monster who wants their inheritance. Find out about The Case of the Stuttering Pig / IMDB / YouTube

Abstract animation drawn directly on Technicolor film, some with underlying real life footage of unrelated subjects. Various colorful shapes and patterns move and interact, set to upbeat music. Check out Trade Tattoo / IMDB / YouTube

The introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky's courtship with her. Once he's won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future with her, which doesn't seem very appealing. Explore Porky's Romance / IMDB / YouTube

On the outside of an office building, Popeye and Bluto duke it out as rival window washers. Find out about The Paneless Window Washer / IMDB / YouTube

It's race day, and first prize is $2 million (less $1,999,998.37 in taxes). Porky's little car is matched against cars driven by stars of yesteryear, including Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin. When the black #13 driven by Borax Karoff makes a bid for the finish line, can Porky fend him off? Read about Porky's Road Race / IMDB / YouTube

It's midnight at the bookstore and all the book and magazine characters are coming to life. When a bulldog from an adventure book uses a Boswell Sisters-like performance by girls in a travel magazine as a distraction to rob a bank, he is chased, caught, and sentenced to, of course Life (the magazine). But there's also a conveniently placed Escape magazine.... Read about Speaking of the Weather / IMDB / YouTube

A young parrot, against his mother's wishes, wants to become a mariner like his no-account father, runs away from home, and heads for the ocean with a young duck who wants to join him. Explore I Wanna Be a Sailor / IMDB / YouTube

A rebellious fish refuses to listen to his teacher until he ventures out into the real world and discovers the importance of education. Get info on Educated Fish / IMDB / YouTube

A small town agricultural fair is giving a prize for the largest home grown product. Porky sets to work planting a garden; his neighbor tries a feed mix for his chickens. But the chickens won't eat the feed, so he sets them loose in Porky's garden (one eats some spinach and does a Popeye impression). Porky rescues a pumpkin that they missed and takes it to the fair. T. Info on Porky's Garden / IMDB / YouTube

The skeletons in a graveyard come alive at the stroke of midnight and stage a concert. Learn about Skeleton Frolic / IMDB / YouTube

City dweller Egghead dreams of being a cowboy, but his bouncing around gets him kicked out of his boarding house. He sees an ad for a ranch looking for a cowboy and applies. His tryout includes tests of marksmanship and use of a branding iron, but most of it consist of chasing down and roping a troublesome little calf. He passes the test, but the job isn't exactly wha. Details on Egghead Rides Again / IMDB / YouTube

Housecleaning blues are just what Betty Boop has the morning after a wild party. Grampy to the rescue! More about House Cleaning Blues / IMDB / YouTube

Porky owns a full-service gas station; he deals with a wide variety of problems, like a bump that migrates to different parts of the car. But his real nemesis is a supposedly sleeping baby in a car whose tire needs changing; in fact, the baby is wide awake and a real brat. Both Porky and the brat end up covered in grease; the irate mother drives off, but the child has. Explore Porky's Super Service / IMDB / YouTube

The iceman is in love with a pretty girl, and an old spinster is pining and cooking for him. But his dreamgirl prefers crooners like Bing Crosby, Rudy Vallee, or Eddie Cantor. After leaving her, he spots the sign of an imitator, and thinks he could ask him to do the crooning for him while he is trying to date his girl. The imitator accepts, and at first the trick is w. Explore I Only Have Eyes for You / IMDB / YouTube

Screen titles introduce the parabola as nature's poetry of motion: the path of every ball and bullet, of a fountain's jet and a falling star. Sculptor Rutherford Boyd's creations appear frame by frame under controlled lighting. Curved objects float by; mirror images appear. Paper sculptures separate into parabolic slices. One can see the abstracts of shells and fans, . Details on Parábola / IMDB / YouTube