Best 28 Family Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1948

The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body. Explore Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein / IMDB / YouTube

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo, about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale. Check out Fun and Fancy Free / IMDB / YouTube

An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music. Details on Melody Time / IMDB / YouTube

A young writer recalls her ups and downs of growing up as one of four children to Norwegian immigrant parents in 1910s San Francisco. Look into I Remember Mama / IMDB / YouTube

Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover. Info on The Paleface / IMDB / YouTube

This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green. Learn about The Boy with Green Hair / IMDB / YouTube

A family that hires a live-in babysitter is surprised when he turns out to be a man who's a quirky genius. Find out about Sitting Pretty / IMDB / YouTube

Foghorn Leghorn tries indignantly to prove he is a chicken to Little Henry the Chicken Hawk who longs to prove himself. Learn about The Foghorn Leghorn / IMDB / YouTube

Tom, Jerry, and Butch sign a peace treaty. Find out about The Truce Hurts / IMDB / YouTube

Bugs infuriates pirate Yosemite Sam by stealing his treasure and Yosemite chases Bugs onto the pirate ship. See more about Buccaneer Bunny / IMDB / YouTube

William Bendix suits up in Yankee flannels as the renowned pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth in a sports biopic that mixes facts with fiction. See more about The Babe Ruth Story / IMDB / YouTube

A western showdown of Bugs Bunny versus Yosemite Sam. Get info on Bugs Bunny Rides Again / IMDB / YouTube

Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero. Look into Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / IMDB / YouTube

A black cat explains reason after reason why he cannot stand people, and opts to relocate to the moon. When he does, he finds characters there that make him realize people aren't so bad anyway. Details on The Cat That Hated People / IMDB / YouTube

Donald is preparing a little picnic when he sees some ants passing by. He decides to tease one, ultimately by piling lots of food onto it. The ant eventually stumbles, but realizes Donald is sitting on a veritable gold mine. He rallies his fellow ants, and while Donald is napping, they cart him to a cliff and drop him into the river. When he returns to the raid in pro. Learn about Tea for Two Hundred / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey is running a banana plantation. Pluto is frightened by Mickey's boomerang and gets tangled up with it. Meanwhile, Mickey has found an ostrich egg whose owner isn't at all happy that Mickey wants to take it. Learn about Mickey Down Under / IMDB / YouTube

Donald Duck gets into a lot of trouble while he's cooking pancakes for breakfast - Chip and Dale are up to their mischief. Donald tries a number of plans to get rid of them, but they repeatedly foil Donald's plans. Info on Three for Breakfast / IMDB / YouTube

Pluto's efforts to dig up a bone are frustrated by his allergy to goldenrod, and by a gopher who is using the bone to prop up his tunnel. Learn about Bone Bandit / IMDB / YouTube

A bee is flying among Donald's flowers when he notices a veritable paradise of flowers in the guise of wallpaper Donald is hanging. The bee is rather frustrated when he is unable to stay on the flowers so Donald has some fun with the bee tormenting him with the fake flowers. The bee gets his revenge when Donald is accidentally pasted to the ceiling by the wallpaper ma. More about Inferior Decorator / IMDB / YouTube

Pluto is in for a surprise when Mickey sends him to buy a salami at the butcher shop, and he has to fight to keep Butch the bulldog from stealing it. When Pluto gets home with the salami, Mickey presents it to Butch as a birthday gift. Look into Pluto's Purchase / IMDB / YouTube

Donald is trying to sell brushes door-to-door, but since nobody can understand him, nobody will buy anything. He happens across a street vendor selling voice pills. They work great, but he's only got a limited number so of course, the last pill ends up in various inconvenient places. See more about Donald's Dream Voice / IMDB / YouTube

B.O. Skunk tries desperately to win the love of a girl, any girl, and goes to such lengths as imitating Frank Sinatra. Info on Little 'Tinker / IMDB / YouTube

Donald's sleep is interrupted by a dripping kitchen faucet. Info on Drip Dippy Donald / IMDB / YouTube

It's hunting season, and all the ducks are wisely staying undercover - apart from this freshly-hatched little duckling, who turns out to be more than a match for two inept would-be hunters... Look into Lucky Ducky / IMDB / YouTube

In Wyoming, several ranchers have their prized mares stolen by a big wild white stallion and must recover them before the Governor's Stake trotting race day. Read about Green Grass of Wyoming / IMDB / YouTube

Little Toot is a baby tugboat who would rather play than help his father in New York harbor. When he does finally decide to help, he accidentally causes a major crash and is banished beyond the 12 mile limit. But when a storm comes up and strands an ocean liner, he's the only one that can get there, and he redeems himself. Get info on Little Toot / IMDB / YouTube

Donald is caught in the rain while eating his lunch. He ducks into a restaurant for a cup of coffee, but Chez Pierre is a very ritzy place, and by the time all is said and done, he's facing a bill for $35.99, and he only got a drop of coffee, and he only has a nickel. Pierre takes him to court, where this story is told, and is ordered to pay $10 or wash dishes for ten. Find out about The Trial of Donald Duck / IMDB / YouTube

Donald adopts a baby kangaroo. It's more than he bargained for. Look into Daddy Duck / IMDB / YouTube