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‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I [...]

Mel-O-Toons sometimes erroneously called “Mello Toons”, was a series of animated cartoons produced in 1960 by New World Productions and syndicated by United Artists. It was based upon the popular Young Peoples Records and featured various folk tales, Greco-Roman myths, Biblical stories, some original stories by author Thornton Burgess, classic stories, even adaptations of classical [...]

Here’s 17 free Betty Boop Cartoons set up in a nice Boop playlist.
Betty Boop made her first appearance on August 9, 1930 in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes, the sixth installment in Fleischer’s Talkartoon series. She was little like her soon-to-be-famous self, however. Grim Natwick, a veteran animator of both Walt Disney’s and Ub Iwerks’ studios, [...]

Here’s about a dozen examples of classic 1950′s soap operas. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap. The name “soap opera” stems from the original dramatic [...]

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver – a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away. He abandoned her and a sailor on [...]

Popeye the Sailor is a comic strip character, later featured in popular animated cartoons. He was created by Elzie Crisler Segar,and first appeared in the King Features comic strip Thimble Theater on January 17, 1929.
Popeye quickly became the main focus of the strip, which was one of King Features’ most popular strips during the 1930s [...]

Here’s 22 Charlie Chaplin films for you to watch for free. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning English comedy actor. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable director, composer and musician [...]

Tex Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country singer and actor and the father of actor John Ritter. He was born Woodward Maurice Ritter in Murvaul, Texas, the son of James Everett Ritter and Martha Elizabeth Matthews.

The 39 Steps is a 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the adventure novel The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan. The film stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.
There have been four major film versions of the book. Hitchcock’s original has been the most acclaimed, and remains so today: In 1999 it [...]

Included in this batch are included several Noveltoons, A Porky Pig Cartoon, Might Mouse and some various other favorites.
The first cartoon with synchronized sound is often identified as Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie, starring Mickey Mouse in 1928, but Max Fleischer’s 1926 My Old Kentucky Home is less popularly but more correctly credited with this innovation. [...]

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in a very funny skit from the Colgate Comedy Hour. It’s a spoof on a game show where Dean tortures poor Jerry for the 64 million.

Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero, originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. Created in 1932, and rejected by a number of publishers, the character first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938). With a premise that taps into adolescent fantasy, Superman [...]