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A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take over the world. The Atlanteans, or rather the slaves of Atlantis, are forced to mine a crystalline material which absorbs the suns rays. These crystals can then be used for warmth. The misuse of science has created weapons out of the crystals that can fire a heat ray to destroy whatever it touches.
An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.
1944 animated short film by George Pal, based on the book by Dr. Seuss.
Jasper is hunting in the jungle with his friend the Scarecrow. Along the way, they run into Bugs Bunny, making a rare cameo in a non-Warner Bros. production.
Jim Dandy is having a dream about a fierce ogre that is terrifying a mythical kingdom of your. Sir Archibald Cornwal Dandy, a wandering troubadour, meets the ogre on a deserted road and charms him with his lute. Later, Sir Archy serenades a beautiful princess and is thrown into the dungeon by the King for being impertinent. He plays his lute in the underground prison and the ogre bursts through the castle walls, and everybody runs for their lives, but Archy saves the day.
This one features Jasper talking to the Talking Scarecrow. The Scarecrow then tells Jasper in flashback about his show business days. You see many scenes of dancing watermelon men and other minstrel caricatures.
Jasper and the Haunted House is another George Pal Puppetoon about a black boy and his troubles. This time, the scarecrow switches a sign that leads Jasper to a haunted house instead of a deacon's place where he brings a pie.
As the goose-stepping "Screwball Army" pillages Europe, a statue of Mr. Strauss (symbol to defeat Hitler) comes to life with violin in hand. Like a Pied Piper, Strauss leads the nuts and bolts to drown in the Danube River.