The Lost World (non-Spielberg)

Based on Arthur Conan Doyle's book, this silent film was really popular due to the stop motion animation of Willis O'Brien, mentor to Ray Harryhausen.

It's about on par with O'Brien's later work on King Kong- give or take several improvements, but the tale slices rather thin. Still, enjoyable fare from the silent era.

Here's the trailer:

Courageous Cat

A cheat, since it's not cinema film, but an old TV cartoon. Courageous Cat was a gun obsessed superhero parody of Batman, created by Batman's creator, Bob Kane. Minute Mouse was his fey Robin.

Here's a typical inanely scripted and produced cartoon:

Fritz The Cat Sequel

Never saw this when it came out, but that they made a sequel to the original Fritz The Cat is odd: The Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat is here:



Watch the rest in snippets.

Fritz The Cat

I saw Fritz the Cat at a local porno theater when i was a child and found it to be quite dull. Years later, I saw the Terry Zwigoff documentary on Robert Crumb- Fritz's comic book creator, and I had my reason for the dullness.

It was the first cartoon to get an X rating, and recall feeling cool for sneaking in with my pals Ziggy and Georgey to see it. But, I didn't enjoy the film at all, and neither did they.

Here's a sample:



Yawn.

Fantastic Planet

This French and Czechoslovakian cartoon has always stuck with me. I first saw it over 30 years ago. The animation is not that good, but stylized, with an interesting script.

At this same time, 1973, Hanna-Barbera schlock dominated American animation.