Rudolf Ising

Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were some of the earliest animation directors. They founded WB and MGM's animation studios and are the creators of the famous character Bosko. They started working for Walt Disney in the 1920s, helping to make the Alice Comedies and Oswald Rabbit cartoons. In 1928, they made a pilot film entitled Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid; The film impressed film producer Leon Schlesinger so much that he decided to hire Harman and Ising to...

It's time to celebrate, Bosko fans! Rare Bosko cartoons are here at last in this collection of thirteen fun-filled, uncensored, pre-code cartoons by animation pioneers Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. Bosko, created by Harman and Ising in the late 1920s, became the Leon Schlesinger animation studio's first cartoon star, rivaling Walt Disney's Mickey in popularity at the time. He paved the way for more legendary characters like Porky, Daffy, and Bugs....

Sylvia has stolen some expensive lace which they hope to smuggle from France to England. To elude police, she cuts her hair short and disguises herself as a man. She and her father Henry, board a ship, and a drunken Henry confesses their scheme to Jimmy Monkley, a jewel smuggler. To divert attention away from him, Jimmy snitches on Henry to the customs officials, and Henry has to pay up or be arrested. Later, Sylvia confronts Jimmy on a train and...