Mary Moder
Also Known As: Mary Ellen Fritzlen
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nebraska, USA
Birthday: November 28, 1905
Deathday: July 11, 1993
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Babes in the Woods
Overview: Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch comes and takes them away on her broom to her gingerbread house, where she turns nasty on them, turning the boy into a spider, her yowling cat to stone, and tries to turn the girl into a rat when a gnome's arrow stops her. While the gnomes are fighting the witch, Hansel and Gretl free the other children who have been imprisoned and transformed by the witch.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-19
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Three Little Pigs
Overview: The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".
Genres: Music Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-27
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The Thrifty Pig
Overview: The Three Little Pigs sell Canadian war bonds.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-19
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The Practical Pig
Overview: After his two brothers are captured, the third little pig invents a machine to capture the big bad wolf.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-24
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The Tortoise and the Hare
Overview: The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-05
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The Golden Touch
Overview: King Midas is visited by an elf; the elf turns his cat to gold, then claps his hands and it changes back. Midas begs for the golden touch, but the elf warns him it would be a curse to him. Midas insists. He dances about joyfully at first, but discovers the drawbacks when he sits down to dinner. Fearing death by starvation, he summons the elf and agrees to surrender everything he owns to have the curse lifted.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-22
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The Big Bad Wolf
Overview: The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-14
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Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
Overview: A compilation of five Oscar-winning Disney shorts, released to help promote the upcoming release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Namely: FLOWERS AND TREES (1932), THREE LITTLE PIGS (1933), THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE (1934), THREE ORPHAN KITTENS (1935), and THE COUNTRY COUSIN (1936). Additionally, four extra shorts are included from the 1966 release. Namely: THE OLD MILL (1937), FERDINAND AND THE BULL (1938), THE UGLY DUCKLING (1939), and LEND A PAW (1941).
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-18
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Untrained Seal
Overview: A newborn seal pup has to learn how to fish on his own, without help from any of his family or friends.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-26
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Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
Overview: Six more animated stories from the Disney studios. 'Three Blind Mousketeers' follows the misadventures of the outrageous trio. In 'Three Little Pigs', the Big Bad Wolf is doing his best to cunningly snare the guileless little pigs, while in 'Three Little Wolves' he goes one step further and decides to disguise and train his own offspring to lure them into his fold. 'Funny Little Bunnies' explores the mystery of the Easter Bunny. 'Lambert the Sheepish Lion' is a lovable, shy lion who plucks up the courage to protect his adopted family of ewes and rams. 'Ferdinand the Bull' gets in a scrape at a Madrid bullring when he gets stung by a bee and the crowd mistake him for a fighting bull.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-31
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Three Little Wolves
Overview: Two little pigs cry wolf on their brother and then an actual wolf comes.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-18
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The Lemon Drop Kid
Overview: When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and "collecting dough for old dolls" like Nellie who have nowhere to live.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-02
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Old King Cole
Overview: Old King Cole throws party and invites all of the Mother Goose characters. He warns them that they must leave at midnight. Another collection of characters puts on a stage show. The Ten Little Indian Boys get everyone dancing along. The Hickory Dickory Dock mice announce midnight, and everyone leaves, back into their books.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-29
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The Harvey Girls
Overview: On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Genres: Music Western Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-18
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