Jerry Beck Movies

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue pre-s...

After 52 years of solving mysteries, the Scooby gang reunite at Warner Bros. Studios to reminisce about their favorite cases and how they were filmed....

A documentary film about the life and work of artist and author Carl Barks, including his lifetime association with Walt Disney and the Donald Duck ch...

Superman leaps off the comic page for the first time in this animated series that ran from 1941-1942.

Narrated by Billy Crystal, the documentary examines the history of the character over the decades, including sketches, clips from the shorts, and inte...

A compilation of animated shorts restored by Thomas Stathes. A snapshot of the state of animated filmmaking 100 years ago. Includes several 1923 films...

Walt Disney said “We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the thing...

"Tinkerbell: A Fairy's Tale" is a look into Tink, who has become a pop culture icon in the years since the film's release. We hear about some of the i...

A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, c...

Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The documentary chronicles the beloved character's journey to international pop cultur...

Documentary focusing on the making-of the 1940n adaptation of Pinocchio by the Disney studio, often considered the artistic pinnacle of the Disney fea...

For half a century Harvey Comics characters ruled newsstands, television screens, and the imaginations of children across the United States. While the...

Enjoy a heartwarming journey through the legacy of the world’s most famous cartoon superstar – Bugs Bunny. Witness his extraordinary transformation fr...

Documentary short about the black & white Looney Tunes cartoons

A look at the career of Warner Bros. animator and director Robert McKimson

The titular directors discussed are: Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising (1930-1933),Jack King (1934-1936),Ub Iwerks (1937),Ben Hardaway (1934-1940),Norm...

A look at the fairy tale-based Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, starring characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer Fu...

Historians and modern animators discuss classic era Warner cartoons without "stars": characters who returned in subsequent cartoons.

Historians and animators discuss the Private Snafu cartoons made for military training during World War II.

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.