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Tex Avery Filmography
Complete filmography of Tex Avery: 99 films in the TMDB catalog, sorted by year.
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Title↕ | Year↕ | Genres↕ | TMDB Rating↕ | Votes↕ | Language↕ | Overview↕ |
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| Millionaire Droopy | 1,956 | Animation | 6.5 | 19 | English | Despite what's printed on the credits, Tex Avery had nothing to do with this cartoon - it's a Cinemascope remake of 'Wags to Riches' (1949), put together by others from his original artwork and production cels. Apart from the new Cinemascope backgrounds, it's identical to the earlier film. |
| Deputy Droopy | 1,955 | Animation, Comedy, Western | 6.8 | 37 | English | Two outlaws are trying to steal a shipment of gold being guarded by Deputy Droopy, and have to keep quiet to avoid alerting the sheriff. |
| The First Bad Man | 1,955 | Animation, Comedy, Family, Western | 6.4 | 25 | English | The first Texas bad man come running into town a million years B.C. |
| Sh-h-h-h-h-h | 1,955 | Animation, Comedy | 6.7 | 23 | English | A mild-mannered man whose nerves are shot from incessant noise is sent to an exclusive, silent retreat with hilarious results. |
| The Legend of Rockabye Point | 1,955 | Animation, Comedy | 7.4 | 21 | English | The old fishing boat captain tells the story of Chilly Willy, a singing polar bear and a bulldog who quickly falls asleep when he hears a lullaby. |
| Cellbound | 1,955 | Animation, Comedy | 7.1 | 20 | English | Spike has just finished the 20 year process of digging a tunnel from his prison cell but he picks the wrong place to hide. |
| Crazy Mixed Up Pup | 1,955 | Animation, Comedy | 6.8 | 15 | English | While out grocery shopping, meek, middle-aged Samuel Smith and family pet Rover are run over by a speeding car. Fortunately for them, an ambulance shows up right away. Unfortunately for them, the ambulance attendant mistakenly treats Sam with dog plasma and Rover with human plasma. Both immediately recover - after which Sam starts erupting into bouts of dog-like behavior and Rover begins walking and talking like a human being, much to the consternation of the people around them, especially Sam's wife, Margaret. |
| Field and Scream | 1,955 | Animation, Comedy | 6.1 | 14 | English | A collection of very brief cartoons, mostly revolving around sight gags and puns, on the subject of hunting and fishing, and the men who are addicted to them. |
| Homesteader Droopy | 1,954 | Animation, Western, Comedy | 6.5 | 23 | English | Droopy and family head west to start a new homestead, but have to defend it against Dishonest Dan the cattle man. |
| Drag-A-Long Droopy | 1,954 | Animation, Comedy, Family, Western | 6.9 | 23 | English | An "absolutely authentic account of the grazing land battles of the sheep and cattle wars of the early west," pitting sheep rancher Droopy against a cattle ranching wolf. |
| Billy Boy | 1,954 | Animation, Comedy | 6.4 | 23 | English | A deep south farmer is initially delighted to get a baby goat, but this soon turns to apprehension when he discovers that it eats literally anything (including, at one point, the animation artwork). |
| Dixieland Droopy | 1,954 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.8 | 22 | English | John Pettibone (Droopy), a dog whose love of Dixieland music is not appreciated by those around him, has a lucky meeting with Pee-Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland band at the circus. |
| The Farm of Tomorrow | 1,954 | Animation, Comedy | 6.2 | 19 | English | A series of gags showing how much more productive farms would be if farmers started crossbreeding their animals to create weird (but very useful) hybrids. This cartoon is one of Avery's future technology cartoons including The House of Tomorrow, The Car of Tomorrow and T.V. of Tomorrow. |
| The Flea Circus | 1,954 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 5.1 | 18 | English | In this animated comedic short, the entire entourage of a flea circus runs away to join a dog. |
| I'm Cold | 1,954 | Animation | 7.1 | 14 | English | Chilly Willy is freezing in his igloo home (he lives in Coldernell, Alaska) and burning everything he owns in the fireplace to keep warm |
| The Three Little Pups | 1,953 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.7 | 26 | English | In this variation on "The Three Little Pigs", Droopy and his brothers, Snoopy and Loopy, repeatedly outwit the big bad wolf, a dogcatcher who tries to find a way to get the pooches out of their house of bricks. |
| T.V. of Tomorrow | 1,953 | Animation, Comedy | 6.5 | 25 | English | A variety of fanciful innovations in "future" T.V. sets, including a model with a built-in stove, and a number of highly interactive models. And of course, even with dozens of channels, there's nothing on...or more accurately, there's nothing but the same Western. |
| Little Johnny Jet | 1,953 | Animation, Comedy | 6.6 | 22 | English | A veteran B-29 propeller plane, struggling to find work after the war, is upset after his wife gives birth to a little jet. When he tries to compete with modern planes in an around-the-world race, Junior comes to his aid. This short is virtually identical in plot terms and other items to One Cab's Family (1952), but this time around, it concerns a family of aeroplanes, and the problems Mom and Pop have with Junior, whose obsession with speed leads him to acquire a jet engine. |
| Magical Maestro | 1,952 | Animation, Comedy, Music | 6.7 | 51 | English | After he is rejected by the Great Poochini as an opening act, Mysto the Magician gets his revenge by conducting his next operatic performance. |
| One Cab's Family | 1,952 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.6 | 27 | English | A happily married pair of taxicabs are delighted when Junior enters their lives, but this delight turns to consternation when he states his ambition to become a hotrodder.. |
| Rock-a-Bye Bear | 1,952 | Animation, Comedy | 7.4 | 26 | English | Spike gets a job running the house for a hibernating bear. Only problem is that same bear is VERY noise-sensitive, and Spike's got a rival that wants his job. |
| Symphony in Slang | 1,951 | Animation, Comedy | 7.3 | 44 | English | At the gates of Heaven, the admitting officials have a hard time understanding a newcomer's life story with all his contemporary slang. |
| Car of Tomorrow | 1,951 | Animation, Comedy | 6.4 | 31 | English | A series of demonstrations of the kind of motoring accessories we'll all take for granted in the future. |
| Droopy's Double Trouble | 1,951 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 7.1 | 29 | English | Butler Droopy gets his twin brother Drippy a job as assistant butler, causing trouble for Butch, who is trying to mooch an easy meal but can't tell the difference between the kind Droopy and the violence-prone Drippy. |
| Daredevil Droopy | 1,951 | Animation, Comedy | 6.8 | 23 | English | Droopy and Spike are applying for the job of Dare Devil Dog at the Circus, and the one who give the best performance in a variety of "feats of strength and daring" will get it. |
| Cock-a-Doodle Dog | 1,951 | Animation, Comedy | 6.5 | 21 | English | Collection of classic Tex Avery visual gags, set up as a battle between a sleep-deprived bulldog who just wants some shut-eye and a rooster driven by his natural instincts to crow all night long. |
| Droopy's Good Deed | 1,951 | Animation | 6.8 | 19 | English | Hobo Spike pretends to be a boy to compete with Scout Droopy for the title of Best Scout and a trip to meet the President. |
| Ventriloquist Cat | 1,950 | Animation, Comedy | 6.4 | 32 | English | A cat learns the art of ventriloquism in order to play a series of practical jokes on a slow-witted bulldog... |
| The Chump Champ | 1,950 | Animation, Comedy | 7 | 25 | English | Droopy and Gorgeous Gorillawitz (Spike) are competing for the title of King of Sports and for a kiss from the Queen of Sports. Spike cheats as much as possible but can never seem to beat Droopy. |
| The Cuckoo Clock | 1,950 | Animation, Comedy, Horror | 6.5 | 20 | English | A cat is driven up the wall by the inhabitant of the cuckoo clock, so he spends the film trying to catch him. |
| The Peachy Cobbler | 1,950 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 7.1 | 17 | English | A poor cobbler feeds his last crust of bread to some birds that are really elves, who show their gratitude by finishing all his work while he sleeps. |
| Garden Gopher | 1,950 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.9 | 16 | English | When Spike tries to bury a bone he finds a belligerent gopher. |
| Little Rural Riding Hood | 1,949 | Animation, Comedy | 6.5 | 66 | English | The last of Tex Avery's variations on "Red Hot Riding Hood" (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the ru... |
| Bad Luck Blackie | 1,949 | Animation, Comedy | 7.1 | 62 | English | A kitten who is being tormented by a bulldog finds a savior in a black cat (from the "Black Cat Bad Luck Company") who merely has to cross the dog's path for something very unlucky to happen to the bully. |
| Out-Foxed | 1,949 | Animation, Comedy | 6.7 | 39 | English | Droopy is part of a pack of English hunting hounds trying unsuccessfully to catch a tricky, tea-drinking fox. |
| The House of Tomorrow | 1,949 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.8 | 37 | English | Tex Avery's narrator shows us the amazing features of the ultra-modern House of Tomorrow. |
| Señor Droopy | 1,949 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.8 | 36 | English | The wolf, the champion toreador, and Droopy, the challenger, are competing to see who is best in the bullring in the hopes of winning the hand of actress Lina Romay (who appears in a live action shot). |
| Doggone Tired | 1,949 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.8 | 33 | English | A rabbit tries all he can to keep a hunting dog awake before tomorrow's big hunt. |
| Wags to Riches | 1,949 | Animation, Comedy | 6.9 | 29 | English | Droopy inherits a fortune, but the will says that if he meets an untimely death all the money will go to Spike, who spends the entire film trying to make this happen. |
| The Counterfeit Cat | 1,949 | Comedy, Animation, Family | 6.3 | 24 | English | A cat steals the headpiece of a dog to deceive the bulldog Spike and get a chance to eat the canary Spike is guarding. |
| The Cat That Hated People | 1,948 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.2 | 36 | English | A much-abused cat really hates living with people, so decides to go to the moon for some peace and quiet. |
| Lucky Ducky | 1,948 | Animation, Comedy | 7.1 | 34 | English | It's hunting season, and all the ducks are wisely staying undercover - apart from this freshly-hatched little duckling, who turns out to be more th... |
| Little 'Tinker | 1,948 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.9 | 22 | English | The lovesick B.O. Skunk is having no luck finding a mate, when Cupid gives him a book called "Advice for the Love-Worn" to help him out. |
| What Price Fleadom | 1,948 | Animation, Comedy | 6.4 | 10 | English | A dog lives in harmony with its flea Homer, until Homer spots a lady flea on a passing dog and relocates. |
| King-Size Canary | 1,947 | Animation, Comedy | 7 | 68 | English | A hungry cat has the idea of giving "Jumbo Gro" fertilizer to a scrawny canary to make him a bigger meal, which leads to a race between the cat, the canary, a dog, and a mouse to see who can grow the biggest. |
| Slap Happy Lion | 1,947 | Animation, Comedy | 6.6 | 22 | English | The king of the jungle, after a well spent day terrorising the rest of the animals, is petrified by a mouse. |
| Hound Hunters | 1,947 | Animation, Comedy | 6.6 | 21 | English | George and Junior get a job as dog catchers and spend the picture trying to catch one measly little dog. |
| Red Hot Rangers | 1,947 | Animation, Comedy | 6.2 | 17 | English | Forest rangers George and Junior try to snuff out a frisky flame with a sparky personality that threatens to set the forest alight. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabana | 1,947 | Animation | 5.2 | 16 | English | Uncle Tom tells the blood curdling story of how the evil Simon Legree tried to foreclose on Tom's simple log cabin. (Uncle Tom's Cabaña is a 1947 American animated short film directed by Tex Avery. The short is a parody of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and is Avery's second parody of the novel, the first being Uncle Tom's Bungalow in 1937 while at Warner Bros. Cartoons) |
| Northwest Hounded Police | 1,946 | Animation, Comedy | 7 | 52 | English | The wolf escapes from Alka-Fizz prison, but persistent Sergeant McPoodle (Droopy) of the Canadian Mounties follows his trail wherever he goes. |
| Lonesome Lenny | 1,946 | Animation, Comedy | 6.6 | 27 | English | Screwy Squirrel becomes the playmate of Lenny, a lonesome, dopey, but strong dog, in this broad parody of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men". |
| The Hick Chick | 1,946 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.1 | 19 | English | In this triangle drama a country chicken chooses between a country rooster and a city rooster. |
| Henpecked Hoboes | 1,946 | Animation, Comedy | 6.3 | 18 | English | George and Junior are two hungry bears who try to make a meal out of a not too bright barnyard chicken. |
| Swing Shift Cinderella | 1,945 | Animation, Comedy | 6.9 | 39 | English | The big bad wolf starts out chasing Little Red Riding Hood but switches to Cinderella after seeing the film's title, and ends up being chased in turn by her fairy godmother. |
| The Shooting of Dan McGoo | 1,945 | Animation, Comedy, Western | 6.8 | 32 | English | Dangerous Dan McGoo (Droopy) faces the wolf, a dangerous outlaw who is trying to steal his girl Lou, during the Alaska gold rush. Loosely based on "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" by Robert W. Service. |
| Wild and Woolfy | 1,945 | Animation, Comedy, Western | 6.6 | 29 | English | Droopy chases the wolf, a dangerous outlaw, after he kidnaps Lou, a sexy female singer, from the saloon. |
| The Screwy Truant | 1,945 | Animation, Comedy | 6.5 | 27 | English | The truant officer is after Screwy Squirrel for not going to school. |
| Jerky Turkey | 1,945 | Comedy, Animation | 6.1 | 27 | English | A dopey Pilgrim goes hunting a turkey who speaks in a Jimmy Durante impersonation and runs the local black market. War and rationing gags abound (Pilgrims line up behind a sign reading "Ye Cigarettes Today"), as well as a running gag featuring a bear wearing an "Eat at Joe's" sandwich sign. The turkey harnesses the power of gags to save himself. |
| Screwball Squirrel | 1,944 | Animation, Comedy | 6.3 | 47 | English | A crazy squirrel provokes a dog into trying to catch him throughout the picture. |
| Happy-Go-Nutty | 1,944 | Animation, Comedy | 6.5 | 27 | English | Screwy Squirrel escapes from the nut house and leads the guard dog on a long and ridiculous chase. |
| Big Heel-Watha | 1,944 | Animation, Comedy | 6 | 21 | English | To prove he's a true Indian Brave, Big Heel-Watha decides to catch a squirrel - but wouldn't you know it; Screwy Squirrel is the first one he sees... |
| Batty Baseball | 1,944 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.3 | 21 | English | A series of visual gags about baseball. One running gag has an angry fan screaming "Kill the ump!" Be careful what you wish for..... |
| Red Hot Riding Hood | 1,943 | Animation, Comedy | 7.3 | 117 | English | Tired of always playing the same roles, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother and the Wolf demand a new version of the tale. The story then plays out in a more contemporary urban environment, with Little Red Riding Hood working as a pin-up girl in a night club. |
| Who Killed Who? | 1,943 | Animation, Comedy, Mystery | 7.1 | 51 | English | A murder has occurred at Gruesome Gables, and the dog detective trying to find the killer has to deal with some suspicious suspects and a haunted house. |
| Dumb-Hounded | 1,943 | Animation, Comedy, Crime | 7 | 48 | English | The wolf escapes from prison but can't get away from police dog Droopy no matter how hard he tries. This is the first cartoon starring Droopy. |
| What's Buzzin' Buzzard? | 1,943 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.7 | 23 | English | Two buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to. |
| One Ham's Family | 1,943 | Animation, Comedy | 6.3 | 20 | English | A hungry wolf with ham in the shape of a pig kid stands in for Santa Claus. |
| Blitz Wolf | 1,942 | Animation, Comedy, War | 6.7 | 60 | English | Yet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler. |
| The Early Bird Dood It! | 1,942 | Animation, Comedy | 6.2 | 16 | English | The early worm barely escapes the bird, again. In search of a way to get rid of the bird, he enlists the help of a cat, but the bird is too smart for the cat. |
| Crazy Cruise | 1,942 | Animation | 6 | 10 | English | A collection of various gags in the form of a travelogue. |
| Tortoise Beats Hare | 1,941 | Animation, Comedy | 7 | 44 | English | Bugs Bunny challenges slick Cecil Turtle to a race. |
| Hollywood Steps Out | 1,941 | Animation, Comedy | 6.3 | 38 | English | A tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars. |
| The Heckling Hare | 1,941 | Animation, Comedy | 7.1 | 29 | English | Bugs is being chased by hunting dog Willoughby, and outsmarts him at every turn, until the end, where they outsmart the audience together. |
| All This and Rabbit Stew | 1,941 | Animation, Comedy | 5.6 | 26 | English | Bugs Bunny heckles a black hunter and escapes from a bear. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping. |
| Porky's Preview | 1,941 | Animation, Comedy | 6.6 | 15 | English | The audience enters Porky's movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as usher, a kangaroo taking tickets and putting the stubs in her pouch, a chicken buying child tickets for her eggs. A skunk tries to buy a ticket, costing a nickel, but he only has one scent. He looks for a way to sneak in. Meanwhile, Porky introduces the show: a collection of cartoons, drawn as stick figures. At the end, the audience is all gone because the skunk managed to sneak in. Porky's cartoons include: Circus Parade, Choo-Choo Train, Soldiers (Marchin), Horse Race, and Dances (hula, Mexican hat, and ballet). All accompanied by a self-parody musical score. |
| A Wild Hare | 1,940 | Animation, Comedy | 7.2 | 61 | English | While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny who tricks and harasses him. |
| The Early Worm Gets the Bird | 1,940 | Animation, Comedy | 5.1 | 13 | English | A determined bird goes out early to hunt for a worm and the bird gets into trouble. |
| The Bear's Tale | 1,940 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 5.8 | 10 | English | The Three Bears meets Little Red Riding Hood, told in the style of Tex Avery. |
| Of Fox and Hounds | 1,940 | Animation | 6.8 | 10 | English | Willoughby, a big dumb hound, is repeatedly tricked by George, the fox, into jumping off cliffs, among other things. |
| A Day at the Zoo | 1,939 | Animation, Family, Comedy | 6.5 | 21 | English | A tour of the zoo, in typical Tex Avery style: a series of one-liners and sight gags, punctuated by Egghead teasing a lion at intervals, despite the admonishments of the narrator. |
| Thugs with Dirty Mugs | 1,939 | Animation, Comedy, Crime | 6.4 | 14 | English | Killer Diller and his gang are robbing every bank in town in numerical order (except the 13th National Bank, which they skip out of superstition). Despite their predictable actions, the police are unable to catch them...until they get a tip from an unlikely source. |
| Hamateur Night | 1,939 | Animation | 5.8 | 13 | English | It's amateur night at the local theatre, and a procession of bad acts comes and goes: various musicians, a magician, and some actors. But they keep getting interrupted by Egghead singing "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain". |
| Dangerous Dan McFoo | 1,939 | Animation | 6.7 | 11 | English | An arctic saloon. The tiny dog, Dan McFoo, is playing a pinball-like marble game in the back. His girlfriend, Sue, sounding like Katharine Hepburn, stands by. A stranger comes in with eyes for Sue; he begins a boxing match with Dan. After Dan gets knocked down, he accuses the stranger of having something in the glove; the ref finds four horseshoes and a horse. After the fight goes on a while with no conclusion, the narrator tosses a couple of guns, the lights go out, and Dan is shot or is he? |
| Daffy Duck in Hollywood | 1,938 | Animation, Comedy | 6.3 | 33 | English | Daffy causes trouble on a Hollywood set. |
| Daffy Duck & Egghead | 1,938 | Comedy, Family, Animation | 6.6 | 18 | English | Daffy taunts a hunter in Tex Avery's classic, meta short. |
| The Isle of Pingo Pongo | 1,938 | Animation, Comedy, Music | 5.3 | 14 | English | A travelogue spotlights the tropical island of Pingo Pongo, showing the unusual flora and fauna and the lives of the happy natives. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping. |
| Porky's Duck Hunt | 1,937 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 6.6 | 28 | English | Inexperienced duck hunter Porky Pig is taunted by a mischievous duck (Daffy, making his screen debut). |
| Porky's Garden | 1,937 | Comedy, Family, Animation | 6.1 | 15 | English | Porky decides to start a garden. Mayhem ensues. |
| Uncle Tom's Bungalow | 1,937 | Animation, Comedy | 4.9 | 14 | English | Warner Bros. cartoon parody of Uncle Tom's Cabin. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping. |
| Little Red Walking Hood | 1,937 | Animation, Comedy | 6.2 | 11 | English | Red walks past a pool hall; the wolf sees her and pursues. But Red is oblivious to his come-ons. |
| I Wanna Be a Sailor | 1,937 | Comedy, Family, Animation | 6 | 11 | English | Momma parrot is teaching her young-uns to say "Polly want a cracker" but little Peter doesn't want a cracker, he wants to be a sailor like dad. Mom tells him what a no-account his dad really was, setting sail for Hawaii ("no, Maw, it was Catalina") right after the kids were born. Peter is unswayed, and takes off. He turns a barrel into a boat, and crews it with an annoyingly talkative duckling, then sets sail on a lake. They get caught in a thunderstorm (the duck loves it). Peter calls for help and momma comes running, but the duck has already saved him. But he still wants to be a sailor. |
| I Love to Singa | 1,936 | Animation, Comedy, Music | 6.7 | 83 | English | I Love to Singa depicts the story of a young owl who wants to sing jazz, instead of the classical music that his German parents wish him to perform. The plot is a lighthearted tribute to Al Jolson's film The Jazz Singer. |
| Page Miss Glory | 1,936 | Animation, Comedy | 6.6 | 24 | English | While the rural town of Hicksville anticipates the arrival of one Miss Glory, the bellhop at her modest hotel falls asleep and dreams of paging her at a luxurious metropolitan high rise hotel. |
| The Blow Out | 1,936 | Animation, Comedy | 6.2 | 22 | English | A crazed bomber is terrorizing the city. Meanwhile, a young Porky Pig is a few cents shy of buying an ice cream soda; he starts earning it by picking up items people drop and handing them back to them. |
| Porky the Rain-Maker | 1,936 | Animation, Comedy | 6.1 | 14 | English | The farm is suffering through a terrible drought. Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar... |
| Milk and Money | 1,936 | Animation, Comedy | 6 | 13 | English | Porky's father is going to lose his farm. Porky goes to town with his horse and works a milk route, with a warning that if he breaks a bottle he's fired. As he's delivering, cats follow along behind draining the bottles. Meanwhile, Hank Horsefly follows them into town. He stings Dobbin, who crashes and breaks many bottles. They happen upon a horse race and accidentally enter; the horse is merely plodding along until it gets stung again. |
| Plane Dippy | 1,936 | Animation | 5.4 | 11 | English | Porky Pig joins the Army Air Corps. After overcoming the problems caused by his small stature and surviving the rigors of basic training... |
| The Village Smithy | 1,936 | Animation, Comedy | 5.6 | 11 | English | The narrator sets the scene for a warped version of the classic poem, and the hijinks when assistant Porky gives the blacksmith a rubber horseshoe, then a hot horseshoe on the horse's backside by accident. |
| Gold Diggers of '49 | 1,935 | Animation, Comedy, Family | 5.5 | 21 | English | Porky and Beans are prospectors during the Gold Rush. When a villain steals Porky's bag of loot, Beans races to get it back so he can marry Porky's daughter Little Kitty. |
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