Little Audrey (1947-1958) (2024)

Little Audrey is a titular classic series of cartoon short films. From 1947 to 1958, Famous Studios produced 16 shorts for Paramount Pictures. The shorts are a part of Famous Studios' Noveltoons series of shorts.

All cartoons listed are entries in the series unless otherwise noted. Credited directors for each short are noted.

#TitleDirected byStory byAnimated byScenics byOriginal release date1"Santa's Surprise"Seymour KneitelLarz BourneMyron Waldmanand Wm. B. PattengillRobert LittleDecember 5, 1947As Santa delivers presents to Audrey (an all-American girl who lived in Manhattan, New York City) and other children from different countries (a Dutch boy, a Chinese boy, an African-American boy, a Russian boy, a Hawaiian girl and a Spanish girl), they slip into his sleigh to repay him by cleaning up his house (in this story, poor Santa lives a hermit-like existence, without wife or elves to help him maintain his household). The kids escape in Santa's sleigh just as he awakes on Christmas morn to find a spotless house and a note that reads, "Don't forget us next year!"2"Butterscotch and Soda"Seymour KneitelLarz Bourne and Bill TurnerAl Eugster, Bill Hudson, and Irving SpectorRobert OwenJuly 16, 1948Audrey is confined to her room by her family's maid for wanting to eat candy instead of a nutritionally balanced lunch. She then dreams about going to a candy land, feasting on every scrumptious confection imaginable, and getting sick to her stomach while candy monsters narrate her painful plight in a swing song, admonishing her for the pig she has made of herself, which eventually puts her off sweets.3"The Lost Dream"Bill TytlaSteve Muffatti, Bill Turner, and Larz BourneGeorge Germanetti and Harvey PattersonShane MillerMarch 18, 1949Audrey has dreams about how dreams are made and cannot resist the temptation to open the Black Door.4"Song of the Birds"Bill TytlaBill Turner and Larry RileyGeorge Germanetti and Steve MuffattiRobert LittleNovember 18, 1949Audrey is enjoying her air rifle until she shoots down a baby bird and is filled with remorse, then she sees that it survived. The other birds, however, do not believe that she is sincere about her reformation (even after she destroys the rifle) until the baby bird proves it.5"Tarts and Flowers"Bill TytlaBill Turner and Larry RileyGeorge Germanetti and Steve MuffattiRobert LittleMay 26, 1950While waiting for her cookies to bake, Audrey dreams about a marriage between the Gingerbread Man and the Angel Food Cake that is about to be terminated by the Devil's Food Cake.6"Hold the Lion Please"I. SparberI. KleinSteve Muffatti and George GermanettiRobert OwenAugust 27, 1951Audrey really wants a pet, but she cannot afford one. At the zoo, she tries to get a baby kangaroo and seal, but their mothers will not let her. Audrey then befriends a lion, who scares away the townspeople.7"Audrey the Rainmaker"I. SparberI. KleinSteve Muffatti and Bill HudsonTom FordOctober 26, 1951Audrey is so annoyed by the rain, she wishes so strongly it would "never rain again" that her wish is granted. Months later, a drought hits the continent hard as a result of her wish and the flowers in her garden are dying. A living drop of water takes her to the Land of the Rainmaker to ask the Rainmaker's forgiveness and to let it rain again.8"Law and Audrey"I. SparberI. KleinSteve Muffatti and Morey RedenTom FordMay 23, 1952Audrey plays baseball with Pal, but she hurts and angers a policeman several times so that he chases her, but Audrey rescues him from drowning in a pond.9"The Case of the Cockeyed Canary"Seymour KneitelI. KleinSteve Muffatti and Morey RedenRobert CannavaleDecember 19, 1952Audrey dreams that she is a detective (complete with deerstalker hat) on the case of the murdered Cock Robin. She chases the suspect: a cuckoo bird (a caricature of Harpo Marx). Mary Canary confesses that she only shot Robin with a Cupid arrow.10"The Seapreme Court"Seymour KneitelLarz BourneTom Golden and Morey RedenRobert Owen29 January 1954Audrey falls asleep on a small grass-field island; while fishing, she goes to the sea bed and is tried as a criminal in a fish court of law for the murder of fishes with a fishing hook. When she is sentenced to the eel-lectric chair (a chair made from electric eels), she tries to escape and finds that the events were only a dream.11"Poor Cinderella"Seymour KneitelLarz BourneTom Golden and Money RedenRobert Owen3 August 1954Audrey goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.12"Surf Bored"I. SparberLarz BourneSteve Muffatti and Morey RedenRobert CannavaleJuly 17, 1953Audrey takes Pal to the beach, regardless that dogs are not allowed. As Audrey tries to incessantly keep Pal, she has to rescue the life guard from a giant octopus.13"Dizzy Dishes"I. SparberI. KleinTom Golden and Bill HudsonAnton Loeb4 January 1954While using her contraption to wash dishes for her, Audrey dreams about aliens with the power to disintegrate. Only Audrey, with her superweapons, can stop them.14"Little Audrey Riding Hood"Seymour KneitelLarz BourneTom Golden and Morey RedenRobert CannavaleOctober 14, 1955Audrey is sent to take a cake to Grandma. At Grandma's house, a burglar is robbing the place and hides in the bed from Audrey. Once uncovered, the burglar chases Audrey until Grandma comes to her rescue.15"Fishing Tackler"I. SparberI. KleinTom Golden and Bill HudsonJohn ZagoMarch 29, 1957Audrey and her dog Pal try to spend a peaceful day fishing, while avoiding the mean old truant officer.16"Dawg Gawn"Seymour KneitelCarl MeyerTom Johnson and Nick TafuriRobert OwenDecember 12, 1958Pal so much wants to go to school with Audrey, but she shoos him away. Audrey then has to rescue Pal from a sadistic dogcatcher.

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