William Nolan Movies

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Walter Lantz Production #496. Released January 16, 1933. Directed by “Bill” Nolan. Animated by Ray Abrams, Fred...

A mother dinosaur hatches three little cuties, but the fourth is "ugly." He gets an inferiority complex because his brothers won't play with him, and...

The film begins with an obese woman going to the shoe store and insisting she's a size 3 1/2--though she's obviously much larger. Then, out of the...

By this point, Lantz used Oswald the Lucky Rabbit as his house mascot, here to introduce the cartoon. And while the story of the Gingerbread Boy as...

The mysterious masked Phantom sets his sights on Oswald's gal, a struggling opera singer. When jealousy sparks in his sunken eyes, the Phantom steals...

In this cartoon, Oswald wears a shirt for the first time, therefore completing his outfit. Some plot elements in the cartoon would be used again in...

The sheriff runs Oswald the Rabbit out of town; but then Oswald finds the sheriff's infant son out in the desert.

Oswald is leading a wagons train across the plains when it is attacked by a war party of Indians in this excellent Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.

Disaster ensues when Oswald neglects his day care center. I won't spoil the experience for you; just let this document of one-sided American...

A Walter Lantz/Bill Nolan Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released June 1, 1931.

"Smash-Up in China" is a very early animated film. The story consists of the Hooligan telling the little hooligans about his supposed adventures in...

It's a fairly straightforward piece in which Krazy gets involved with a dance contest, a bear, a skunk and a pawnbroker.

As a narrator describes the scene, we watch the whole Katzenjammer clan camping in the park of the title, a composite of several national parks in...

A cat and his granddaughter have been robbed of their money. It's up to Oswald to get it back.

A Walter Lantz Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released November 21, 1932.

Oswald is driven out of his store by mice, so he turns to a cat for help in this Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon from Walter Lantz.

Oswald the Rabbit takes his date to a carnival and has to contend with a bullying pitbull.

Oswald is making time with a maid out wheeling a baby about the park zoo when Pete cuts in.

Oswald is out on the street in a good mood, but a rainstorm drives him into a Five & Dime store, where he finds songs, jokes and a bride.

A brat leads Oswald the Lucky Rabbit on a merry chase at the fairgrounds. Slapdash, violent laugh riot sparked by a round of parental abuse. Not to...