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The Screening Room / Golden-age cartoons

Superman: The Mechanical Monsters

1941 · 10 minutes · Colour

[FILM: Superman: The Mechanical Monsters, 1941]

Giant flying robots rob banks for a mad inventor. The Fleischer Superman cartoons were lavish, moody and years ahead of their time, and this one is often named as an inspiration for later anime robots.

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The robots unfolding wings and lifting off.

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COLOUR8 min A Corny Concerto1943 · Bob Clampett / Warner Bros.

COLOUR8 min Falling Hare1943 · Bob Clampett / Warner Bros.

B&W7 min Steamboat Willie1928 · Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks

B&W6 min The Skeleton Dance1929 · Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks

B&W8 min Betty Boop: Minnie the Moocher1932 · Fleischer Studios

B&W7 min Betty Boop: Snow-White1933 · Fleischer Studios

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