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Jack Kinney
Director 1909 - 1992

Jack Kinney

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992) was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts. Jack Kinney attended John Muir Junior High School in Los Angeles, California (1925), and attended John C. Fremont... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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15 titles
Social Lion

Social Lion

Jack Kinney 1954 6m 7.0

The lion is trapped by the safari and brought to New York, where he's accidentally set free, but nobody is intimidated by him.

Pigs Is Pigs

Pigs Is Pigs

Jack Kinney 1954 10m 6.0

Flannery, a railway agent does everything by the book. He gets into a scrape with a customer, McMorehouse, who wants to pay 44 cents freight for two guinea pigs which he considers pets. Flannery, however, considers them pigs (freight 48 cents), a decision he begins to regret when the animals begin to reproduce.

Football Now and Then

Football Now and Then

Jack Kinney 1953 7m 7.3

An old-timer tells his grandson that old-time football players could take a modern team, so we see a game with just that match-up: Bygone U. vs. Present State. More specifically, the Bygone U. team of 11 vs. Present State's dozens of special squads and support personnel. Even the stadium, fans, and press are modern vs. old-time.

The Brave Engineer

The Brave Engineer

Jack Kinney 1950 8m 6.5

Casey Jones is one of the best engineers there is and it is his duty to get his cargo to its destination on time via train. He sets off but is set back by a number of unfortunate circumstances such as a rain storm, a cow on the tracks, a mad bomber, and finally, when his train starts falling apart.

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi 1949 1h 8m 5.5

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car.

Melody Time

Melody Time

Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney 1948 1h 15m 5.0

Melody Time is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures. Made up of several sequences set to popular music and folk music, the film is, like Make Mine Music before it, the contemporary version of Fantasia.

Fun & Fancy Free

Fun & Fancy Free

Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney 1947 1h 13m 5.5

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: "Bongo," about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," a take on the famous fairy tale.

The Story of Menstruation

The Story of Menstruation

Jack Kinney 1946 10m

A basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams.

Make Mine Music

Make Mine Music

Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske 1946 1h 15m 5.0

In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the Pooh.

The Three Caballeros

The Three Caballeros

Norman Ferguson, Harold Young 1944 1h 11m 6.5

For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico and South America.

Victory Through Air Power

Victory Through Air Power

Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi 1943 1h 5m 4.5

Based on the book by Major Alexander de Seversky's about his theories of the practical uses of long range strategic bombing. Using a combination of animation humorously telling about the development of air warfare, the film shows de Seversky illustrating his ideas of how air power could win World War II for the Allies.

Saludos Amigos

Saludos Amigos

Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson 1942 42m 5.4

Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: "Lake Titicaca" depicts tourist Donald Duck's troubles with a stubborn llama; and in "Aquarela do Brasil," Jose Carioca shows Donald the sights and sound of Rio de Janeiro

Der Fuehrer's Face

Der Fuehrer's Face

Jack Kinney 1942 8m 6.5

A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory.

Dumbo

Dumbo

Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson 1941 1h 4m 7.8

Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson 1940 1h 28m 7.9

A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.

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