Code Name: COTTON

Midnight Blunders(en)

The evil Dr. Wong abducts prominent scientist Dr. Edwin Millstone. Bumbling bank guards Tom and Monte search through Chinatown to find Dr. Wong and rescue the professor.

Steamed Poultry.(en)

To try to get to know him better, a young man invites his reluctant friend to an impromptu lunch.

Mississippi Mud(en)

This is the first Oswald cartoon to be directed by Walter Lantz who would later produce the Oswald shorts after George Winkler and Charles Mintz (the producers) were fired.

Haunting Charm(en)

A serene midnight silence in the museum suddenly changes its tone.

Don't Walk Out That Door(en)

A dark, absurdist comedy about a couple perpetually locked in a battle about whether to end their relationship.

Double or Nothing(en)

In this Broadway Brevities short, a stunt double is hit on the head and imagines himself in a series of movie scenes with doubles for various stars.

Phantoms, Inc.(en)

This Crime Does Not Pay entry focuses on fake spiritualists. A mother is worried about her son, who is missing in action. Over time, she gives a con man all of the family savings to find reassurance that her son is all right. When she can no longer pay, events take a tragic turn.

Best Wishes from Millwood(en)

An unhappy housewife is visited by a bicycle-riding stranger with wish-making cookies.

A Grand Day Out(en)

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

The Wrong Trousers(en)

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

A Close Shave(en)

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

You Can't Take Anything from This World(pt)

Atrophy(en)

In the wake of his worsening illness, Silas leaves his significant other one night and hitchhikes West, encountering increasingly eccentric characters, and moving experiences.

Fleeced(en)

Owen is hiking through the countryside when he meets a strange sheep with human features. The story follows them both as Owen takes the sheep-man into his home and they gradually become friends.

Abyss(es)

A young man prepares to start reading a book in the middle of the night. As he reads, he realizes that the events of the novel seem to have a strange link with reality. Unexpectedly, he will have to face the dangers of fiction invading his environment.

The Zodiac(en)

The history of the infamous serial killer known as the ‘zodiac’ in the late 1960s. It takes you through his kill rampage and to the case that still to this day has not been cracked.

Reducing Creme(en)

Willie Whooper, doused in reducing creme, shrinks to the size of a mouse and is chased by a cat throughout a house. Finally Willie returns to normal size and angrily covers the cat in reducing creme. The cat now shrinks to mouse size, and gets a black eye from the mouse he habitually torments.

Radio Dough(en)

Two partners in a clothing store decide they want to become radio performers.

In the Dog House(en)

Andy remarries, but his new wife has no use for either his son or his dog.

Ninja Fireball in Edo(ja)

A short story about a young ninja.