List of one-shot Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated shorts

This is a list of theatrical animated cartoon shorts distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which were not part of any other series such as Tom and Jerry, Droopy, Barney Bear, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior, Spike and Tyke, Spike or Happy Harmonies.[1] All the cartoons were produced in Technicolor.

1930s

#	Title	Directed by	Release Date
1	An Optical Poem	Oskar Fischinger	February 12, 1938
2	The Little Goldfish	Rudolf Ising	April 15, 1939
3	Art Gallery	Hugh Harman	May 13, 1939
4	The Bookworm	Friz Freleng (uncredited)	August 26, 1939
5	One Mother's Family	Rudolf Ising	September 30, 1939
6	The Blue Danube	Hugh Harman	October 28, 1939
7	Peace on Earth	Hugh Harman	December 9, 1939
8	The Mad Maestro	Friz Freleng (uncredited)	December 30, 1939

1940s

Title card from Gallopin' Gals

#	Title	Directed by	Release Date
9	Home on the Range	Rudolf Ising	March 23, 1940
10	Swing Social	William Hanna Joseph Barbera (all uncredited)	May 18, 1940
11	Tom Turkey & His Harmonica Humdingers	Hugh Harman	June 8, 1940
12	The Milky Way	Hugh Harman	June 22, 1940
13	The Bookworm Turns	Friz Freleng	July 20, 1940
14	Romeo in Rhythm	Rudolf Ising	August 10, 1940
15	The Homeless Flea	Rudolf Ising	October 12, 1940
16	Gallopin' Gals	William Hanna Joseph Barbera	October 26, 1940
17	The Lonesome Stranger	Hugh Harman	November 23, 1940
18	Mrs. Ladybug	Rudolf Ising	December 21, 1940
19	Abdul the Bulbul Ameer	Rudolf Ising	February 22, 1941
20	The Little Mole	Hugh Harman	April 5, 1941
21	The Goose Goes South	William Hanna Joseph Barbera	April 26, 1941
22	Dance of the Weed	Jerry Brewer	June 7, 1941
23	The Alley Cat	Hugh Harman	July 5, 1941
24	Little Cesario	Robert Allen (uncredited)	August 30, 1941
25	Officer Pooch	William Hanna Joseph Barbera	September 6, 1941
26	The Field Mouse	Hugh Harman	December 27, 1941
27	The Hungry Wolf	Hugh Harman	February 21, 1942
28	The First Swallow	Jerry Brewer	March 14, 1942
29	Little Gravel Voice	Rudolf Ising	May 16, 1942
30	Bats in the Belfry	Jerry Brewer	July 4, 1942
31	Blitz Wolf	Tex Avery	August 22, 1942
32	The Early Bird Dood It!	Tex Avery	August 29, 1942
33	Chips Off the Old Block	Robert Allen	September 12, 1942
34	The Boy and the Wolf	Rudolf Ising	April 24, 1943
35	Who Killed Who?	Tex Avery	June 19, 1943
36	One Ham's Family	Tex Avery	August 14, 1943
37	War Dogs	William Hanna Joseph Barbera	October 9, 1943
38	The Stork's Holiday	George Gordon	October 23, 1943
39	What's Buzzin' Buzzard?	Tex Avery	November 27, 1943
40	Batty Baseball	Tex Avery	April 22, 1944
41	Jerky Turkey	Tex Avery	April 7, 1945
42	The Hick Chick	Tex Avery	June 15, 1946
43	Uncle Tom's Cabaña	Tex Avery	July 19, 1947
44	Slap Happy Lion	Tex Avery	September 20, 1947
45	King-Size Canary	Tex Avery	December 6, 1947
46	What Price Fleadom?	Tex Avery	March 20, 1948
47	Little 'Tinker	Tex Avery	May 15, 1948
48	Lucky Ducky	Tex Avery	October 9, 1948
49	The Cat That Hated People	Tex Avery	November 20, 1948
50	Bad Luck Blackie	Tex Avery	January 22, 1949
51	The House of Tomorrow	Tex Avery	June 11, 1949
52	Doggone Tired	Tex Avery	July 30, 1949

1950s

#	Title	Directed by	Release Date
53	The Cuckoo Clock	Tex Avery	June 10, 1950
54	The Peachy Cobbler	Tex Avery	December 9, 1950
55	Symphony in Slang	Tex Avery	June 6, 1951
56	Car of Tomorrow	Tex Avery	September 22, 1951
57	One Cab's Family	Tex Avery	May 15, 1952
58	Little Johnny Jet	Tex Avery	April 18, 1953
59	The T.V. of Tomorrow	Tex Avery	June 6, 1953
60	Billy Boy	Tex Avery	May 8, 1954
61	The Farm of Tomorrow	Tex Avery	September 18, 1954
62	The Flea Circus	Tex Avery	November 6, 1954
63	Field and Scream	Tex Avery	April 9, 1955
64	The First Bad Man	Tex Avery	September 30, 1955
65	Good Will to Men	William Hanna Joseph Barbera	December 23, 1955
66	Cat's Meow	Tex Avery	January 25, 1957

1960s

#	Title	Directed by	Release Date
67	The Dot and the Line	Chuck Jones	December 31, 1965
68	The Bear That Wasn't	Chuck Jones	December 31, 1967

References

1. Maltin, Leonard, Of Mice and Magic:History of American Animated cartoons 1980