Movies: Gerald Potterton

The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles....

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror....

In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a short subject that now enjoys a small cult following. Documenting this mobile production in fascinating and unexpected detail, Buster K...

Olivia's only friends at Orderly Mansion are Charlie the Horse and Barnaby the Stablehand. When Olivia wants her own special birthday song, Barnaby makes her one, but Snitch the Evil Caretaker tries to keep her from hearing it. The story of one girl...

Raggedy Ann and Andy, along with other toys, reside in the nursery of a little girl named Marcella. During Marcella's seventh birthday, Babette, from France, is introduced as the new doll from a large package. Meanwhile, the lecherous Captain Contagi...

With the help of the Master Wolf, Baa Baa makes a daring breakout from the Muttonville State Pen. In order to thank the Master Wolf, Baa Baa sets up his wool racket. and proceeds to rob the fleece right off the backs of the sheepizens of Muttonville....

In UPA-esque animation, the NFB entertainingly explains the causes of fish spoilage and the steps required to keep today's catch fresh until it reaches your dining room table....

Canadian filmmaker Gerald Potterton utilizes extensive footage from the Soviet adventure film Dr. Abolit in his Tiki Tiki. Abolit boards a rocket with two monkeys and blasts off into space, bent on rescuing a group of monkey kids from extraterrestria...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an imaginative, feature-length animated film, faithfully adaptied from the classic book by L. Frank Baum. In this brand new version, the limitations of live action film are transcended by fanciful full animation and whim...

In Oz once again, Dorothy meets TikTok the mechanical man, servant of Princess Lulu....

I now pronounce you... animated! Newlyweds meet a nuisance in an playful mix of cartoon comedy and real-life actors, including Roobarb legend Bob Godfrey....

Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells," stop-motion animation of toys come to life, and cel animation of a man who seeks the ideal star to top hi...

Struggling to subsist on negligible and infrequent gold discoveries, prospector Ralph Logan crosses paths with Mazella, a New York City drifter with a three-wheel motorcycle and plenty of time on his hands. After introducing his new acquaintance to t...

An animated version of the Oscar Wilde story about a conceited firework rocket, whose pride hides his downfall in the world....

George cuts out a paper star to top his Christmas tree but, dissatisfied, decides to go for the real thing - an unusually bright star that seems to beckon him from the sky....

A royal statue makes friends with a small swallow....

The Wizard of Oz legend continues with The Marvelous Land of Oz, based on the second book in the series by L. Frank Baum. This adventure features a brave young boy named Tip, the lovable Jack Pumpkinhead, the gruff wodden Sawhorse, and the evil witch...

A neurotic man relates his unsuccessful attempt to open a simple savings account at a bank....

A giant builds a wall to keep children out of his garden, but then winter sets in permanently. Children's classic story by Oscar Wilde....

Believe it or not, the little teapot is the same teapot from the Mad Hatter's tea party in Alice in Wonderland. And the Mad Hatter is so mad at the Little Teapot after Alice leaves that he wants to turn him into ordinary crockery!...