Soundtrack: Winston Sharples
The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Winston Sharples. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.
Superman (Fleischer Superman cartoons)
1941 · Movie · 150 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Seymour Kneitel · Izzy Sparber · Dan Gordon
Plot The Superman animated cartoons, commonly but somewhat erroneously known as the "Fleischer Superman cartoons" were a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films, produced by Fleischer Studios from 1941 to...
6.4
474 votes
6.4
474 votes
Superman (The Mad Scientist) (S)
1941 · Movie · 10 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot When Lois is kidnapped by a mad scientist, she is given a demonstration of his energy cannon as he attacks Metropolis. Only Superman can stop it in his first cinematic...
6.2
269 votes
6.2
269 votes
The Mechanical Monsters (S)
1941 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot An inventor has built powerful giant robots that can fly like planes and open banks like cans. Of course, Lois Lane gets into trouble with a robot; can Superman rescue...
6.1
179 votes
6.1
179 votes
Billion Dollar Limited (S)
1942 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot The headline in the "Daily Planet" announces that the world's largest shipment of gold bullion is to be shipped by train. Lois Lane is dispatched to ride the train and...
5.8
139 votes
5.8
139 votes
Volcano (S)
1942 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Willard Bowsky
Plot A deadly eruption is predicted on the inhabited island of Monokoa. Daily Planet reporters Clark and Lois accompany an expedition to study it, and of course Lois is quickly in...
5.7
123 votes
5.7
123 votes
The Bulleteers (S)
1942 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Orestes Calpini
Plot The city of Metropolis has received an ultimatum, from a gang known as "The Bulleteers," that unless the treasury funds of the city are turned over to them that destruction...
5.7
132 votes
5.7
132 votes
Showdown (S)
1942 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Izzy Sparber
Plot "Friend turned foe" reads the newspaper headline. But Lois Lane suspects there's more to the story of Superman turning into a jewel thief and bank robber. And, of course, Clark...
5.7
98 votes
5.7
98 votes
Popeye the Sailor: Shakespearian Spinach (S)
1940 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Roland Crandall
Plot Popeye has replaced Bluto in the Spinach Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet (Olive, of course), much to Bluto's surprise and dismay. Bluto does what he can to sabotage the...
5.7
73 votes
5.7
73 votes
The Arctic Giant (S)
1942 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Willard Bowsky
Plot An expedition unearths a frozen Tyrannosaurus in the Siberian tundra and brings it back to the USA. Naturally, it accidentally thaws and runs amok. Can Superman handle it?
5.7
122 votes
5.7
122 votes
Felix the Cat (TV Series)
1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Pat Sullivan Jr. · Otto Messmer · Joseph Oriolo
Plot TV Series (1958-1962). 5 Seasons. 126 Episodes. "Felix The Cat" was the first international cartoon superstar. Created in 1919, Felix has been a star in comic books, films and cartoons...
5.6
2K votes
5.6
2K votes
Electric Earthquake (S)
1942 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot An American Indian fanatic tries to extort the return of Manhattan to his people with artificially induced earthquakes. Lois Lane, captive in his underwater hideout, seems doomed by Superman's interference...
5.6
110 votes
5.6
110 votes
The Magnetic Telescope (S)
1942 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot An experimental "magnetic telescope" draws down a fireball from space. Despite warnings, the callous "professor" tries it again, this time on a full-fledged comet. Even Superman is unable to halt...
5.6
115 votes
5.6
115 votes
Jungle Drums (S)
1943 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Dan Gordon · Orestes Calpini
Plot A jungle temple with hooded priest is really a Nazi military base which downs a plane bearing Lois Lane and some secret plans. Can Superman save her from human sacrifice?
5.4
97 votes
5.4
97 votes
The Mummy Strikes (S)
1943 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Izzy Sparber
Plot An egyptologist is found dead and his assistant convicted of murder, but colleague Dr. Wilson tells reporter Clark Kent his suspicions about the Curse of King "Tush." Can Superman battle...
5.4
99 votes
5.4
99 votes
Terror on the Midway (S)
1942 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Orestes Calpini
Plot While Clark and Lois are reviewing a circus, "Gigantic" the gorilla escapes and endangers Lois. In the resulting chaos, other dangerous animals escape also. A job for Superman?
5.4
103 votes
5.4
103 votes
Destruction Inc. (S)
1942 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Izzy Sparber
Plot A murder at the Metropolis Munitions plant draws Lois Lane into the thick of a sabotage plot; she ends up inside a torpedo about to be tested. Meanwhile, where is...
5.3
102 votes
5.3
102 votes
Fright to the Finish (S)
1954 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Seymour Kneitel
Plot Olive is reading ghost stories to the boys. Popeye scoffs; Bluto decides to take advantage of this by staging various pranks (a headless man, an animated skeleton, and a sheet-over-balloon...
5.3
38 votes
5.3
38 votes
Japoteurs (S)
1942 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Seymour Kneitel
Plot American industry builds a gigantic new bomber and Lois Lane stows away on the test flight; little does she suspect, Japanese spies are aboard to hijack the giant. Superman to...
5.2
124 votes
5.2
124 votes
Santa's Surprise (S)
1947 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Seymour Kneitel
Plot Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop.
5.1
21 votes
5.1
21 votes
The Friendly Ghost (S)
1945 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Izzy Sparber
Plot The Friendly Ghost is a cartoon released by Paramount Pictures on 16 November 1945 under its Noveltoons series of animated shorts. It is the first cartoon to feature Casper the...
5.0
66 votes
5.0
66 votes