Eddie Donnelly
Directing
Biography
Donnelly was a writer, director and animator for Disney, Terrytoons and Van Buren studios.
Known For

Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.
Santa's Workshop

Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch comes and takes them away on her broom to her gingerbread house, where she turns nasty on them, turning the boy into a spider, her yowling cat to stone, and tries to turn the girl into a rat when a gnome's arrow stops her. While the gnomes are fighting the witch, Hansel and Gretl free the other children who have been imprisoned and transformed by the witch.
Babes in the Woods

In this Terrytoon,Foofle goes on a tour-train guided-excursion. But, par for his usual course, he screws everything up from the schedule to the baggage.
Foofle's Train Ride

Insects have made a playground/carnival out of castoffs, featuring "ice skating" on mirrors. Two love bugs head off to a more private area. But their fun is interrupted when a crow comes by. He bottles up the male bug and chases the female into her home. The male bug escapes in the nick of time, and another bug notices the battle and rallies the rest of the bugs to attack, which they do, using false teeth, an eggbeater, a mousetrap, castor oil, and other things.
Bugs in Love

After a short introduction, one of Neptune's mermaids is captured by a pirate ship, and their anchor chain entangles King Neptune; the various sea creatures launch a full-on assault on the pirate ship, and eventually the giant King himself gets free and creates major havoc for the ship.
King Neptune

A very tough gang of alley cats are running a black-market operation in a big city, filled with little mice and gangster cats, and are making the streets mean indeed. And they have a hit-order out on Mighty Mouse.
The Dead End Cats

A Terrytoons cartoon released 20 July 1945. A twisted version of some famous fairy tales! The Wolf introduces himself and explains that he's misunderstood! Red Riding Hood comes along, and the Wolf changes into his zoot suit, grabs Red and makes her do a jive boogie-woogie dance with him! Mighty Mouse sees this, and he clobbers the Wolf. Then the Wolf cross-dresses to impersonate Little Bo Peep, and lures a flock of lambs into his trap. He whips out a gun and makes the sheep take their wool off! Mighty Mouse sees this, and he beats the heck out of the Wolf. The Wolf then tries to get into the Three Little Pigs' house by pretending to be a cowboy. He calls for backup. The Wolves attack the pigs, Mighty Mouse trounces them, and all is well in Cartoonland!
Mighty Mouse and the Wolf
Yet another of John Foster's bug cartoons, much like Fly Hi and Fly Frolic ten years earlier. Boy Bug loses girl bug to big spider that invades a fly night club. This time there's cowboy flies on horsefly mounts.
Horsefly Opera

Some mice decide to tease a cat, but he is hungry and determined and easily catches them. Just as he is about to eat them, Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue.
A Date for Dinner
Heckel and Jeckle. the two talking-magpies are selling hair-tonic in a public park without a license...
The Super Salesman
In a burlesque of the silent-film serials, Oil Can Harry, the most evil of all evil cats, has wicked gleam-in-the-eyes designs on Pearl Pureheart, the cutest mouse in all of Micedon. She is subjected to all manners of torture and is saved through the heroic efforts of Mighty Mouse.
The Perils of Pearl Pureheart
The Terry Bears tries to enter a photo contest.
Snappy Snapshots
A Terrytoons cartoon released 22 July 1951.
Little Problems

In a departure from the usual Terrytoon, this short is based on predictions of things to come in the world after the end of World War II. It primarily deals with, in a comedy sense, what every "G.I." Jonnny can expect when he returns home to civilian life.
My Boy Johnny
A Terrytoons cartoon with Little Roquefort.
Musical Madness

A Terrytoons cartoon.
Aesop's Fable: Golden Egg Goosie
Struggling blacksmith Hector Heathcote tries to get Paul Revere's horse ready for his midnight ride.
The Famous Ride
A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 October 1945. Gandy Goose and Sourpuss are flown in to hunt big game. The two have something else in mind. They can't get out of there fast enough!
Who's Who in the Jungle
Gandy and Sourpuss have been patching up their worn-out tires, due to wartime civilian restrictions on rubber. But finally they give out for the last time, and they seek out replacements at a garage.
Tire Trouble

A short cartoon based on the Nancy comics. The cartoon is presented as three blackout sequences, each introduced by a classroom of pupils singing the praises of the comic books. The sequences involve Nancy getting involved in civic-minded projects with typical comical effects.