Directing
Donnelly was a writer, director and animator for Disney, Terrytoons and Van Buren studios.
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.
A moral story of being good to the little creatures with the Terry Bears.
Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.
A Terrytoons cartoon released 22 July 1951.
Papa Bear gets extremely tired of his oversized dog Pago causing problems- so much that he is ready to execute him. Of course, he becomes soft-hearted and lets the dog go, only to be treated to another more frustrating experiences as a result of the antics of Pago and his three cubs.
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.
Gandy Goose, now in the pest-extermination business takes the job of ridding his friend's house of mice. Everything he tries backfires on him and the goosey one is soon gone and the mice are still playing.
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.
Heckle and Jeckle, despite the animals falling in love all around, swear they won't. Of course, immediately after they say this, a pretty girl drops a hanky, and they fight over her. Jeckle hides in a gift box; Heckle nails Jeckle into a rocket, then mails him to Mexico. Jeckle returns with a bull. They both swear off dames, until, of course, another one walks by.
The boy mice of the village become hot rod fans and soon it isn't safe to walk the streets. Three cats seize up the situation and challenge the mice to a race, and then set a trap to catch them and make a meal. Truly a nefarious plot that calls for an intervention by Mighty Mouse.
After watching a television commercial, Papa Bear decides to take up gardening but has more than his share of problems. The little bears give him a bag of 'speedy-grow' in stead of weed-killer, and the weeds thrive and take over his garden. Worms are feasting on his tomato crop, and the anti-worm spray he uses engulfs him rather than the vines. Papa Bear, worn-out, in pain and bandaged, is in his easy-chair when the same commercial, that earlier had inspired him, comes on again, and the angry bear rips open the television set and throttles the announcer.
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.
A Terrytoons cartoon released 1 May 1942.
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.
The Terry Bears tries to enter a photo contest.
The tortoise and hare boys argue who would win a skating race, so overconfident daddy rabbit challenges daddy tortoise to a race he ultimately wins.
Heckle and Jeckle, the always-talking Magpies, kick this one off by stealing a bowl of bones from Soupbone, an old hound dog. Soupbone raises some objections that leads to a fracas or two, with all hands ending up in a nervous place, and the two birds trying to rescue Soupbone from a padded cell.
Heckle and Jeckle of the Northwest Unmounted Police pursue the dreaded outlaw, Powerful Pierre.
A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 May 1951.
Herman, a fat pig-man with a Herman Bing voice. He trades jobs with his wife and finds that cooking and taking care of kids is too difficult for a mere male. He concedes this to his wife, after the house has become a broken, wet shambles.
