Frank Tashlin

Frank Tashlin

1913-02-19 Weehawken, New Jersey, USA 105 Credits

Biography

Frank Tashlin (born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972), also known as Tish Tash and Frank Tash, was an American animator and filmmaker. He was best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts for Warner Bros., as well as his work as a director of live-action comedy films. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

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Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

2010

Director

Directing

Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl was released in conjunction with Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire None of these shorts have been released on disc before, a...

Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

2010

Director

10.0
Directing

This must-have animation collection "Looney Tunes Super Stars: Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl" (2010) is filled with shorts that have been released on di...

Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol:2

Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol:2

2004

Director

9.3
Directing

Thirty more cartoons from the vaults of Warner Bros. to spotlight the inimitable Looney Tunes characters

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

2004

Writer

8.8
Writing

Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a doci...

Mannequin

Mannequin

1987

Original Film Writer

6.9
Writing

Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful man...

The Possum That Didn't

1972

Writer

Writing

An animated film in which littering busybodies from the city decide that a smiling, upside down possum in the forest is frowning and they try to enter...

The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cu...

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

1968

Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow serviceme...

The Bear That Wasn't

The Bear That Wasn't

1967

Producer, Story

6.8
Producing Writing

A bear settles down for his long winter nap, and while he sleeps the progress of man continues. He wakes up to find himself in the middle of an indust...

Caprice

Caprice

1967

Screenplay, Director

5.9
Writing Directing

Patricia Foster, an industrial designer, causes chaos when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company.

Catalina Island

1966

as Self

Acting

An MGM short subject to promote their film "The Glass Bottom Boat".

The Glass Bottom Boat

The Glass Bottom Boat

1966

Director

6.2
Directing

Bruce, the owner of an aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer and hires her to be his biographer so that he can be near her and win her affect...

The Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders

1965

Director

5.7
Directing

The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

The Disorderly Orderly

The Disorderly Orderly

1964

Director, Screenplay

6.3
Directing Writing

Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles fo...

Who's Minding the Store?

Who's Minding the Store?

1963

Director, Screenplay

6.9
Directing Writing

Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store ...

The Man from the Diners' Club

The Man from the Diners' Club

1963

Director

5.0
Directing

Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads ...

It's Only Money

It's Only Money

1962

Director

6.1
Directing

Lester is a clumsy and awkward TV repair man who is nevertheless gifted technically. In helping out a friend, he is drawn into a mystery involving a m...

Snow White and the Three Stooges

Snow White and the Three Stooges

1961

Writer, Director

5.5
Writing Directing

Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Fortunia, a noble king and his lovely young queen lack but one blessing to make their joy complete. The queen give...

Bachelor Flat

Bachelor Flat

1961

Director, Screenplay

4.9
Directing Writing

Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female students and is engaged to Helen Bushmill. While Helen go...

Cinderfella

Cinderfella

1960

Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for...

Say One for Me

Say One for Me

1959

Producer, Director

4.8
Producing Directing

Father Conroy has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishioners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly ...

The Geisha Boy

The Geisha Boy

1958

Director, Screenstory, Screenplay

6.4
Directing Writing

Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little ...

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.8
Directing Writing

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not su...

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

1957

Screenplay, Director, Producer

6.7
Writing Directing Producing

To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick but in exchange, she wants him to pretend to be her lover.

Hollywood or Bust

Hollywood or Bust

1956

Director

6.1
Directing

The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith whe...

The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It

1956

Screenplay, Producer, Director

6.1
Writing Producing Directing

A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.

The Scarlet Hour

The Scarlet Hour

1956

Story, Screenplay

5.3
Writing

An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

1956

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

5.5
Directing Writing Producing

TV writer Greg Whitcomb did his military service heroically but now has settled into everyday life with a young wife, Katy. A letter from the war depa...

Artists and Models

Artists and Models

1955

Director, Screenplay

6.6
Directing Writing

A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he s...

Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here

1954

Director

6.2
Directing

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Ma...

Marry Me Again

Marry Me Again

1953

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

Bill, a jet pilot hero from the Korean War, returns home with intentions of marrying his sweetheart, Doris. But Doris has inherited a million dollars ...

Son of Paleface

Son of Paleface

1952

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

Peter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found.

The First Time

The First Time

1952

Director

6.5
Directing

A married couple welcomes their first child.

The Lemon Drop Kid

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Cr...

The Fuller Brush Girl

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950

Writer

6.0
Writing

A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.

Kill the Umpire

Kill the Umpire

1950

Writer

6.3
Writing

Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Ev...

The Good Humor Man

The Good Humor Man

1950

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an...

A Woman of Distinction

A Woman of Distinction

1950

Additional Dialogue

6.2

Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touri...

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secr...

Love Happy

Love Happy

1949

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

Red, Hot and Blue

Red, Hot and Blue

1949

Story

5.8
Writing

In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.

The Paleface

The Paleface

1948

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Pete...

One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus

1948

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.

The Fuller Brush Man

The Fuller Brush Man

1948

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward ...

Fun and Fancy Free

Fun and Fancy Free

1947

Writer

6.3
Writing

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fa...

Variety Girl

Variety Girl

1947

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful ...

The Way of Peace

The Way of Peace

1947

Writer, Director

5.5
Writing Directing

Punctuated with stories from the Bible, the film’s purpose was to reinforce Christian values in the atomic age by condemning the consequences of human...

The Lady Said No

The Lady Said No

1946

Story, Director

Writing Directing

Pepito approaches a beautiful senorita who icily rebuffs him, but he is persistent and she allows him to take her to an upscale restaurant, where Pepi...

Hare Remover

Hare Remover

1946

Director

6.0
Directing

Elmer Fudd is an amateur scientist who wants to turn a normal character into a devilish fiend; he's all out of experimental animals. Enter Bugs Bunny.

Nasty Quacks

Nasty Quacks

1945

Director

7.4
Directing

A doting father gives a cute little duckling to his little daughter. That duckling grows up to become Daffy Duck, who soon develops quite a night life...

A Tale of Two Mice

A Tale of Two Mice

1945

Director

5.4
Directing

Babitt and Catstello return; their goal: steal the cheese the cat is guarding.

Behind the Meat-Ball

Behind the Meat-Ball

1945

Director

6.0
Directing

A dog, starved for meat, goes to different lengths to get a steak back from a little dog that keeps out-smarting him.

Delightfully Dangerous

Delightfully Dangerous

1945

Story

4.7
Writing

Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage...

The Unruly Hare

The Unruly Hare

1945

Director

7.4
Directing

When Elmer Fudd disturbs Bugs with his railroad surveying, Bugs fights back.

The Stupid Cupid

The Stupid Cupid

1944

Director

6.9
Directing

Cupid (Elmer Fudd) is on the prowl around the farm. With his ever-accurate arrows, he spreads love to sometimes unwilling recipients. But when he sets...

Booby Hatched

Booby Hatched

1944

Director

6.4
Directing

A duck struggles mightily and finally hatches her eggs in the bitter cold. All but one, that is: poor little Robespierre. Mama doesn't notice him miss...

Plane Daffy

Plane Daffy

1944

Director

6.8
Directing

Daffy Duck is a message courier bird delivering a military secret that a femme fatale Nazi spy is determined to get.

Censored

Censored

1944

Director

6.5
Directing

Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his...

Brother Brat

Brother Brat

1944

Director

7.2
Directing

A "Rosie the Riveter" type is in need of a baby-sitter for her awful child. The only person available is a clueless Porky Pig. His only instructions a...

The Chow Hound

The Chow Hound

1944

Director

6.2
Directing

Snafu learns of the folly of hoarding and wasting military food supplies.

Swooner Crooner

Swooner Crooner

1944

Director

7.0
Directing

Porky Pig's egg faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.

Donald Duck and the Gorilla

Donald Duck and the Gorilla

1944

Story

7.1
Writing

Ajax the killer gorilla has escaped from the zoo. Donald's nephews dress up as a gorilla, but soon Donald encounters the real gorilla, and they chase ...

I Got Plenty of Mutton

I Got Plenty of Mutton

1944

Director

6.6
Directing

A wolf, deprived of meat by war rationing and starving, sees an article in the newspaper about a sheepdog leaving his flock to join the army and think...

Puss n' Booty

Puss n' Booty

1943

Director

6.5
Directing

Woman wonders why her little pet birds keep disappearing. Rudolph the cat knows, but other than burping feathers, he's not saying. But it looks like h...

The Home Front

The Home Front

1943

Director

6.2
Directing

A homesick Pvt. Snafu learns that his family are almost as committed to the war efforts as himself.

A Corny Concerto

A Corny Concerto

1943

Story

6.8
Writing

Elmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube", and acted out by Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Laramo...

The Gold Brick

The Gold Brick

1943

Director

6.5
Directing

A fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.

Scrap Happy Daffy

Scrap Happy Daffy

1943

Director

6.5
Directing

During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapons to continue the Allied fight against the Axis p...

Porky Pig's Feat

Porky Pig's Feat

1943

Director

7.1
Directing

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck owe an outrageous sum to the Broken Arms Hotel. The manager thwarts their efforts to escape without paying their bill.

Tito's Guitar

Tito's Guitar

1942

Director

Directing

Tito comes on his trusty burro to sing to his lady love, but his singing and guitar playing disturbs the girl's father. The father peppers Tito with a...

The Dumbconscious Mind

The Dumbconscious Mind

1942

Director

Directing

Butch's evil conscience convinces him to try and steal meat from a cute puppy.

The Bulldog and the Baby

1942

Director

Directing

A black maid leaves the baby of the house she works at with Butch. The bulldog tries to keep the rambunctious baby from harm in the city, but all hell...

The Wild and Woozy West

1942

Supervising Technical Director

Directing

Wild and Woozy West is another of the unsung cartoons from the Columbia studio of the '40s. It concerns the capture of the western wolf villain Angel ...

A Hollywood Detour

A Hollywood Detour

1942

Story, Director

Writing Directing

This cartoon, featuring a running-gag throughout of a John Barrymore caricature being mobbed by fan for an autograph, is a burlesqued tour of Hollywoo...

The Tangled Angler

The Tangled Angler

1941

Director

Directing

A pelican fisherman tangles with a wise-cracking fish.

The Fox and the Grapes

1941

Director

6.0
Directing

Illustrating the origin of the term 'sour grapes', (post-Aesop, that is), Crow gets Fox to trade him his picnic lunch for some grapes high on a vine. ...

Timber

Timber

1941

Story, Director

6.5
Writing Directing

Hobo Donald steals dinner off Pegleg Pete's table. Pete gives Donald a stick of dynamite. Then he puts Donald to work chopping trees. To say Donald is...

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip

1940

Story

6.5
Writing

Mickey is heading out on vacation from Burbank to Pomona, taking the train. The conductor, Pete, won't let him on with Pluto, so he hides Pluto in his...

Mr. Duck Steps Out

Mr. Duck Steps Out

1940

Story

6.5
Writing

Donald visits the house of his new love interest for their first known date. At first Daisy acts shy and has her back turned to her visitor. But Donal...

You're an Education

You're an Education

1938

Director

4.5
Directing

The brochures in a travel agency come to life. After a series of quick gags (flying fish in airplanes, a wave washing swimmers out to sea and back, et...

Little Pancho Vanilla

Little Pancho Vanilla

1938

Director

5.2
Directing

Little Pancho Vanilla dreams of becoming a bullfighter, but his mother tells him that's impossible. The greatest bullfighter in Mexico, Don Jose, is c...

Brave Little Tailor

Brave Little Tailor

1938

Story

6.9
Writing

When a giant threatens the land, the cityfolk mistake Mickey's boast of killing seven flies with one blow to be giants. He is then forced to fight the...

Cracked Ice

Cracked Ice

1938

Director

5.8
Directing

It's ice skating time. After a few generic ice-skating gags, we get to the main story. An animal falls through the ice, and a pig doing W.C. Fields (W...

Wholly Smoke

Wholly Smoke

1938

Director

6.5
Directing

A neighborhood bully convinces Porky to take a puff from his cigar, causing Porky to hallucinate a smoke-man named Nick O. Teen, along with a musical ...

The Major Lied 'Til Dawn

The Major Lied 'Til Dawn

1938

Director

5.5
Directing

We open on a big game hunter telling a little boy (a caricture of child star Freddie Bartholomew) stories about hunting in the jungles of Africa. He t...

Porky's Spring Planting

Porky's Spring Planting

1938

Director

5.2
Directing

Porky and his dog, Streamline, plant a large garden. The neighbor chickens see the garden as one big buffet/cafeteria.

Have You Got Any Castles

Have You Got Any Castles

1938

Director

6.4
Directing

Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably th...

Porky the Fireman

Porky the Fireman

1938

Director

6.3
Directing

Fireman Porky and friends try to save a theatrical boarding house and its inhabitants from an inferno.

Now That Summer Is Gone

Now That Summer Is Gone

1938

Director

5.5
Directing

Summer is gone, and throughout the forest young squirrels are working hard gathering acorns for the long cold winter ahead. But one such squirrel has ...

Porky at the Crocadero

Porky at the Crocadero

1938

Director

5.7
Directing

The Crocadero nightclub. Porky has his diploma from the Sucker Correspondence School of music, and has dreams of being a bandleader, but he's broke. H...

The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos

The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos

1937

Director

4.9
Directing

A program for radio KUKU set in the woods, mostly starring birds as caricatures of celebrities of the day. The MC is bandleader Ben Birdie, heckled by...

Porky's Double Trouble

Porky's Double Trouble

1937

Director

6.3
Directing

Porky Pig has some problems when his mobster lookalike decides to frame him for a bank job.

The Case of the Stuttering Pig

The Case of the Stuttering Pig

1937

Director

7.0
Directing

Porky Pig and his family inherit Uncle Solomon's estate, but if they die everything goes to the lawyer, who turns himself into a Mr. Hyde-style monste...

Speaking of the Weather

Speaking of the Weather

1937

Director

5.1
Directing

It's midnight at the bookstore and all the book and magazine characters are coming to life. When a bulldog from an adventure book uses a Boswell Siste...

Porky's Railroad

Porky's Railroad

1937

Director

6.3
Directing

Porky is the engineer on the most pathetic train in the fleet. After some routine episodes (using pepper to get the engine to sneeze itself up a hill,...

Porky's Building

Porky's Building

1937

Director

6.5
Directing

Porky and another contractor are competing to submit the lower bid for a new city hall. When they submit identical bids, the city has them compete, wh...

Porky's Romance

Porky's Romance

1937

Director

5.8
Directing

The introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky's courtship with her. Once he's won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future wit...

Porky's Road Race

Porky's Road Race

1937

Director

6.2
Directing

It's race day, and first prize is $2 million (less $1,999,998.37 in taxes). Porky's little car is matched against cars driven by stars of yesteryear, ...

Porky in the North Woods

Porky in the North Woods

1936

Director

7.0
Directing

Porky Pig runs a game refuge. Despite the abundant signs to the contrary, Jean-Baptiste the trapper sets numerous traps, ensnaring many animals.

Little Beau Porky

Little Beau Porky

1936

Director

6.7
Directing

Porky's in the foreign legion. But he's not allowed to fight; all he can do is scrub camels, and he's not particularly good at that. The other soldier...

Porky's Poultry Plant

Porky's Poultry Plant

1936

Director

6.2
Directing

Porky Pig is raising chickens, ducks, and geese. Many birds have fallen victim to the hawk. Porky's going to do everything he can to fight back.

The Fixer Uppers

The Fixer Uppers

1935

Writer

6.8
Writing

Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.

Tit for Tat

Tit for Tat

1935

Writer

6.8
Writing

Stan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife wh...

Pettin' in the Park

Pettin' in the Park

1934

Animation

5.5

While at the park, a group of birds engage in a swimming contest. Another cartoon by Warner Brothers promoting a song from its movie "Gold Diggers of ...

Hook and Ladder Hokum

Hook and Ladder Hokum

1933

Director

4.0
Directing

Tom and Jerry are firemen working to rescue the top floor residents of a burning apartment house.