John Canemaker Movies

The making of Dumbo (1941).

This educational science program features the story of Dr. Alfred Clothear and his discovery of how bears know when to sleep for the winter.

Documentary on the making of Walt Disney’s Fantasia.

Documentary short from Felix the Cat Collector’s Edition DVD

It's Christmas Eve and all the children around the world are asleep and dreaming of the toys that Santa Claus will bring - except at the South Pole,...

The short takes as its inspiration Bottom's contemplation on the "dream" he has experienced in the middle acts of Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer...

The film follows Wing Biddlebaum, a lonely former schoolteacher whose “hands” led to a scandal that drove him from his previous town and...

An urban fable about a young street musician who finds competition for space to play his much a bit too tough, until he joins in the...

The essence of the 1940s, to the lively beat of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." A rapidly paced collage of the fads, fashions, and personalities of...