Morton Schindel Movies

CORDUROY (Live Action--Based on the book by Don Freeman) Corduroy longs for someone to take him home from the department store. He thinks that...

Big Anthony, left alone with Strega Nona's magic pasta pot, runs into trouble when he decides to show the townspeople how it works.

NOISY NORA (Written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells, narrated by Mary Beth Hurt) What's a wee little mouse to do when little brother and big sister...

The Hat is the story of a poor, disabled veteran, named Benito Badoglio, who finds a magical hat (actually, it finds him) and how that changes his...

Mickey falls through the dark into the Night Kitchen where three fat bakers are making the morning cake and so begins an intoxicating dream fantasy...

A dramatized episode from Robert McCloskey's book "Homer Price." Shows Homer's resourcefulness in managing the dilemma created by a doughnut machine...

Grandpa tells his two young houseguests about the time he was afraid of the dark and about other figments of his imagination.

A young boy named Max who, after dressing in his wolf costume, wreaks such havoc through his household that he is sent to bed without his supper....

A blue dwarf and a red dwarf get into a vicious argument. Each ultimately calls upon a matching giant to protect them, with unexpected results.

When Owen refuses to part from his increasingly careworn blanket, a concerned neighbor gives his parents tips on how to get him to let the blanket go.

A kind-hearted mouse dentist and his wife find a clever way to treat a crafty fox who comes to them with a sore tooth in this Oscar nominated short,...

The littlest mouse disappears on the way to a family outing, temporarily putting a damper on the fun and games.

With his purple crayon, Harold draws a picture for his room - and then becomes part of it.

A deliciously scary story about a boy who outsmarts an old witch-woman before she can have him and his brothers for dinner.

King of the Cats (1984) is a short film adapted from the children's book of the same name by Paul Galdone, published in 1980. It tells the story of...

Harold draws himself a castle in an enchanted garden and fills it with a king, a giant, a fairy - and himself!

Morris impresses his older siblings when he opens the last box under the Christmas tree... and disappears.

Adaptation with verse and accompanying music of an old folk tale about the building and firing of a cannon.

It's Louis's birthday and Uncle McAllister has brought him a very special gift - a tadpole all the way from Scotland! Louis can hardly wait for...

Auntie tries to make her Nephew smile by doing goofy things, but none of it seems to work.