"Jolly Little Elves" is a 1934 animated short film directed by Manuel Noreno and co-written and produced by Walter Lantz, part of the Cartune Classics series. A screen adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a poor clog maker and his wife who are knocked at the window by a little elf who is cold and hungry. The shoemaker shared with him the last bun he had, and the elf thanked him for ...

In his first feature film, Lamb Shaun, the world's smartest sheep, ends up in an animal shelter and has to fend for himself in a gourmet restaurant. Before filming begins, storyboard artist Michael Salter creates the characters and their environments. A set of mouthpieces is prepared for each character so that different facial expressions are available. Fashion designer Elinor Weston and Gary Roberts ...