Movies and TvShows featuring "drawing-board" theme.

Executive Suite is a drama film that revolves around a power struggle within a furniture company. The story explores the internal turmoil and ethical dilemmas faced by the executives as they compete for the position of company vice president.

Duck Amuck is a classic short film from 1953 featuring Daffy Duck. In the film, Daffy finds himself at the mercy of an unseen animator who constantly changes his surroundings and even his own physical appearance. As Daffy tries to navigate through the ever-changing world, he becomes increasingly frustrated and breaks the fourth wall as he addresses the audience directly. The film is known for its surreal and innovative animation techniques, as well as its comedic and sometimes heartbreaking portrayal of a cartoon character struggling against his own reality.

Heavy Traffic, released in 1973, is a provocative animated film that explores the gritty, surreal and dark aspects of life in a crime-ridden city. The story follows a young man named Michael who navigates through the treacherous streets while encountering a variety of eccentric and dangerous characters. From his dysfunctional family to encounters with mobsters, transvestites, and drug addicts, Michael’s journey becomes a reflection of the chaotic and often brutal urban life. The film uses animation techniques to create a visually striking and thought-provoking exploration of themes like sexuality, race, and violence.

The Mill and the Cross is a period drama based on the painting 'The Procession to Calvary' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It depicts the religious symbolism and the struggles faced by the people of Flanders during the Protestant Reformation.

Room for One More is a heartwarming comedy that follows the story of a couple who opens their home to foster children. They face various challenges and heartwarming moments as they navigate the ups and downs of parenting and creating a loving family.

Jiggs and Maggie, a husband and wife duo, find themselves in court due to a misunderstanding. They navigate through the legal system with comedic misadventures.

Animators and urban planners both create worlds, but Czech stop motion specialist Jiří Barta's ingenious paper cut-out short punctures the stifling architecture of communist housing. Skilled hands blueprint an apartment tower standardized specifications. Envelopes contain the elements of each home. Family dwellings, bachelor pads, scholarly studies and artist studios: different social configurations are permitted but restrained to the same uniform box. A dystopian revision of the REAR WINDOW scenario, THE DESIGN's darkly comic social critique still has teeth.

Two pigs steal the snobby Mrs. Hippo's new Ford and, while being pursued by the police, they hit a stone wall, fly into the air and land in a laundry. They get involved with a clothes-wringer, their tails are caught in the rollers, and they come out with corkscrew tails. In the live action, animator Walter Lantz, as he finishes the story, is being led away by the keeper of the local insane asylum.

Ralph Staub zooms his Screen Snapshots camera in on many of the most famous newspaper comic-strip cartoonists and creators of the era. Notable in that all of the comic-strip characters referenced, with the exception of "Our Debbie" and "Smoky Stover", appeared in films or cartoons at some point or another, ranging from the silent years past 1950. Gus Edson's "Dondi" while not mentioned in this short, was also made into a feature film.

Herman the Cartoonist is a short animated movie from 1953. The story follows a cartoonist who creates chaos with his drawn characters, particularly Herman the Mouse and Katnip the Cat. The cartoonist's inkblots come to life and the characters engage in a wild chase. This surreal and humorous cartoon is a delightful watch for the whole family.

In this Cinemascope Terrytoon, Spoofy is a zany little fox that comes to life on the animator's drawing board and subdues a western gunslinger with trick props and gadgets.