Movies and TvShows featuring "oil-can-harry" theme.

Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.

To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.

Talbot works as a dispatcher at a small rural railway station. One rainy night, shortly after a company payroll has arrived at the station, a masked criminal arrives to steal it. Talbot intercepts the villain's plan and a struggle ensues. He manages to fight off the masked man and save the payroll. But during the fight he is away from his station and misses a call to change the tracks for an oncoming train. This causes a terrible train crash resulting in many lost lives.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 1 August 1933.

Oil Can Harry, most malevolent and evil of all the villainous cats, has pretty Pearl Pureheart, cutest mouse of them all, in his grasping clutches, and ties her to the railroad tracks. But here comes Mighty Mouse to her rescue.

Betty Boop is a poor-but-honest-actress in the Gay 90s who, hungry and cold, gets a job as a singer in a dance-hall saloon.

Casper the Friendly Ghost goes to Ireland, where he meets Billy, a young boy whose widowed mother is about to be evicted my a miserly landlord. Billy thinks Casper is a leprechaun and demands a crock of gold. Casper can only come up with gold-painted eggs, golden corn and gold fish. But when the landlord arrives and sees Casper, he runs away, and Casper gives the miser's gold to the boy.

Mighty Mouse encounters a Time Machine while trying to save pure-hearted Pearl Pureheart from the unwanted advances and clutches of the evil oily-villain, Oil Can Harry. After brief stops in 1620 and 1890, and ancient Egypt, Mighty Mouse finds himself in the prehistoric age of the dinosaurs. He mops up on Harry and the dinosaurs, proving he can take care of anyone, anyplace, anywhere at any time.

Terrytoon featuring the original version of Oil Can Harry, later becoming a feline version in the Mighty Mouse cartoons.

In this Terry-Toon cartoon, Mighty Mouse must rescue his sweetheart, Pearl Pureheart, from the clutches of the villainous Oil Can Harry. The chase takes them through a perilous amusement park, including a roller coaster ride, a house of mirrors, and a tunnel of love. With his heroism and flying abilities, Mighty Mouse fights off the villain and saves the day.

When Mousehood Was in Flower is a delightful animated short film that takes place in the Middle Ages. It follows the story of an impoverished nobleman who must participate in a jousting tournament to pay his overdue taxes. Along the way, he encounters various challenges and meets talking animals who help him on his journey. With its humor, catchy songs, and heartwarming storyline, this film is sure to entertain viewers of all ages.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 9 July 1933.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 4 October 1935.