The Mysterious Old Man

Murphy's Irish Stout: Last Orders

October 1997 •English

Six samurai traverse a futuristic megalopolis to get to their favourite pub in time for "last orders". Commissioned by the famous Cork-based Murphy's Brewery, to promote their Irish Stout, "Last orders" was made by Production I.G, the Japanese animation studio behind "Ghost in the Shell", and Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (Blood: The Last Vampire, Golden Boy, Roujin Z)

Logorama

May 2009 •English

Two cops portrayed by Michelin Men chase an armed Ronald McDonald through the streets of a fictionalized, stylized city.

Fable of the Fabrics

January 1942 •English

A particularly vicious Father Time with a hit-list in his Book of Doom seeks to wipe out characters brought to life from fabric patterns. This neat concept for a cartoon washing powder commercial can be credited to Alexander Mackendrick, who worked at the J Walter Thompson advertising agency before making films at Ealing and then Hollywood.

Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity

December 2015 •English

Christmas 2015 saw Judith Kerr's family favourite literary character, Mog, reimagined in her first-ever animated foray.

South Sea Sweethearts

January 1938 •English

Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.

Dolly, Put the Kettle On

April 1947 •English

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

Love on the Range

January 1939 •English

Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.

Baby I Love You da ze

December 2018 •Japanese

An aloof junior high school boy meets a cheerful high school girl inside a Lotte shop where they both reach for the same chocolate bar. Before he can react, she takes a different candy instead and leaves with her purchase. Continuing to dwell on the missed connection, the boy hopes that he can meet the girl again and gift her the sweet she originally wanted—with the addition of his feelings.

Doomsday for Pests

January 1946 •English

Facing mounting insect deaths, concerned bugs view a documentary film about Sherwin-Williams's lethal new PESTROY pesticide coating.

Not Just on Earth...

January 1928 •Czech

A scientist observes the sky through a telescope. He is discontent because the Moon has a delay. The scientist thus uses his telescope as a canon and shoots to alert the Moon in a house in the sky that something went wrong. The upset Moon charges his wife to find out what the correct time of moonrise was. And because it has indeed overslept and is behind the times, it rushes into the sky to rectify his mistake. On the way, he mightily puffs from his pipe, which provokes St Peter's disapproval - for the saint would not tolerate so much black smoke in the sky. He therefore strikes the Moon with lightning and the Moon, falling, loses his pipe. St Peter then recommends him to smoke cigarettes made with Abadie paper tubes.

Swan Song

April 2014 •English

A love story by PES. Announcing the new citizenM Hotel in Times Square, New York City.

Stitch and Save

January 1943 •English

This brief animated film was designed to promote the remodelling of old clothing as part of the World War II effort.

Tea Time

September 2015 •English

A grand-mother replaces her old companion robot by a more recent one. But things won’t go as expected…

Radio RCA

January 1935 •Spanish

Broadcast music evokes erotic and racial fantasies in this commercial.

Together Again

March 2018 •English

Together Again is a three-minute film featuring a husband trying to reach his wife, who has dementia, by navigating a stormy sea. With him is another person who represents Admiral Nurses, whose specialist knowledge and skills are used to help keep families that are affected by dementia closer.

T for Teacher

January 1947 •English

Cartoon illustrating the golden rules for brewing a good cup of tea.

Insect Dance

January 1949 •Portuguese

In a rural area, an insect receives a letter with an invitation to participate in the Insect Ball, to be held in the city and with no end date. There, flies, mosquitoes, mosquitoes and cockroaches have fun and dance, until a robot, named Detefon arrives to end the party, pouring an insecticide, exterminating all the insects. Animated advertisement for the insecticide Detefon entitled "Baile de Bugs", directed and animated by Eugenio Marcus and produced by the company Rex Filme.

Nočná romanca

September 1949 •Slovak

The Evening Cigarette

February 2017 •English

A minute-long anti-smoking ad.

What Is Missing?

January 1947 •Czech

A stop-motion advertisement for shoe company Baťa. Depicts shoe repair as surgery.