Silly Symphonies
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Silly Symphonies is a series of animated short subject
s, 75 in total, produced by Walt Disney Productions
from 1929 to 1939, while the studio was still located at Hyperion Avenue in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. Unlike the Mickey Mouse
series, to which it is a sister series, Silly Symphonies did not usually feature continuing characters (an exception being the characters in The Three Little Pigs
which had three sequels). Donald Duck
got his start in a Silly Symphonies cartoon (The Wise Little Hen
, 1934), and Pluto's first appearance without Mickey Mouse was also in a Silly Symphonies cartoon (Just Dogs, 1932). Characters such as Donald Duck
were separated from the Silly Symphonies group to have their own cartoon series.
The series was first distributed by Pat Powers from 1929 to 1930 and released by Celebrity Productions (1929–1930) indirectly through Columbia Pictures
. The original basis of the cartoons was musical novelty, and the musical scores of the first cartoons were composed by Carl Stalling
. After viewing "The Skeleton Dance", the management at Columbia Pictures quickly became interested in directly distributing the series, and gained the perfect opportunity to acquire Silly Symphonies after Disney broke with Celebrity Productions head Pat Powers after Powers signed Disney's colleague Ub Iwerks
to a studio contract. Columbia Pictures
(1930–1932) agreed to pick up the direct distribution of the Mickey Mouse
series on the condition that they would have exclusive rights to distribute the Silly Symphonies series; at first, Silly Symphonies could not even come close to the popularity Mickey Mouse had. The original title cards to the shorts released by Celebrity Productions and Columbia Pictures were all redrawn after Walt Disney stopped distributing his cartoons through them. Meanwhile, more competition spread for Disney after Max Fleischer
's flapper cartoon character Betty Boop
began to gain more and more popularity after starring in the cartoon Minnie the Moocher; by August 1932, Betty Boop even became so popular, that the Talkartoon series was renamed as Betty Boop cartoons. In 1932, after falling out with Columbia Pictures, Disney began distributing his products through United Artists
. UA refused to distribute the Silly Symphonies unless Disney associated Mickey Mouse with them somehow, resulting in the "Mickey Mouse presents a Silly Symphony" title cards and posters that introduced and promoted the series during its five-year run for UA.
Shortly after the switch to UA, the series became even more popular. Walt Disney had seen some of Dr. Herbert Kalmus' tests for a new three-strip
, full-color Technicolor
process, which would replace the previous, two-tone
Technicolor process. Disney signed a contract with Technicolor which gave the Disney studio exclusive rights to the new three-strip process through the end of 1935, and had a 60% complete Symphony, Flowers and Trees
, scrapped and redone in full color. Flowers and Trees was a phenomenal success, and within a year, the now-in-Technicolor Silly Symphonies series had popularity and success that matched (and later surpassed) that of the Mickey Mouse cartoons. The contract Disney had with Technicolor would also later be extended another five years as well. The shorts began to have stronger plots too, and the success of Silly Symphonies would be tremendously boosted after The Three Little Pigs was released in 1933 and became a box office sensation; the film was featured in movie theaters for several months and also featured the hit song that became the anthem of the Great Depression, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf". Several Silly Symphonies entries, including Three Little Pigs
(1933), The Grasshopper and the Ants
(1934), The Tortoise and the Hare
(1934), The Country Cousin
(1936), The Old Mill
(1937), Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
(1938), and The Ugly Duckling (1939, with an earlier black-and-white version from 1931), are among the most notable films produced by Walt Disney. However, Disney ceased production of Silly Symphonies in 1939, as the studio began to focus on producing films and new series shorts.
Within the animation industry, the Silly Symphonies series is most noted for its use by Walt Disney
as a platform for experimenting with processes, techniques, characters, and stories in order to further the art of animation. It also provided a venue to try out techniques and technologies that would be crucial to Disney's plans to eventually begin doing feature length animated films. Among the innovations developed and/or improved upon in the series are Technicolor filmmaking, true and believable character animation
, special effects animation, and dramatic storytelling in animation. Disney's experiments were widely praised within the film industry, and the Silly Symphonies won seven Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Cartoons)
, maintaining a six-year-hold on the category after it was first introduced. This record was matched only by MGM
's Tom and Jerry
series during the 1940s and 1950s.
The Symphonies also changed the course of Disney Studio history when Walt's plans to direct his first feature cartoon became problematic after his warm-up to the task The Golden Touch
was widely seen (even by Disney himself) as stiff and slowly paced. This motivated him to embrace his role as being the producer and providing creative oversight (especially of the story) for Snow White
while tasking David Hand to handle the actual directing.
Silly Symphonies brought along many imitators, including Warner Bros. cartoon series Looney Tunes
and Merrie Melodies
, and MGM's Happy Harmonies
. The television series Mickey Mouse Works
used the Silly Symphonies title for some of its new cartoons, but unlike the original cartoons, these did feature continuing characters. Disney also produced comic strip
s and comic book
s with this title.
On December 3, 2001, Disney released "Silly Symphonies" as part of its DVD series "Walt Disney Treasures
". On December 19, 2006, "More Silly Symphonies" was released, completing the collection and allowing the cartoons to be completely available to the public.
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
s, 75 in total, produced by Walt Disney Productions
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
from 1929 to 1939, while the studio was still located at Hyperion Avenue in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. Unlike the Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...
series, to which it is a sister series, Silly Symphonies did not usually feature continuing characters (an exception being the characters in The Three Little Pigs
Three Little Pigs (film)
Three Little Pigs is an animated short film released on May 27, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett. Based on a fairy tale of the same name, Three Little Pigs won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. In 1994, it was voted #11 of the 50...
which had three sequels). Donald Duck
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...
got his start in a Silly Symphonies cartoon (The Wise Little Hen
The Wise Little Hen
The Wise Little Hen is a Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies cartoon, based on the fairy tale The Little Red Hen. This cartoon marked the debut of Donald Duck. Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by faking stomach aches until Mrs. Hen teaches them the value of labor. This cartoon was...
, 1934), and Pluto's first appearance without Mickey Mouse was also in a Silly Symphonies cartoon (Just Dogs, 1932). Characters such as Donald Duck
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...
were separated from the Silly Symphonies group to have their own cartoon series.
About the series
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
. The original basis of the cartoons was musical novelty, and the musical scores of the first cartoons were composed by Carl Stalling
Carl Stalling
Carl W. Stalling was an American composer and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Bros., where he averaged one complete score each week, for 22 years.-Biography:Stalling was born to Ernest and...
. After viewing "The Skeleton Dance", the management at Columbia Pictures quickly became interested in directly distributing the series, and gained the perfect opportunity to acquire Silly Symphonies after Disney broke with Celebrity Productions head Pat Powers after Powers signed Disney's colleague Ub Iwerks
Ub Iwerks
Ub Iwerks, A.S.C. was a two-time Academy Award winning American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, creator of Mickey Mouse, and special effects technician, who was famous for his work for Walt Disney....
to a studio contract. Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
(1930–1932) agreed to pick up the direct distribution of the Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...
series on the condition that they would have exclusive rights to distribute the Silly Symphonies series; at first, Silly Symphonies could not even come close to the popularity Mickey Mouse had. The original title cards to the shorts released by Celebrity Productions and Columbia Pictures were all redrawn after Walt Disney stopped distributing his cartoons through them. Meanwhile, more competition spread for Disney after Max Fleischer
Max Fleischer
Max Fleischer was an American animator. He was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios...
's flapper cartoon character Betty Boop
Betty Boop
Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in...
began to gain more and more popularity after starring in the cartoon Minnie the Moocher; by August 1932, Betty Boop even became so popular, that the Talkartoon series was renamed as Betty Boop cartoons. In 1932, after falling out with Columbia Pictures, Disney began distributing his products through United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
. UA refused to distribute the Silly Symphonies unless Disney associated Mickey Mouse with them somehow, resulting in the "Mickey Mouse presents a Silly Symphony" title cards and posters that introduced and promoted the series during its five-year run for UA.
Shortly after the switch to UA, the series became even more popular. Walt Disney had seen some of Dr. Herbert Kalmus' tests for a new three-strip
RGB color space
An RGB color space is any additive color space based on the RGB color model. A particular RGB color space is defined by the three chromaticities of the red, green, and blue additive primaries, and can produce any chromaticity that is the triangle defined by those primary colors...
, full-color Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
process, which would replace the previous, two-tone
RG color space
The RG or red-green color space is a color space that uses only two colors, red and green. It is an additive format, similar to the RGB color model but without a blue channel. Thus, blue is said to be out of gamut...
Technicolor process. Disney signed a contract with Technicolor which gave the Disney studio exclusive rights to the new three-strip process through the end of 1935, and had a 60% complete Symphony, Flowers and Trees
Flowers and Trees
Flowers and Trees is a 1932 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett, and released to theatres by United Artists on July 30, 1932...
, scrapped and redone in full color. Flowers and Trees was a phenomenal success, and within a year, the now-in-Technicolor Silly Symphonies series had popularity and success that matched (and later surpassed) that of the Mickey Mouse cartoons. The contract Disney had with Technicolor would also later be extended another five years as well. The shorts began to have stronger plots too, and the success of Silly Symphonies would be tremendously boosted after The Three Little Pigs was released in 1933 and became a box office sensation; the film was featured in movie theaters for several months and also featured the hit song that became the anthem of the Great Depression, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf". Several Silly Symphonies entries, including Three Little Pigs
Three Little Pigs (film)
Three Little Pigs is an animated short film released on May 27, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett. Based on a fairy tale of the same name, Three Little Pigs won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. In 1994, it was voted #11 of the 50...
(1933), The Grasshopper and the Ants
The Grasshopper and the Ants (film)
The Grasshopper and the Ants is a 1934 American animated short film directed by Wilfred Jackson. Part of the Silly Symphonies series, the cartoon was produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on February 10, 1934 by United Artists.The story is a retelling of The...
(1934), The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare is a fable attributed to Aesop and is number 226 in the Perry Index. The story concerns a hare who ridicules a slow-moving tortoise and is challenged by him to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and, confident of winning, decides to take a nap midway through...
(1934), The Country Cousin
The Country Cousin
The Country Cousin is an animated short film released on October 31, 1936 by RKO Radio Pictures. The winner of the 1936 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, the film was produced by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and animated by Art Babbitt and Les Clark...
(1936), The Old Mill
The Old Mill
The Old Mill is a 1937 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred Jackson, scored by Leigh Harline, and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on November 5, 1937...
(1937), Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Wynken, Blynken and Nod (film)
Wynken, Blynken and Nod is a 1938 Silly Symphonies cartoon....
(1938), and The Ugly Duckling (1939, with an earlier black-and-white version from 1931), are among the most notable films produced by Walt Disney. However, Disney ceased production of Silly Symphonies in 1939, as the studio began to focus on producing films and new series shorts.
Within the animation industry, the Silly Symphonies series is most noted for its use by Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
as a platform for experimenting with processes, techniques, characters, and stories in order to further the art of animation. It also provided a venue to try out techniques and technologies that would be crucial to Disney's plans to eventually begin doing feature length animated films. Among the innovations developed and/or improved upon in the series are Technicolor filmmaking, true and believable character animation
Character animation
Character animation is a specialized area of the animation process concerning the animation of one or more characters featured in an animated work. It is usually as one aspect of a larger production and often made to enhance voice acting. The primary role of a Character Animator is to be the...
, special effects animation, and dramatic storytelling in animation. Disney's experiments were widely praised within the film industry, and the Silly Symphonies won seven Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Cartoons)
Academy Award for Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year since the 5th Academy Awards, covering the year 1931-32, to the present....
, maintaining a six-year-hold on the category after it was first introduced. This record was matched only by MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
's Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show...
series during the 1940s and 1950s.
The Symphonies also changed the course of Disney Studio history when Walt's plans to direct his first feature cartoon became problematic after his warm-up to the task The Golden Touch
The Golden Touch (film)
The Golden Touch is a Walt Disney Silly Symphony cartoon made in 1935. The story is based on the Greek mythology of King Midas, albeit with a medieval setting rather than Greek.- Story :...
was widely seen (even by Disney himself) as stiff and slowly paced. This motivated him to embrace his role as being the producer and providing creative oversight (especially of the story) for Snow White
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full...
while tasking David Hand to handle the actual directing.
Silly Symphonies brought along many imitators, including Warner Bros. cartoon series Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
and Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...
, and MGM's Happy Harmonies
Happy Harmonies
Happy Harmonies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising between 1934 and 1938....
. The television series Mickey Mouse Works
Mickey Mouse Works
Mickey Mouse Works is a television show that features the cartoon character Mickey Mouse and his friends in a series of animated segments. It is somewhat of an update of Mickey's Mouse Tracks....
used the Silly Symphonies title for some of its new cartoons, but unlike the original cartoons, these did feature continuing characters. Disney also produced comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
s and comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
s with this title.
On December 3, 2001, Disney released "Silly Symphonies" as part of its DVD series "Walt Disney Treasures
Walt Disney Treasures
The Walt Disney Treasures is a two-disc DVD set of classic Disney works. They cover work from the studio's earliest days to their more recent work...
". On December 19, 2006, "More Silly Symphonies" was released, completing the collection and allowing the cartoons to be completely available to the public.
Filmography
| # | Title !! Release date !! Director !! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Skeleton Dance The Skeleton Dance The Skeleton Dance is a 1929 Silly Symphonies animated short subject produced and directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks. In the film, four human skeletons dance and make music around a spooky graveyard. It is the first entry in the Silly Symphonies series... |
August 22, 1929 | Walt Disney Walt Disney Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O... |
Clips of this short have been featured in both Disney and non-Disney productions. The first Silly Symphony. |
| 2 | El Terrible Toreador El Terrible Toreador El Terrible Toreador is a 1929 animated cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions in the Silly Symphonies series.-Plot:The film opens somewhere in Spain. A lady is carrying a mug of beer above her head, walking rhythmically to the music of "Carmen". She walks over to a man in a white suit. The... |
September 7, 1929 | Walt Disney | |
| 3 | Springtime | October 24, 1929 | Ub Iwerks Ub Iwerks Ub Iwerks, A.S.C. was a two-time Academy Award winning American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, creator of Mickey Mouse, and special effects technician, who was famous for his work for Walt Disney.... |
Seen in One Hundred and One Dalmatians One Hundred and One Dalmatians One Hundred and One Dalmatians, often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians, is a 1961 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith... . |
| 4 | Hell's Bells | October 30, 1929 | Ub Iwerks | Featuring Satan Satan Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible... , the Grim Reaper, Cerberus Cerberus Cerberus , or Kerberos, in Greek and Roman mythology, is a multi-headed hound which guards the gates of the Underworld, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping... , and various unnamed demon Demon call - 1347 531 7769 for more infoIn Ancient Near Eastern religions as well as in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered an "unclean spirit" which may cause demonic possession, to be addressed with an act of exorcism... s of Hell Hell In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations... . |
| 5 | The Merry Dwarfs | December 16, 1929 | Walt Disney | |
| 6 | Summer | January 6, 1930 | Ub Iwerks | |
| 7 | Autumn | February 13, 1930 | Ub Iwerks | |
| 8 | Cannibal Capers | March 13, 1930 | Burt Gillett | |
| 9 | Frolicking Fish | May 8, 1930 | Burt Gillett | The first cartoon that introduced continuous movements or ’overlapping action’ in animation, instead of the old stop-and-go movements. |
| 10 | Arctic Antics | June 5, 1930 | Ub Iwerks | |
| 11 | Midnight in a Toy Shop Midnight in a Toy Shop Midnight in a Toy Shop is a 1930 Silly Symphonies animated film directed by Wilfred Jackson and produced by Walt Disney Productions.A spider who takes shelter from a snowstorm in a toyshop finds the merchandise comes to life when the store is closed.... |
July 3, 1930 | Wilfred Jackson Wilfred Jackson Wilfred Jackson was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons and the two segments Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria of Fantasia from The Walt Disney Company.Wilfred Jackson was born in Chicago,... |
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| 12 | Night | July 31, 1930 | Walt Disney | |
| 13 | Monkey Melodies | August 10, 1930 | Burt Gillett | |
| 14 | Winter | November 5, 1930 | Burt Gillett | |
| 15 | Playful Pan | December 28, 1930 | Burt Gillett | Featuring Pan Pan (mythology) Pan , in Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, as well as the companion of the nymphs. His name originates within the Greek language, from the word paein , meaning "to pasture." He has the hindquarters, legs,... |
| 16 | Birds of a Feather | February 10, 1931 | Burton Gillett | |
| 17 | Mother Goose Melodies | April 17, 1931 | Burton Gillett | Featuring among others Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English language nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an egg and has appeared or been referred to in a large number of works of literature and popular culture... , Jack and Jill Jack and Jill (song) "Jack and Jill" is a classic nursery rhyme in the English speaking world. The origin of the rhyme is obscure and there are several theories that attempt to interpret the lyrics. The rhyme is known to date back to at least the 18th century. The song is sometimes titled "Jack and Gill", particularly... , Little Bo Peep Little Bo Peep "Little Bo Peep" or "Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6487.-Lyrics:As with most products of oral tradition, there are many variations to the rhyme... , Little Boy Blue Little Boy Blue "Little Boy Blue" is a popular English language nursery rhyme, often used in popular culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318.-Lyrics:The most common version of the rhyme is:... , Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner "Little Jack Horner" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has the Roud Folk Song Index number of 13027.-Lyrics:The most common modern lyrics are:Little Jack HornerSat in the corner,Eating a Christmas pie;He put in his thumb,... , Mother Goose Mother Goose The familiar figure of Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes. As a character, she appears in one "nursery rhyme". A Christmas pantomime called Mother Goose is often performed in the United Kingdom... , Old King Cole Old King Cole "Old King Cole" is an English nursery rhyme. The historical identity of King Cole has been much debated and several candidates have been advanced as possibilities... , and Simple Simon Simple Simon (nursery rhyme) "Simple Simon" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777.-Lyrics:The rhyme is as follows;*Simple Simon was played by Charley Rogers in Babes in Toyland .... . |
| 18 | The China Plate | May 25, 1931 | Wilfred Jackson | A creative retelling of the Willoware legend. |
| 19 | The Busy Beavers | June 22, 1931 | Burton Gillett | |
| 20 | The Cat's Out | July 28, 1931 | Wilfred Jackson | |
| 21 | Egyptian Melodies Egyptian Melodies Egyptian Melodies is a 1931 Silly Symphonies animated short subject produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. In the film, a spider wanders down into an Egyptian tomb. His entrance is seen as if following the spider and is certainly a notable technique in animation of the period... |
August 21, 1931 | Wilfred Jackson | |
| 22 | The Clock Store | Wilfred Jackson | ||
| 23 | The Spider and the Fly The Spider and the Fly (1931 film) -Plot:The cartoon starts out with a whole bunch of flies buzzing around in a house, chilling out and having fun.... |
October 16, 1931 | Wilfred Jackson | |
| 24 | The Fox Hunt The Fox Hunt The Fox Hunt is an 1893 oil on canvas painting by Winslow Homer. It depicts a fox running in deep snow, menaced by hungry crows. His largest single work, it has been described as "Homer's greatest Darwinian painting, arguably his greatest painting of any kind."The Fox Hunt was painted in Homer's... |
November 18, 1931 | Wilfred Jackson | Remade in 1938 as a Donald duck and Goofy cartoon. |
| 25 | The Ugly Duckling | December 16, 1931 | Wilfred Jackson | Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... . Featuring Clarabelle Cow Clarabelle Cow Clarabelle Cow is a Disney fictional character within the Mickey Mouse universe of characters. Clarabelle Cow was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1928. Clarabelle is one of Minnie Mouse's best friends and is usually depicted as the girlfriend of Horace Horsecollar, although she has also... . A much more comprehensive, colorized version would be made in 1939. |
| 26 | The Bird Store | January 16, 1932 | Wilfred Jackson | The last Silly Symphony distributed by Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies... . |
| 27 | The Bears and the Bees | July 9, 1932 | Wilfred Jackson | The first Silly Symphony distributed by United Artists United Artists United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.... . |
| 28 | Just Dogs | July 30, 1932 | Burton Gillett | Featuring the first starring role of Pluto (Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves... does not appear). |
| 29 | Flowers and Trees Flowers and Trees Flowers and Trees is a 1932 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett, and released to theatres by United Artists on July 30, 1932... |
July 30, 1932 | Burton Gillett | First cartoon produced in full-color three-strip Technicolor Technicolor Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952... . Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. |
| 30 | King Neptune King Neptune (film) King Neptune is a 1932 cartoon by Walt Disney, the second in the Silly Symphonies series produced in Technicolor. While Flowers and Trees was originally intended as a black and white cartoon, King Neptune was meant to be in colors already from the start, and was able to take full advantage of... |
September 10, 1932 | Burton Gillett | Featuring Neptune (mythology) Neptune (mythology) Neptune was the god of water and the sea in Roman mythology and religion. He is analogous with, but not identical to, the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto, each of them presiding over one of the three realms of the universe,... as the "King King - Centers of population :* King, Ontario, CanadaIn USA:* King, Indiana* King, North Carolina* King, Lincoln County, Wisconsin* King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin* King County, Washington- Moving-image works :Television:... of the Sea Sea A sea generally refers to a large body of salt water, but the term is used in other contexts as well. Most commonly, it means a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, and is commonly used as a synonym for ocean... ". |
| 31 | Bugs in Love | October 1, 1932 | Burton Gillett | Last Silly Symphony shot in black-and-white. |
| 32 | Babes in the Woods Babes in the Woods Babes in the Woods is a 1932 Silly Symphonies animated film.It is a re-working of the British folk tale Babes in the Wood, with some material incorporated from Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm, and the addition of a village of friendly elves and a happy ending.-External links:* at... |
November 19, 1932 | Burton Gillett | Featuring Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel "Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic hag living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children... . |
| 33 | Santa's Workshop Santa's Workshop (film) Santa's Workshop is a Disney short film directed by Wilfred Jackson, first released on December 10, 1932 in the Silly Symphonies series.The film features Santa Claus and his elves preparing for Christmas.... |
December 10, 1932 | Wilfred Jackson | Featuring Santa Claus Santa Claus Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus... . |
| 34 | Birds in the Spring | March 11, 1933 | David Hand | |
| 35 | Father Noah's Ark | April 8, 1933 | Wilfred Jackson | Featuring Noah Noah Noah was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. The biblical story of Noah is contained in chapters 6–9 of the book of Genesis, where he saves his family and representatives of all animals from the flood by constructing an ark... , Ham Ham, son of Noah Ham , according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was a son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan.- Hebrew Bible :The story of Ham is related in , King James Version:... , Japheth Japheth Japheth is one of the sons of Noah in the Abrahamic tradition... , Shem Shem Shem was one of the sons of Noah in the Hebrew Bible as well as in Islamic literature. He is most popularly regarded as the eldest son, though some traditions regard him as the second son. Genesis 10:21 refers to relative ages of Shem and his brother Japheth, but with sufficient ambiguity in each... and their respective wives, as well as a cavalcade of animals. The "building the ark" music is an adaptation of Beethoven's Contradanse in C Major, WoO WoO WoO is an acronym/abbreviation, derived from the German musical catalog phrase . WoO is a catalogue prepared in 1955 by Hans Halm and Georg Kinsky, listing all of the compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven that were not originally published with an opus number, or survived only as fragments.The... 14 No. 1. |
| 36 | Three Little Pigs Three Little Pigs (film) Three Little Pigs is an animated short film released on May 27, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett. Based on a fairy tale of the same name, Three Little Pigs won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. In 1994, it was voted #11 of the 50... |
May 27, 1933 | Burton Gillett | Featuring the namesake characters and the Big Bad Wolf Big Bad Wolf The Big Bad Wolf is a term used to describe a fictional wolf who appears in several precautionary folkloric stories, including some of Aesop's Fables and Grimm's Fairy Tales.-Interpretations:... . Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. |
| 37 | Old King Cole | July 29, 1933 | David Hand | Featuring the namesake character along with various nursery rhyme Nursery rhyme The term nursery rhyme is used for "traditional" poems for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the older ‘Mother Goose Rhymes’ is still often used.-Lullabies:... characters. |
| 38 | Lullaby Land | August 19, 1933 | Wilfred Jackson | Featuring The Sandman Sandman The Sandman is a figure in folklore who brings good sleep and dreams.Sandman may also refer to:-People:*Mark Sandman, singer and co-founder of the band Morphine*Charles W... . |
| 39 | The Pied Piper The Pied Piper (1933 film) The Pied Piper is a short animated film based on the story of Pied Piper of Hamelin. The short was produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and released on September 16, 1933, as a part of the Silly Symphonies series.-Plot:... |
September 16, 1933 | Wilfred Jackson | An adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin The Pied Piper of Hamelin The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the departure or death of a great many children from the town of Hamelin , Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in pied clothing, leading the children away from the town never... . |
| 40 | The Night Before Christmas | December 9, 1933 | Wilfred Jackson | |
| 41 | The China Shop The China Shop The China Shop is a short animated Disney cartoon, it was released in 1934 in the Silly Symphonies series.-Plot:It's closing time at "Ye Olde China Shop". The china pieces come to life to dance. A china demon kidnaps a female figurine, the male figurine tries to rescue her and a fight ensues. The... |
January 13, 1934 | Wilfred Jackson | |
| 42 | The Grasshopper and the Ants The Grasshopper and the Ants (film) The Grasshopper and the Ants is a 1934 American animated short film directed by Wilfred Jackson. Part of the Silly Symphonies series, the cartoon was produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on February 10, 1934 by United Artists.The story is a retelling of The... |
February 10, 1934 | Wilfred Jackson | Based on a fable by Aesop Aesop Aesop was a Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables. Older spellings of his name have included Esop and Isope. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a... . Pinto Colvig (Goofy Goofy Goofy is a cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck... ) provides the voice for the grasshopper. |
| 43 | Funny Little Bunnies | March 24, 1934 | Wilfred Jackson | Featuring the Easter Bunnies. |
| 44 | The Big Bad Wolf The Big Bad Wolf (film) The Big Bad Wolf is an animated short released on 14 April 1934 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett as part of the Silly Symphony series... |
April 14, 1934 | Burton Gillett | Featuring the title character along with the Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings.... . |
| 45 | The Wise Little Hen The Wise Little Hen The Wise Little Hen is a Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies cartoon, based on the fairy tale The Little Red Hen. This cartoon marked the debut of Donald Duck. Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by faking stomach aches until Mrs. Hen teaches them the value of labor. This cartoon was... |
June 9, 1934 | Wilfred Jackson | Featuring the debut of Donald Duck Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most... |
| 46 | The Flying Mouse The Flying Mouse The Flying Mouse is a Silly Symphonies cartoon released on July 14, 1934. The cartoon was directed by David Hand.-Plot:A young mouse reaches beyond his grasp, has a nightmare's experience and then returns to the warmth of his home... |
July 14, 1934 | David Hand | |
| 47 | Peculiar Penguins | September 1, 1934 | Wilfred Jackson | |
| 48 | The Goddess of Spring | November 3, 1934 | Wilfred Jackson | Featuring Persephone Persephone In Greek mythology, Persephone , also called Kore , is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest-goddess Demeter, and queen of the underworld; she was abducted by Hades, the god-king of the underworld.... and a version of her uncle-husband Hades Hades Hades , Hadēs, originally , Haidēs or , Aidēs , meaning "the unseen") was the ancient Greek god of the underworld. The genitive , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades". Eventually, the nominative came to designate the abode of the dead.In Greek mythology, Hades... /Pluto, identified here with Satan Satan Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible... . The Disney animators' first attempt to create visually realistic human characters. |
| 49 | The Tortoise and the Hare The Tortoise and the Hare (film) The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons... |
January 5, 1935 | Wilfred Jackson | Featuring Max Hare and Toby Tortoise. Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. |
| 50 | The Golden Touch The Golden Touch (film) The Golden Touch is a Walt Disney Silly Symphony cartoon made in 1935. The story is based on the Greek mythology of King Midas, albeit with a medieval setting rather than Greek.- Story :... |
March 22, 1935 | Walt Disney | Featuring Midas Midas For the legend of Gordias, a person who was taken by the people and made King, in obedience to the command of the oracle, see Gordias.Midas or King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This was called the Golden touch, or the... and Goldie the elf Elf An elf is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind... |
| 51 | The Robber Kitten The Robber Kitten The Robber Kitten is a Silly Symphonies cartoon.-Plot:A kitten name Ambrose who was playing robber ran away from his home because he refused to take a bath from what his mother had said. It turns out he went to the biggest robber in the town, Dirty Bill as he brags about how good of a robber he is... |
April 13, 1935 | David Hand | |
| 52 | Water Babies | May 11, 1935 | Wilfred Jackson | |
| 53 | The Cookie Carnival The Cookie Carnival Cookie Carnival is an animated short made in 1935 by Walt Disney Productions. It is a Cinderella story involving a cookie girl who wishes to be queen at the cookie carnival.... |
May 25, 1935 | Ben Sharpsteen Ben Sharpsteen Ben Sharpsteen was an American film director and producer for Disney. He directed 31 films between 1920 and 1980.... |
A homage to the Atlantic City boardwalk parade and bathing beauty contest (what eventually became the Miss America Miss America The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands... pageant) of the 1920s and 30s. Pinto Colvig (Goofy) provides the voice for the gingerbread man. |
| 54 | Who Killed Cock Robin? | June 26, 1935 | David Hand | Includes caricatures of Mae West Mae West Mae West was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades.... (Jenny Wren), Bing Crosby Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation.... (Cock Robin), Harpo Marx Harpo Marx Adolph "Harpo" Marx was an American comedian and film star. He was the second oldest of the Marx Brothers. His comic style was influenced by clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish wig, and never spoke during performances... (the cuckoo), and Steppin Fetchit (the blackbird). |
| 55 | Music Land Music Land Music Land is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short released in 1935.-Production:In an attempt to bridge the gap between classical music and jazz, the short features music from Beethoven's Eroica and Wagner's The Ride of the Valkyries as well as various popular classical, jazz and miscellaneous... |
October 5, 1935 | Wilfred Jackson | |
| 56 | Three Orphan Kittens Three Orphan Kittens Three Orphan Kittens is a 1935 animated short film in the Silly Symphonies series produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was the winner of the 1935 Academy Award for Best Short Subject . It was followed in 1936 by a sequel, More Kittens.... |
October 26, 1935 | David Hand | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. |
| 57 | Cock o' the Walk | November 30, 1935 | Ben Sharpsteen | |
| 58 | Broken Toys | December 14, 1935 | Ben Sharpsteen | |
| 59 | Elmer Elephant | March 28, 1936 | Wilfred Jackson | |
| 60 | Three Little Wolves Three Little Wolves (film) Three Little Wolves is a Silly Symphonies cartoon. Released on April 18, 1936, and directed by Dave Hand. It was the third Silly Symphony cartoon starring the Three Little Pigs... |
April 18, 1936 | David Hand | Featuring the title characters along with their father the Big Bad Wolf and his rivals the Three Little Pigs. |
| 61 | Toby Tortoise Returns Toby Tortoise Returns Toby Tortoise Returns is an animated Technicolor cartoon in Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies series. It is a sequel to The Tortoise and the Hare. It premiered on August 22, 1936.This time the plot revolves around a boxing match... |
August 22, 1936 | Wilfred Jackson | Featuring Max Hare and Toby Tortoise. It is a sequel to The Tortoise and the Hare The Tortoise and the Hare The Tortoise and the Hare is a fable attributed to Aesop and is number 226 in the Perry Index. The story concerns a hare who ridicules a slow-moving tortoise and is challenged by him to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and, confident of winning, decides to take a nap midway through... . |
| 62 | Three Blind Mouseketeers Three Blind Mouseketeers -TV airings:The cartoon was aired on Good Morning, Mickey! on Disney Channel when it was first launched.-Home Video Release:1.Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: The Disney Dream Factory: 1933-193819852.More Silly Symphonies2006... |
September 26, 1936 | David Hand | |
| 63 | The Country Cousin The Country Cousin The Country Cousin is an animated short film released on October 31, 1936 by RKO Radio Pictures. The winner of the 1936 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, the film was produced by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and animated by Art Babbitt and Les Clark... |
October 31, 1936 | David Hand | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. |
| 64 | Mother Pluto Mother Pluto Mother Pluto is a Silly Symphonies cartoon released on November 14, 1936, directed by David Hand. The cartoon features the adorable pup, Pluto.-Plot:... |
November 14, 1936 | David Hand | Featuring Pluto mothering a number of newly hatched chick Chicken The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird... s. |
| 65 | More Kittens | December 19, 1936 | David Hand, Wilfred Jackson |
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| 66 | Woodland Café | March 13, 1937 | Wilfred Jackson | Contains animator Ward Kimball Ward Kimball Ward Walrath Kimball was an animator for the Walt Disney Studios. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as Disney's Nine Old Men.-Career:... 's first animating assignment. |
| 67 | Little Hiawatha Little Hiawatha Little Hiawatha is a 1937 animated cartoon produced by Walt Disney.-Synopsis:Over opening narration, Little Hiawatha is seen paddling his canoe down a river—at one point backwards—on his way to hunt game. Upon reaching land, he steps out and immediately falls down a hidden hole in the water,... |
May 15, 1937 | David Hand | The last Silly Symphony distributed by United Artists United Artists United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.... . |
| 68 | The Old Mill The Old Mill The Old Mill is a 1937 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred Jackson, scored by Leigh Harline, and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on November 5, 1937... |
November 5, 1937 | Wilfred Jackson | Disney's first use of the multiplane camera and the first Silly Symphony distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. |
| 69 | Moth and the Flame | April 1, 1938 | Burton Gillett | |
| 70 | Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Wynken, Blynken, and Nod "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" is a popular poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. The original title was Dutch Lullaby.... |
May 27, 1938 | Graham Heid | |
| 71 | Farmyard Symphony | October 14, 1938 | Jack Cutting | |
| 72 | Merbabies | December 9, 1938 | Rudolf Ising, |
Outsourced to Harman and Ising Harman and Ising Hugh Harman and Rudolf "Rudy" Ising were an American animation team best known for founding the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studios... after the studio donated inkers and painters to the Disney studio to complete Snow White. |
| 73 | December 23, 1938 | Wilfred Jackson | Featuring Joker, Wax-man, Donald Duck, Bo Sheep and Lamby. | |
| 74 | The Practical Pig The Practical Pig The Practical Pig is a Silly Symphonies cartoon. Released on February 24, 1939, and directed by Dick Rickard. It was the second-to-last Silly Symphony made, and the fourth and final cartoon starring The Three Pigs... |
February 24, 1939 | Dick Rickard | Featuring the Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Wolves. This is in a Three Little Pigs Cartoon first appearance. |
| 75 | The Ugly Duckling | April 7, 1939 | Jack Cutting | Another cartoon version of the classical story, first animated in 1931, and the only Silly Symphony story to be made twice. This is in a Walt Disney Special Cartoon. Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The Last Silly Symphony cartoon produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and in terms of production order. |
See also
- Cartune Classics
- ComiColor CartoonsComiColor CartoonsThe ComiColor Cartoon series was a series of 25 animated short subjects produced by the Ub Iwerks studio from 1933 to 1936. The series was the last produced by the studio; after losing distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934, the Iwerks studio's senior company Celebrity Pictures had to distribute...
- Color ClassicsColor ClassicsColor Classics were a series of animated short subjects produced by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures from 1934 to 1941 as a competitor to Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies. As the name implies, all of the shorts were made in color, with the first entry in the series, Poor Cinderella, being the...
- Color RhapsodiesColor RhapsodiesColor Rhapsodies was a series of usually one-shot animated cartoon shorts produced by Charles Mintz for Columbia Pictures. They were launched in 1934, following the phenomenal success of Walt Disney's Technicolor Silly Symphonies...
- Golden Age of American animation
- Happy HarmoniesHappy HarmoniesHappy Harmonies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising between 1934 and 1938....
- Merrie MelodiesMerrie MelodiesMerrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...
- Looney TunesLooney TunesLooney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
- Rainbow ParadeRainbow ParadeRainbow Parade was a series of 27 animated shorts produced by Van Beuren Studios between 1934 and 1936. This was Van Beuren's all-color series....