Walt Disney's Timeless Tales
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Walt Disney's Timeless Tales is a series of DVDs by Walt Disney Home Video. Each release had around one-hour of Disney animated short films featuring classic fairy tale adaptations. As opposed to the chronological nature of the Walt Disney Treasures
line, each release included cartoons in no particular order. The series appeared in two waves of releases, on August 16, 2005, and January 3, 2006.
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...
line, each release included cartoons in no particular order. The series appeared in two waves of releases, on August 16, 2005, and January 3, 2006.
Volume One
- Three Little PigsThree 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 Tortoise and the HareThe 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...
(1935) - The Grasshopper and the AntsThe 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 Pied PiperThe 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:...
(1933) - The Prince and the PauperThe Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)The Prince and the Pauper is an animated short film directed by George Scribner and starring Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse, inspired by the Mark Twain story of the same name. It was Disney's final use of the Xerox process, which the studio had used for three decades.The film was released on...
(1990)
Volume Two
- Wind in the WillowsThe Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ToadThe Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is a 1949 animated feature produced by Walt Disney. The film was released to theaters on October 5, 1949 by RKO Radio Pictures and is the eleventh animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
(1949) - The Ugly DucklingThe Ugly Duckling"The Ugly Duckling" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The story tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from his neighbors until, much to his delight , he matures into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all...
(1939) - Ferdinand the BullFerdinand the Bull (film)Ferdinand the Bull is a Walt Disney cartoon released on November 25, 1938 by R.K.O. Radio Pictures, directed by Dick Rickard. Based on the book, The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and illustrations by Robert Lawson...
(1938) - The Country CousinThe Country CousinThe 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)
Volume Three
- Casey at the BatMake Mine MusicMake Mine Music is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on August 15, 1946. It is the eighth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series....
(1946) - Little HiawathaLittle HiawathaLittle 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,...
(1937) - The Wise Little HenThe Wise Little HenThe 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) - The Golden TouchThe 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 :...
(1935) - Morris the Midget MooseMorris the Midget MooseMorris the Midget Moose is a 8-minute 1950 Walt Disney cartoon, originally released to theaters on November 24, 1950 from The Walt Disney Studios, originally released by RKO Radio Pictures and then, Buena Vista Distribution Co. Ltd for its re-release...
(1950) - Ben and MeBen and MeBen and Me was Disney's first animated two-reel short subject and released theatrically on November 10, 1953. It was adapted from the children's book written by author/illustrator Robert Lawson and first published in 1939...
(1953)