On this day in 1952, the Donald Duck cartoon short Trick or Treat made its de-boo in theaters. The featurette’s musical centerpiece, the catchy “Trick or Treat” song, was made into a record album narrated by Ginny Tyler. Here’s the film’s storyline as described on the record album’s packaging: “It’s Halloween night and all sorts …
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All Pluto wants for his birthday is to have a piece of his delicious-looking birthday cake in Pluto’s Party, which was released on this day in 1952. Instead, he gets pushed around by his rambunctious guests who also manage to devour all of his cake. When Mickey announces all of the names he mentions Huey, …
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“Once upon a time, there was a little house on a little hill, way out in the country. She was a happy little house, for she loved the country life… the peace and quiet, the warm sun on her roof, and the whisper of the summer breeze around her eaves.” These words are kindly delivered …
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Decades before Disney·Pixar’s Cars showed audiences about life for a vehicle of the road, there was Susie the Little Blue Coupe, which drove into theaters on this day in 1952. For some people, it’s quite easy to fall in love with a car. Such is the case when a passerby spots Susie, and particularly when …
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Spike the Bee, also known as Buzz-Buzz, makes his return to the big screen with Donald Duck in this high-altitude charmer. The short cartoon takes flight with a rare glimpse of Donald Duck and Spike in the future, both white bearded and elderly. While we never hear the younger Bee speak, the elder Spike not …
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It’s not very often we get to glimpse into the acorn-sized world of Chip and Dale without it revolving around Donald’s garden or Pluto’s dog house. But this animated short starring Disney’s two high-spirited chipmunks goes out on a limb and directly into their hollowed-out tree. The short begins with Chip and Dale, both getting …
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While most of us would swat at the subject in this film, Walt Disney Studios put Nature’s Half Acre front and center by releasing it with Disney’s animated version of Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece work Alice in Wonderland. One of 13 nature films Walt Disney Studios produced between 1948 and 1960, Nature’s Half Acre tells the …
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Reprising his role from the animated classic Dumbo, Mr. Stork (once again voiced by Sterling Holloway) accidentally delivers a baby lion to an expecting sheep, who calls him, “Laaaaambert,” in the Academy Award®-nominated Lambert the Sheepish Lion, which laaaaanded in theaters on this day in 1952. Obviously different, all of the other lambs laugh and …
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Donald Applecore, a Donald Duck cartoon short with a story that stemmed from a children’s game, was released in theaters on this day in 1952. It opens with Donald picking apples from his farm, only to discover they have been eaten by his nemeses, Chip and Dale. When he catches them in the act, flustered …
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On this day in 1951, Alice in Wonderland had its world premiere at the Leicester Square Theatre in England. Young Katherine Beaumont, the voice of Alice, must have felt right at home upon returning to her native land. Recently, Beaumont exclusively told D23, “I have to be honest, by the time of the premiere, which …
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