No bones about it, skeletons, ghosts, haunted houses, and mad doctors make great fodder for animated cartoon shorts! Perhaps that’s why in 1929 Walt Disney chose The Skeleton Dance as his first Silly Symphony. Another spooky scenario was the basis of the Mickey Mouse cartoon short Mad Doctor, released on this day in 1933. Mickey’s …
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The Mickey Mouse cartoon short Building a Building was released on this day in 1933, featuring Mickey working at a construction site. He becomes smitten with Minnie Mouse, who is selling box lunches for the construction workers. That villainous Pegleg Pete kidnaps Minnie and roughs up Mickey, but in the end true love conquers all, …
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Throughout the decades, the cartoon short Mickey’s Good Deed, released in theaters on this day in 1932, has been a holiday mainstay on television and home video. In 1933, however, long before home videos or television, families could gather before the warmth of the fire to read the story of the holiday short when it …
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The cartoon, Santa’s Workshop, first made its debut on this day in December, 1932. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, this cartoon took place, To show just what happens at Santa’s home base. From cleaning the reindeer to prepping the sleigh, The elves helped get ready, without a delay. And Santa himself helped to ready the …
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“Once upon a time a story was told about fairies and goblins and witches of old—they haunted the forests and meadows and dells, and this is the legend the storybook tells . . . ” These are the lyrics in the opening music of the cartoon short Babes in the Woods. In this Silly Symphony, …
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Donald W. Graham loved art ever since he first visited an art school. He was so dedicated, in fact, that upon enrolling at the Chouinard Art Institute in 1923, he also became the janitor, “earning his keep” as he would say, and slept in the school’s bathtub instead of paying rent. He was later commissioned …
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Our goal today is to tell you about Touchdown Mickey, the Mickey Mouse cartoon short that kicked off in theaters on this day in 1932. It’s the big game with Mickey’s Manglers vs. Alley Cats . . . the latter team consisting of all cats, of course. A still unnamed Goofy, who made his screen …
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On this day in 1932, Mickey Mouse and a wild assortment of his pals, have an uproarious bash in the cartoon short The Whoopee Party. There’s not much of a storyline other than a grand time being had by all, with food, music, and dancing. The mood is so irresistible that even the food and …
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King Neptune splashed onto movies screens a couple years before Pinocchio took to the sea in search of Geppetto, decades before Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson were bobbing along, singing a song on the bottom of the beautiful briny sea in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and long before Sebastian led a hot crustacean band under the …
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Deep in the African jungles, amidst dangerous hippos, killer crocodiles, and deadly cannibals, come a brave trader and his trusty dog . . . Mickey Mouse and Pluto, in 1932’s cartoon short Trader Mickey! Despite the fact that the trusty trader is touting vitally important goods such as clothing and musical instruments, he is met …
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