“Happy, Grumpy, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Doc, Dopey, Disney” was the caption that appeared under a color photo of Walt Disney with figurines of the Seven Dwarfs on the cover of Time magazine on this day in 1937. The lengthy accompanying article, “Mouse & Man,” discusses Walt’s start in the business, the process of making animated …
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With many appearances in Disney’s cartoon shorts, Pluto’s popularity grew, no bones about it! So, in 1937 he was given his own series of cartoons and would star in 48 of his very own Pluto shorts. The third, Pantry Pirate, was released on this day in 1940, and in which Pluto is in the dog …
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When a quartet of ghosts is bored to death, they decide to have some fun with the Ajax Ghost Exterminators, comprised of Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, in Lonesome Ghosts, which made its de-boo on this day in 1937. “I ain’t a-scared of no ghosts!” Goofy exclaims, but he is soon proved wrong, and when our …
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Within the Carthay Circle neighborhood in Los Angeles stood the famed Carthay Circle Theatre, one of the most famous movie palaces of Hollywood’s Golden Age. On this day in 1937, the theatre was the site of a lavish star-studded premiere for the first full-length animated feature, Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Popular …
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The object of Pluto’s affection has long been a cute canine named Fifi, who appeared in five cartoons beginning in 1933. In Pluto’s Quin-Puplets, which was released on this day in 1937, he got the girl. The Pluto cartoon short begins with some new signage on the pup’s doghouse, now reading “Mr. & Mrs. Pluto …
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On this day in 1937, The Old Mill brought cartoon shorts to a new dimension by being the first film to use Disney’s multiplane camera. This Silly Symphony dramatically tells the story of the animal inhabitants near an old windmill as a peaceful eve shifts into a dark and stormy night. The multiplane camera added …
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It’s “time” for another This Day in Disney! On this day in 1937, Clock Cleaners was released. As the caretakers of a tower clock, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy didn’t waste a minute in ensuring that it was properly kept up. Problem is, on one “hand,” literally, you’ve got the sure-and-steady Mickey doing his part, but …
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Aloha! Everyone deserves a vacation, and that includes Mickey Mouse and the gang, so they head to the islands in Hawaiian Holiday, the Mickey Mouse cartoon short that surfed into theaters on this day in 1937. Kicking off with Mickey playing a Hawaiian guitar and Donald on the ukulele while Minnie does a hula dance, …
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This hilarious Donald Duck cartoon, released on this day in 1937, showcases the comic misadventures that take place when a bemused Donald visits the Museum of Modern Marvels. While there, Donald encounters a robot butler, a hitch-hiker’s aid, an automatic bundle-wrapper, a robot nurse maid and, lastly, a mechanical barber chair, an encounter that concludes …
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“Down the stream and through the canyon, Down the rushing Tahquamenon, Sailing through its bends and windings, sailing through its deeps and shadows, came the little Hiawatha.” These are the first words spoken in the narration of the 1937 Silly Symphony about the little Native-American boy Little Hiawatha, a story Walt Disney considered making into …
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