Walt Disney Animated Shorts

(EN)

Number of Movies: 16

Overview

The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 when Walt Disney signed a contract with M.J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice Comedies. Since then, Disney Animation has created over 500 short films that have innovated in storytelling and experimented in new technologies, processes, and ideas

Featured Cast

Featured Crew

Johnny Cannon

Visual Effects

Les Clark

Visual Effects

Tom Palmer

Visual Effects

Dick Lundy

Visual Effects

Ben Sharpsteen

Visual Effects

Jack King

Directing

16 Movies

Alice's Wonderland

January 1, 1923

Instead of Wonderland, Alice visits the Walt Disney animation room.

Alice and her friends put on a show.

Alice Gets in Dutch

November 1, 1924

Alice misbehaves in school and is forced to sit in the corner. She falls asleep and dreams, but schoolwork intrudes even into her dreams. Alice dreams of dancing dogs and donkeys until her fun is interrupted by three walking schoolbooks.

Alice's Egg Plant

May 17, 1925

Julius, the boss of Alice's chicken farm, has to find a way to deliver 5000 eggs to Sinkem and Soakem when the hens go on strike.

Alice in the Jungle

December 15, 1925

Alice and Julius the cat are riding an elephant through the jungle. Julius falls and is nearly eaten by crocodiles but manages to escape nevertheless. Meanwhile, two elephant children are having fun at a watering hole and a monkey barber has his barber pole eaten by a hippo, who mistakes it for a candy cane. Julius tries to remedy the latter injustice by starching up a tiger's striped tail and knocking it off, using it as a replacement pole. Alice hunts a lion who proves to be too much for her to handle, but Julius bravely comes to the rescue.

Escape from the underworld.

El Terrible Toreador

September 26, 1929

A barmaid, a Mexican officer and a terrible toreador form a love triangle, as they dance, skip, kiss, punch and slap to the tune of Bizet's "Carmen." Later, the barmaid cheers her lover, and the officer razzes him, during the big bullfight. The toreador and the bull are not above clowning, but never doubt they are two fearsome opponents striving toward a gruesome climax.

Springtime

October 24, 1929

Flowers, insects, and a crow family all dance to a jaunty tune celebrating spring. After a brief storm, grasshoppers, frogs, and spiders cavort to the Dance of the Hours.

Hell's Bells

October 29, 1929

The demons of hell play music for Satan, whose delight turns to wrath when an insubordinate refuses to become food for Cerberus.

Summer

January 16, 1930

In the logical sequel to Springtime, a new set of insects (mostly) dances to a new set of tunes, while doing summer activities. The insects include dung beetles, dragonflies, butterflies, a walking stick, bees, and various other beetles and flies.

Autumn

February 13, 1930

The season series of Silly Symphonies continues, with squirrels storing nuts and corn, crows stealing it, beavers building a dam, ducks migrating, and the like, as the first snows fall.

Cannibal Capers

March 13, 1930

A group of cannibals gather together for a tribal dance. In the middle of their gala, they are interrupted by a ferocious lion!

Night

July 4, 1930

The moon and two owls sing to the Blue Danube Waltz, celebrating the night. Moths dance around a candle flame, fireflies glow, frogs chorus, and so forth.

Frolicking Fish

May 8, 1930

The title pretty much says it: fish and other marine life dance and frolic to various tunes. An octopus keeps spoiling the fun in various ways.

Arctic Antics

June 5, 1930

A collection of arctic animals (seals, walruses, polar bears, penguins) float by on ice floes and on shore, performing various musical numbers.

A spider seeks shelter inside an old toy store, where he soon discovers that the merchandise comes to life after dark.

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