Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies - The Historic Musical Animated Classics
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1. Mother Goose Melodies (1931)
Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
An extremely large Old King Cole sings his story. His "fiddlers three" turn out to be the Three Blind Mice. And his book is Mother Goose, which illustrates Little Miss Muffett, Jack and ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Jack Mercer, Purv Pullen, Mae Questel, Marion Darlington
Votes: 538
2. Babes in the Woods (1932)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two children wander the forest and get lured into a witch's house.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner, Lucille La Verne, Purv Pullen
Votes: 1,400
3. Lullaby Land (1933)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
A baby is transported to Lullaby Land, where pacifiers grow on trees, diapers, bottles, and potty chairs march on parade, and the gingham dog comes to life. He wanders into the "keep out" ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Beatrice Hagen, Mary Moder
Votes: 570
4. The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Big race. Hare, fast and in lead, stops to loaf and show off to girl bunnies. Tortoise, plodding along at steady, slow pace, wins, although hare tries a last minute burst of speed.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Eddie Holden
Votes: 3,578
5. The Flying Mouse (1934)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
To the tune "I Would Like to Be a Bird," a young mouse fashions wings from a pair of leaves, to the great amusement of his brothers when his attempts to use them fail. When the butterfly he... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Marion Darlington, Marcellite Garner
Votes: 886
6. The Robber Kitten (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Ambrose the kitten renames himself Butch and runs away from home with plans to become a robber. His first intended victim, though, is a real robber: Dirty Bill, a dog. Dirty Bill asks ... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Elvia Allman, Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash, Shirley Reed
Votes: 632
7. The Golden Touch (1935)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A dwarf grants the king's wish that everything he touches will turn to gold. When the king finds that he cannot eat, he is no longer happy with the gift. By giving up his worldly property, he finds happiness going from riches to rags.
Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Mary Moder, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen
Votes: 1,622
8. The Country Cousin (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Morty Citymouse invites his cousin Abner Countrymouse for a visit and shows him the ways of the big city, including traps, eating quietly, and busy traffic.
Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,666
9. Elmer Elephant (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A little elephant is ashamed of his trunk until he saves his tiger girlfriend with it by using it as a fire hose when her house burns.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Bernice Hansen, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,446
10. The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When a lazy grasshopper prefers to sing and dance rather than forage like his friends the ants, he learns to regret it when winter approaches. The ants save his life and in return he entertains them with his music.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 1,957
11. Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Robin is crooning to a Mae West-like Jenny Wren when he is shot with an arrow. A court is convened; the judge, an owl, keeps singing the title. A variety of birds are brought to the witness stand, but nobody knows a thing.
Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Leo Cleary, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 877
12. Water Babies (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Without dialogue, "Water Babies" chronicles the activities of numerous kewpie doll-like water nymphs over the course of a single day, from their awakening from their slumber in the shelter ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Beatrice Hagen, Clarence Nash, Marion Darlington, Leone Le Doux
Votes: 467
13. Wynken, Blynken & Nod (1938)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family
Three sleepy babies in a clog-boat sailing through the night sky attempt to fish with candy canes for very smart fish.
Director: Graham Heid | Star: Divonna Doxie
Votes: 791
14. Three Little Pigs (1933)
Passed | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Mary Moder
Votes: 6,715 | Gross: $0.25M
15. The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Red Riding Hood is accompanied by Fiddler Pig and Piper Pig as she takes a shortcut through the forest to deliver food to her sick grandmother.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Mary Moder
Votes: 2,307
16. Three Little Wolves (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Two frivolous pigs blow the "wolf" horn one too many times and Practical Pig ignores them. The Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Wolves capture the pigs and eventually Practical Pig manages to rescue them in nick of time with "Wolf Pacifier."
Directors: Burt Gillett, David Hand | Stars: Alyce Ardell, Leone Le Doux, Bonnie Poe, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 1,744
17. The Wise Little Hen (1934)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald and Peter Pig refuse to help the Wise Little Hen plant her corn or harvest it, but they are plenty anxious to help eat it.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Billy Deltcer, Florence Gill, Clarence Nash
Votes: 2,531
18. Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A sequel to The Tortoise and the Hare (1935), Max Hare and Toby Tortoise are competing again, this time mismatched in the boxing ring.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Alyce Ardell, Marcellite Garner, Eddie Holden, Leone Le Doux
Votes: 1,516
19. The Practical Pig (1939)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two of the Three Little Pigs are caught by the Big Bad Wolf while swimming. But when the wolf tries to get the third, he is captured by the third pig who uses his new lie detector to get ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Rickard | Stars: Betty Bruce, Tom Buchanan, Ralph Hansell, Richard Holland
Votes: 591
20. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.
Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Walt Disney, Carl W. Stalling
Votes: 6,294
21. The China Plate (1931)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Fantasy
The emperor's musicians play their instruments (and a stray cat) while the ladies of the court dance. Meanwhile, the children fish and play. But soon, the children anger the emperor, who ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Purv Pullen
Votes: 484
22. Egyptian Melodies (1931)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Family
A spider sneaks into the Sphinx and has several spooky encounters.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Star: Marcellite Garner
Votes: 678
23. Flowers and Trees (1932)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Clarence Nash, Esther Campbell, Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington
Votes: 3,790
24. The Cookie Carnival (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cookies, cakes, and other desserts march in a parade. A gingerbread girl cries because she has nothing to wear; a gingerbread man dresses her up, and she is named cookie queen.
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, The Four Blackbirds, Marcellite Garner, The Guardsmen
Votes: 877
25. Music Land (1935)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The princess violin from the sleepy Land of Symphony is chased by a more lively alto saxophone from the Isle of Jazz. Soon the queen (a viola) discovers them and locks the sax in the metronome.
Director: Wilfred Jackson
Votes: 1,208
26. Woodland Café (1937)
7 min | Comedy, Animation, Family
Insects gather at a night café to watch an Apache dance act and a jazz band with comical results.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Elvia Allman, Marie Arbuckle, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster
Votes: 593
27. Farmyard Symphony (1938)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The farm comes to life, to various classical tunes. The high point is a rooster serenading a chicken, with all the animals joining in. But then comes the sound that's even more welcome to ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Cutting | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Melvin J. Gibby, Florence Gill, Beatrice Hagen
Votes: 656
28. Birds of a Feather (1931)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
Swans swim by; a peacock displays its plumage in glorious black-and-white while a passing duck jeers; assorted songbirds chirp; a woodpecker chases a caterpillar; a chorus of owls croons. A... See full summary »
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Marion Darlington, Beatrice Hagen, Mary Moder
Votes: 428
29. The Busy Beavers (1931)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A group of beavers goes about their dam-building, musically. The rain comes, and washes the dam away.
Director: Burt Gillett | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 493
30. Just Dogs (1932)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Pluto's cage-mate helps him escape from the pound and find a bone to eat. But Pluto is not especially grateful.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Jimmie Cushman, Lester Dorr, Lee Millar
Votes: 485
31. Father Noah's Ark (1933)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Noah, his family (wife, 3 sons, their wives), and various animals all help build the ark. The rains come, and the skunks barely miss the boat (not that anyone was particularly looking for ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Beatrice Hagen, Lucille La Verne, Mary Moder
Votes: 691
32. Funny Little Bunnies (1934)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
We see bunny rabbits preparing for Easter, by making chocolate eggs and rabbits, decorating eggs, and weaving and filling baskets.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Beatrice Hagen, Mary Moder, Dot Farley
Votes: 803
33. Peculiar Penguins (1934)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two penguins woo.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Jimmie Cushman, Lester Dorr, Jack Mower, Clarence Nash
Votes: 573
34. Mother Pluto (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
A hen has taken up residence in Pluto's doghouse and laid her eggs. She steps out; Pluto comes home and the eggs all hatch, and the chicks take Pluto for mommy and won't let go. Then a ... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Purv Pullen, Jayne Shadduck, Pinto Colvig, Florence Gill
Votes: 580
35. The Old Mill (1937)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.
Directors: Graham Heid, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Elvia Allman, Marie Arbuckle, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster
Votes: 4,856
36. The Ugly Duckling (1931)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A black duckling is rejected by its mother, a hen, but manages to prove his worth when a tornado threatens the hen's chicks.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill, Clarence Nash Jr.
Votes: 1,135
37. Ugly Duckling (1939)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A baby duckling is shunned by his family because he is different. He is also rejected by all of the other birds and animals. Finally a mother swan adopts him as one of her brood.
Directors: Jack Cutting, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Clarence Nash, Amanda Cewel, Tom Cotry
Votes: 3,624
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