Pre-TV cartoon shorts

by J_Frank_Parnell | created - 26 Jan 2022 | updated - 04 May 2022 | Public

Cartoon shorts made for the cinema, 60's or earlier (plus some strays), watched and/or owned.

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1. Feline Follies (1919)

TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Master Tom is lured away from his job of protecting the house from mice by the charms of "Miss Kitty". While he's gone, the mice trash the house. Complications ensue.

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 498

2. Frolics at the Circus (1920)

5 min | Animation, Short

Felix the Cat helps an animal trainer get back his circus elephant and catch the mouse that chased the animal away.

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 14

3. Felix Saves the Day (1922)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Boys playing back alley baseball improbably hold their afternoon game at the Polo Grounds. Felix the Cat takes action when his favored team seems poised to lose.

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 291

4. Felix in the Swim (1922)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Felix lets a mouse out of a mousetrap. The mouse then offers to do Felix a favor--to help him sneak his friend out of the house so they can go swimming.

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 107

5. Felix Gets Revenge (1922)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Felix strikes up a friendship with a small boy, but the boy's father won't let him keep Felix as a pet. Every time Felix tries to sneak into the house, the father throws him out, finally ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 47

6. Felix Minds the Kid (1922)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After unsuccessfully trying to steal food from a fish market, Felix is promised by a man that if he watches the man's child, he will be fed a great meal. Unfortunately, the baby swallows a ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 84

7. Felix Turns the Tide (1922)

10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Felix the Cat becomes a soldier when the rats declare war on the cats.

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 112

8. Felix Lends a Hand (1922)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Trudging through the snow in his hometown, Felix sees a billboard advertising sunny Egypt, and says that he'd give four of his nine lives to be there rather than freezing in the snow. He ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 90

9. Felix in the Bone Age (1922)

3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Felix comes upon a caveman and his girlfriend. The girlfriend is crying, and when the caveman asks her what she wants, she points to Felix. The caveman chases Felix, who escapes by using ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 84

10. Felix the Ghost Breaker (1923)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Felix is trying to get some sleep in a graveyard, but keeps getting bothered by a ghost. He follows the ghost to the house of an old farmer, and the ghost proceeds to terrorize the old man,... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 126

11. Felix Revolts (1923)

8 min | Animation, Short

After enduring various indignities by the human population in town, including getting beaten up by the fish market owner and forced to eat hot mustard by a customer in a restaurant, Felix ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 102

12. Felix Gets Broadcasted (1923)

3 min | Animation, Short

Felix spots a fisherman on his way to his fishing spot, and figures he can follow the guy and grab a quick lunch by stealing his catch. Although he successfully nabs a few fish, the angler ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 84

13. Felix in Hollywood (1923)

Passed | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A starving actor, reduced to trying his luck in the movies, travels to Hollywood. His cat, Felix, poses as a travel bag and comes along.

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 1,027

14. Felix in Fairyland (1923)

9 min | Animation, Short

Felix is reading a book about Fairyland, and decides that it must be a wonderful place to be. Suddenly he hears a cry for help, and finds a fly stuck on a piece of flypaper. He rescues the ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 94

15. Felix Goes A-Hunting (1923)

4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A wife throws her husband out of the house, telling him not to return unless he brings her a fur coat. Deciding that the only way he'll get one is to make his own, he grabs his rifle and ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Messmer

Votes: 73

16. Steamboat Willie (1928)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.

Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 11,257

17. Plane Crazy (1928)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip involving some necking, though Minnie objects to the necking.

Directors: Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 2,311

18. The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)

Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey rides up to a cantina and does a tango with Minnie. When a big cat steals her away, Mickey gives chase, riding a drunken ostrich. At the hideout, Mickey has a swordfight with the cat.

Director: Ub Iwerks | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 1,054

19. The Barn Dance (1929)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Barn Dance is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on March 15, 1929, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series; it was the first of twelve shorts released during that year.

Director: Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 906

20. The Opry House (I) (1929)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse runs a cheap opera house and performs on stage as a snake charmer, a belly dancer and a long-haired pianist.

Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney

Votes: 548

21. When the Cat's Away (1929)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

While Tom Cat goes away hunting, Mickey, Minnie, and their mouse friends break into his house and perform music. They play various tunes on the piano while the other mice hit household objects in tune to the music.

Director: Walt Disney

Votes: 644

22. The Barnyard Battle (1929)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey, and a ragtag group of mice, defend their farm from a group of cats, in a sort of small-scale version of the Civil War (complete with appropriate uniforms and "Dixie").

Director: Ub Iwerks

Votes: 509

23. Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid (1929)

5 min | Family, Animation, Short

A cartoonist draws Bosko, who promptly comes to life.

Directors: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Rudolf Ising, Carman Maxwell

Votes: 607

24. The Karnival Kid (1929)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey, a hot dog vendor, meets and quickly falls for Minnie the "Shimmy Dancer". He serenades her by performing the song "Sweet Adeline", much to the dismay of Kat Nipp, who is trying to sleep.

Directors: Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks | Stars: Count Cutelli, Walt Disney, Carl W. Stalling

Votes: 951

Dang! Ol' Walt got kinda spicy, with Minnie in this one!! (But I always heard the lyrics to that "Shimmy dance" song were meant to be "There's a place in France, where the ladies wear no pants"...)

25. Mickey's Choo-Choo (1929)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey's Choo-Choo is a 1929 Mickey Mouse short animated film released by Celebrity Pictures, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. Ub Iwerks was the animator.

Director: Ub Iwerks | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 584

26. Mickey's Follies (1929)

Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Mickey puts on a show in his barnyard. A short dramatic scene by a chicken and rooster; an operatic ode by Patricia Pig, and then the main attraction: Mickey sings and plays his theme song, then dances to it.

Directors: Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Ann Hovey, Walt Disney

Votes: 562

27. The Plowboy (1929)

Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Plowboy is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on June 28, 1929, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the eighth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the fifth of that year.

Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Walt Disney, Marjorie Ralston

Votes: 476

28. The Jazz Fool (1929)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey and Horace gather a rural audience and put on first a xylophone performance, then an elaborate piano solo.

Directors: Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 473

29. Wild Waves (1929)

7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Mickey Mouse is a singing lifeguard. Minnie Mouse is the damsel he must rescue before she is swept out to sea.

Directors: Burt Gillett, Ub Iwerks | Stars: Marjorie Ralston, Carl W. Stalling

Votes: 508

30. 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: 6,296

31. Hell's Bells (1929)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

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

Director: Ub Iwerks | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 849

32. The Haunted House (1929)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along.

Directors: Walt Disney, Jack King | Stars: George Magrill, Walt Disney

Votes: 1,447

33. The Barnyard Concert (1930)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Conductor Mickey Mouse and his animal friends put on a concert.

Director: Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 466

34. Fiddling Around (1930)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey comes onstage to the applause of an unseen audience and plays various classical tunes on the violin, after some minor mishaps. During a sad song, he is overcome with emotion and has to stop.

Director: Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 559

35. The Cactus Kid (1930)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey rescues cantina singer Minnie from the unwanted advances of Pegleg Pete.

Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Count Cutelli, Marcellite Garner, Walt Disney

Votes: 504

36. The Fire Fighters (1930)

Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

Mickey and his ragtag crew of firefighters have to save a burning building and Minnie.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Purv Pullen, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 582

37. The Shindig (1930)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Another barn dance. Minnie plays piano; Mickey plays fiddle, then percussion, then harmonica. Mickey dances with the huge Patricia Pig.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 410

38. The Chain Gang (1930)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse escapes from prison.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: George Magrill, Theodore Santoro, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Votes: 639

39. Dizzy Dishes (1930)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty Boop (with dog's ears) is entertainer in a restaurant for dogs; a waiter joins the floor show to the neglect of patrons.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Grim Natwick | Stars: William Costello, Margie Hines, Billy Murray, Walter Scanlan

Votes: 413

40. Congo Jazz (1930)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Bosko hunts in the jungle, but ends up playing music with the animals.

Directors: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Bernard B. Brown, Carman Maxwell

Votes: 490

41. The Gorilla Mystery (1930)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A gorilla has escaped; Mickey, panicked, calls Minnie, but she plays a song to show she is not afraid. That is, until the gorilla comes up behind her and grabs her. Mickey rushes right over to save her.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Larry Steers, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, George Magrill

Votes: 561

42. Swing You Sinners! (1930)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Bimbo is seen late at night, trying to steal a chicken. He runs away from a policeman and enters a haunted cemetery. Various ghosts and monsters tell him that he will be punished for his sin.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Ted Sears | Star: Billy Murray

Votes: 768

43. The Picnic (1930)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Summertime, and Mickey takes Minnie on a picnic. While Pluto is chasing a rabbit, and Mickey and Minnie are doing a courtship dance, every animal in the woods is busy making off with their picnic food. And then the rain comes.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Marcellite Garner, Walt Disney, Lee Millar

Votes: 435

44. Pioneer Days (1930)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey and Minnie are on a wagon train; they camp for the night, unaware that Indians have spotted them and are doing a war dance. The attack comes, and Minnie is captured.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Wilbur Mack, George Magrill, Purv Pullen, Theodore Santoro

Votes: 450

45. The Booze Hangs High (1930)

Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Bosko has a grand time on the farm, dancing with a cow, playing a horse's tail like a violin and getting drunk with three pigs.

Directors: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Bernard B. Brown, Delos Jewkes, Carman Maxwell

Votes: 384

46. Minnie's Yoo Hoo (1930)

Unrated | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In this sing-along trailer, Mickey sings "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" while the audiences sing along to the words on the screen.

Directors: Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 259

47. The Birthday Party (1931)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey's friends throw him a wild surprise birthday party.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Marcellite Garner, Ann Hovey, Theodore Santoro, Walt Disney

Votes: 539

48. Traffic Troubles (1931)

7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Mickey is driving a taxi. His first fare is a very large gentleman. Mickey stops traffic and gets a tongue-lashing from the officer. The cab runs into some bad road, bounces the fare down ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Marcellite Garner, Walt Disney

Votes: 457

49. The Castaway (1931)

7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Mickey, apparently shipwrecked, is on a raft; he washes up on a tropical island, where a banana tree takes care of his hunger. He then discovers a piano that washed ashore, and begins ... See full summary »

Directors: Wilfred Jackson, Burt Gillett | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 508

50. The Moose Hunt (1931)

7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

Mickey's hunting, along with a characteristically playful and distracted (and uncharacteristically talkative) Pluto. Pluto fetches a forked branch, and Mickey shoots, mistaking it for ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington, Walt Disney, Lee Millar

Votes: 420

51. The Delivery Boy (1931)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Delivery boy Mickey encounters Minnie washing clothes and singing. He stops for a quick song and dance with her. Meanwhile, Pluto gets tangled up in tar. Mickey sends a beehive flying; it ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Pinto Colvig, Count Cutelli

Votes: 371

52. Mickey Steps Out (1931)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey heads over to see Minnie, but Pluto won't leave him alone. He gets there and watches through the window, standing on Pluto, while Minnie plays piano. Pluto runs off to chase a cat ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 468

53. Blue Rhythm (1931)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey plays a bluesy tune on a piano on a stage. Minnie sings. Then an unseen band plays while both sing and dance. Mickey then leads the 9-piece band in an uptempo number, with Pluto on ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 421

54. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)

Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Bimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Grim Natwick | Stars: Margie Hines, Billy Murray, William Pennell, Mae Questel

Votes: 1,704

55. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.

Directors: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Ken Darby, Rochelle Hudson, Rudolf Ising, The King's Men

Votes: 729

56. Fishin' Around (1931)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey takes Pluto fishing in a boat on a lake, but they aren't too successful. The fish mock them, and even steal the bait can. Finally, the game warden spots them (Mickey had ignored the "no fishing" sign) and gives chase.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Walt Disney, Lee Millar

Votes: 394

57. One More Time (1931)

7 min | Family, Animation, Musical

Cop Foxy is trying to enforce the law in town, but dangerous drivers and gangsters who also kidnap his sweetheart are making this difficult.

Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Marcellite Garner, The King's Men, Johnny Murray

Votes: 337

WB did Mickey Mouse far better than Disney ever did. This may be a knock-off, but it's may favourite of these old-timey cartoons, so far. Cheeky, funny as hell, and I'm gonna have that song stuck in my head for days.

58. The Barnyard Broadcast (1931)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey runs radio station ICU from his barn. His friends play various musical numbers. A cat wanders in and starts yowling (which sets Pluto, who was listing from his doghouse, off). Mickey... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Beatrice Hagen, Jayne Shadduck, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Votes: 415

59. Bosko the Doughboy (1931)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Bosko is a doughboy in the Great War.

Director: Hugh Harman | Stars: Johnny Murray, Rudolf Ising

Votes: 325

60. You Don't Know What You're Doin'! (1931)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Hecklers hijack a stage show.

Directors: Friz Freleng, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Marcellite Garner, Rudolf Ising, The King's Men, Orlando 'Slim' Martin

Votes: 375

61. The Beach Party (1931)

8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

A fun day at the beach. While Mickey, Horace, and Clarabelle go swimming, or try to, Minnie lays out a picnic. Pluto discovers why you shouldn't chase a crab. Everyone digs in to lunch. ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 455

62. Mickey Cuts Up (1931)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Mickey and Minnie are next-door neighbors tending their yards. When Minnie is captured by a bird's song, Mickey hides in his bird-house and pretends to be a bird himself, until a cat ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 424

63. Mickey's Orphans (1931)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

At Christmastime, Mickey Mouse, Minnie and Pluto are beset by an enormous litter of bratty orphan cats.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: George Magrill, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Pinto Colvig

Votes: 938

64. Boop-Oop-A-Doop (1932)

9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In the circus, Betty Boop is the lion tamer, sings title tune on the high wire, and fights off the lecherous ringmaster.

Director: Dave Fleischer | Stars: Ann Little, Billy Murray, William Pennell

Votes: 350

65. The Duck Hunt (1932)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Mickey and Pluto are going duck hunting. They clown around a bit. Then they march off, with Pluto's fleas following in formation, which lures a few ducks to follow. As soon as Mickey turns ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington, Walt Disney, Purv Pullen

Votes: 426

66. The Grocery Boy (1932)

7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Mickey (and Pluto) are delivering a grocery order to Minnie. She pretends not to notice for a while, but when he gets hit on the head by an iron, she drops her pretense and rushes to his ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 378

67. The Mad Dog (1932)

7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

When Pluto eats a bar of soap and ends up with a mouth full of suds, the neighborhood thinks he's caught rabies.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Purv Pullen

Votes: 446

68. Minnie the Moocher (1932)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Cab Calloway, Billy Murray, William Pennell

Votes: 1,723

69. Chess-Nuts (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty Boop is the black queen and Bimbo the white king in a surrealistic chess game.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Shamus Culhane | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel

Votes: 298

70. Barnyard Olympics (1932)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey and his friends are staging a sort of olympics in a makeshift stadium on his farm. The main event is a sort of quadrathlon, with running, pole vaulting, rowing, and cycling. Mickey ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 645

71. Mickey's Revue (1932)

Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

Mickey Mouse conducts an orchestra, while the rest of the Disney menagerie of the era provides a dance recital, with Horace Horsecollar as stage manager, and Pluto continually sneaking on stage.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Purv Pullen

Votes: 551

72. The Betty Boop Limited (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

On a special train, Betty's show troupe rehearses: Betty sings, Bimbo juggles, and Koko does a soft-shoe. The train itself also does tricks.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel

Votes: 195

73. Musical Farmer (1932)

7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Mickey performs all his chores while whistling or singing. The big excitement is when Fanny the hen, who hasn't laid an egg in some time, lays a super-giant egg.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Purv Pullen

Votes: 340

74. Mickey in Arabia (1932)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Mickey and Minnie are touring Arabia when she catches the eye of sheik Pete.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 409

75. 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: 3,791

76. Mickey's Nightmare (1932)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey dreams of marrying Minnie and having about 20 children. For all the possible joys of children, a brood this size turns the dream into a nightmare, especially when they get into the open cans of paint strewn about the house.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Count Cutelli, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen

Votes: 559

77. I Love a Parade (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A circus parade, to the title tune. Next, a series of sideshow acts: the wild boy, the rubber man, siamese twin pigs, a tattooed man, a hula-dancing hippo, an Indian snake (or goat) charmer... See full summary »

Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Rudolf Ising, The King's Men, Johnny Murray

Votes: 230

78. Stopping the Show (1932)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After watching a Paramount Noose Reel and a cartoon with Bimbo and Koko the Clown, the audience is thrilled when Betty Boop appears on stage to sing and imitate Fanny Brice and Maurice Chevalier.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Roland Crandall | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel

Votes: 187

79. Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Everyone loves the wheat cakes served by short-order cook Betty, but they have a drawback. With Bimbo and Koko, no bee is involved.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Ann Little, Billy Murray

Votes: 233

80. Trader Mickey (1932)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Trader Mickey is a Mickey Mouse short that debuted August 20, 1932.

Directors: Burt Gillett, David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Votes: 360

81. Betty Boop, M.D. (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty, Bimbo, and Koko sell a concoction in their medicine show which has odd side effects.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: William Costello, Mae Questel

Votes: 401

82. The Whoopee Party (1932)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

A house party. While Minnie plays piano and the guests dance, Mickey, Goofy, and Horace prepare a snack, which is brought out to much fanfare and immediately devoured. A band forms and ... See full summary »

Directors: Burt Gillett, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Clarence Nash

Votes: 443

83. Ride Him, Bosko! (1932)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

BosKo in the Wild West, tries to have fun with any situation that come in his way.

Director: Hugh Harman | Stars: Norm Blackburn, Hugh Harman, Rochelle Hudson, Rudolf Ising

Votes: 250

84. Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

On a south sea isle, Bimbo meets Betty in the guise of a hula dancer.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: The Royal Samoans, Billy Murray, Satini Pualoa, Mae Questel

Votes: 348

85. Touchdown Mickey (1932)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse must score a touchdown if his team is to beat the Alley Cats.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Votes: 436

86. Betty Boop's Ups and Downs (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty thinks everything on Earth is for sale...even the planet itself.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel

Votes: 202

87. Betty Boop for President (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Family

Betty's campaign tries to appeal to everyone. Real candidates are parodied, but campaign promises are a bit bizarre.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Star: Mae Questel

Votes: 303

88. The Wayward Canary (1932)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Mickey has brought a gift for Minnie: a pair of mischievous canaries.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 351

89. The Klondike Kid (1932)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

At a bar in the Klondike, Mickey rescues waif Minnie from the cold and then has to deal with Pete, who proceeds to snatch her away.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 510

90. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Betty Boop and friends meet Louis Armstrong on a jungle safari.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Ann Little, Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, Billy Murray

Votes: 381

91. Betty Boop's Museum (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Koko takes Betty to the museum, where she's locked in overnight and forced to sing at the skeletons' dance.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, William Henning | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel

Votes: 238

92. Mickey's Good Deed (1932)

Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

On Christmas Eve, Mickey is forced to sell Pluto to a bratty rich kid in order to give some orphans presents.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 852

93. Building a Building (1933)

Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse operates a steam shovel; Pegleg Pete is his foreman; Minnie Mouse sells box lunches. Mickey must save the day when Pete makes advances to Minnie.

Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 1,200

94. The Mad Doctor (1933)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Mickey must save Pluto from a mad doctor's lair.

Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill

Votes: 1,661

95. Bosko in Person (1933)

8 min | Family, Animation, Short

Bosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante.

Directors: Friz Freleng, Hugh Harman | Stars: Ken Darby, Rochelle Hudson, Rudolf Ising, Johnny Murray

Votes: 234

96. Mickey's Pal Pluto (1933)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Pluto rescues a bag of kittens from the river. He feels rejected, then, as Mickey ignores him and blames him for damage the kittens do. His angel and devil sides argue with him. Pluto gets ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Don Brodie, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 393

97. Betty Boop's Penthouse (1933)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

While Bimbo and Koko admire Betty, their experiment becomes a monster.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Billy Murray, Mae Questel

Votes: 275

98. Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Mickey Mouse and his friends perform "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Elvia Allman, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Votes: 385

99. Ye Olden Days (1933)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The king locks up his daughter, Minnie, when she refuses to wed a dippy prince. Mickey Mouse, a wandering minstrel, comes to the rescue.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Count Cutelli, Walt Disney

Votes: 1,540

100. Snow-White (1933)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Trouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest. Cab Calloway sings "St. James Infirmary Blues."

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Roland Crandall | Stars: Cab Calloway, Billy Murray, Mae Questel

Votes: 2,216



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