A Spanish cantina. The toreador enters, sees the waitress being harassed, and confronts the military/police type doing the harassment. She comes to the bullfight.

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

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.

Toys help decorate a Christmas tree while Santa Claus fills children's stockings with treats. This toon was released on December 9, 1933.

The Practical Pig is a Silly Symphony cartoon. It was released on February 24, 1939, and directed by Dick Rickard. It was the fourth and final cartoon starring The Three Pigs. Like its predecessors, The Practical Pig incorporates the song "Who's Afraid of...

After Ye Olde China Shop closes, the figurines come to life: demons, damsels and heroes alike. It was released in 1934.

The Goddess of Spring is a 9-minute Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. The Symphony is imbued with operatic themes and is often cited as melodramatic. It was released in 1934, and its production was important to the future development of Disney'...

The Big Bad Wolf is an animated short released on April 13, 1934, by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett as part of the Silly Symphony series.

A snipe that lives with a pelican in a lighthouse must continually keep his pelican friend from harm when he flies in his sleep. Released in 1944.

The Pied Piper is a 1933 American Pre-Code animated short film based on the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The short was produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and released on September 16, 1933, as a part of the Silly Symp...

Disney's first sound film Steamboat Willie, a cartoon starring Mickey, was released on November 18, 1928. It was the third Mickey Mouse cartoon. In case you missed it. As of January 1, 2024 this version of both Mickey and Minnie Mouse are now copyright f...

Silly Symphony is an American animated series of 75 musical short films produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939. As the series name implies, the Silly Symphonies were originally intended as whimsical accompaniments to pieces of music.

Santa must check his `naughty or nice' list while his helpers hurry to finish all the toys in time for Christmas Day.

The lore of ancient fable has no equal to the jolly Land of Jazz; which lay within a wild, discordant sea, across the way from long-hair Land of Symphony. Yet here you'll find no mere Shakespearian sequel (though true folly still it has). Our star-cross'd...

The Tortoise and the Hare - A Silly Symphony (1935) from the early days of the Walt Disney Studios.