Poor Papa is a 1928 animated comedy short film directed by Walt Disney. It is the first cartoon produced in 1927 to feature Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, but its release was held back due to Universal Pictures’ displeasure over its premise. They had expected a more Charlie Chaplin-like character and thought Oswald was too elderly and too fat.
The Ocean Hop is a 1927 animated short subject film, produced by Charles Mintz and George Winkler and directed by Walt Disney. The film was reissued in 1932 by Walter Lantz Productions with added music and sound effects and is the only known surviving version. The short entered the public domain on January 1, 2023.
The Gallopin’ Gaucho is a 1928 American animated short film. It is the second short film featuring Mickey Mouse to be produced, following Plane Crazy and preceding Steamboat Willie. The Disney studios completed the silent version in August 1928, but did not release it in order to work on Steamboat Willie. The Gallopin’ Gaucho was released, with sound, after Steamboat… Read more →
Plane Crazy is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The cartoon, produced by Disney Cartoons, is the first finished film to be produced by the studio and the first produced short to star Mickey Mouse and his girlfriend Minnie Mouse. It was originally produced as a silent film before test screening to a… Read more →
El Terrible Toreador is a 1929 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Studios in the Silly Symphonies series. The short’s copyright was renewed in 1957, so it entered the US public domain on January 1, 2025.
Hell’s Bells is a 1929 comedy horror animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks and produced by Walt Disney. It was distributed to cinemas by the film company Columbia Pictures, who would also distribute other Walt Disney films such as Winter. The film follows Satan and the other devils’ happenings in Hell. One of these devils revolts against Satan and… Read more →
The Merry Dwarfs is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released in 1929. The short’s copyright was renewed in 1957, and as a published work from 1929 it entered the US public domain on January 1, 2025.
Trolley Troubles is a 1927 animated short subject film, produced by Charles B. Mintz and George Winkler and directed by Walt Disney. The cartoon is the first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character that Disney and Ub Iwerks created for Universal Pictures and Mintz.
Springtime is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released in 1929. It was the third Silly Symphonies film to be produced, just five days before the 1929 Stock Market Crash. The short entered the US public domain on January 1, 2025.
Alice’s Wonderland is a 1923 Walt Disney short silent film, produced in Kansas City, Missouri. The black-and-white short was the first in a series of Walt Disney’s famous Alice Comedies and had a working title of Alice in Slumberland. The film was never shown theatrically, but was instead shown to prospective film distributors. It was included as a bonus feature… Read more →
