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Egyptian Melodies
Director: Wilfred Jackson Release Date: August 19, 1931 Rating: ★★★ Review: ‘Egyptian Melodies’ is one of those early Silly Symphonies that offers quite a dull dance routine only (and no story)....
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Steamboat Willie
Director: Walt Disney Release Date: July 29, 1928 Stars: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Peg Leg Pete Rating: ★★★★★ ♕ Review: Being the first cartoon using synchronized sound, ‘Steamboat Willie’ is a...
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When The Cat’s Away
Director: Walt Disney Release Date: May 3, 1929 Stars: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse Rating: ★ Review: Awkwardly, in this sixth Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey and Minnie are portraited as real mice. They are...
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The China Plate
Director: Wilfred Jackson Release Date: May 16, 1931 Rating: ★★★★ Review: Although this cartoon is one of those early Silly Symphonies using the half song-and-dance-routine half story formula, it is...
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Mickey Steps Out
Director: Burt Gillett Release Date: July 10, 1931 Stars: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto Rating: ★★★ Review: ‘Mickey Steps Out’ is the first of a few Mickey Mouse cartoons that are half musical...
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Mickey Cuts Up
Director: Burt Gillett Release Date: November 25, 1931 Stars: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto Rating: ★★★ Review: ‘Mickey Cuts Up’ can be summarized as ‘Mickey Steps Out’ set in a garden. The first...
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The Pet Store
Director: Wilfred Jackson Release Date: October 28, 1933 Stars: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse Rating: ★★★ Review: Mickey applies for a job at an Italian pet store. Then Minnie drops by and together they...
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Summer
Director: Ub Iwerks Release Date: January 4, 1930 Rating: ★★★ Review: ‘Summer’ is the second Silly Symphony in the season mini-series. ‘The merry bugs’ would have been a better title, however, for the...
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Cannibal Capers
Director: Burt Gillett Release Date: March 15, 1930 Rating: ★★★ Review: ‘Cannibal Capers’ is a typical early dance routine Silly Symphony. This time we see dancing cannibals, followed by the antics of...
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Trader Mickey
Director: David Hand Release Date: August 20, 1932 Stars: Mickey Mouse, Pluto Rating: ★ Review: Mickey is a trader in Africa. He is captured by a bunch of hungry cannibals, whose king laughs with...
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Director: Walt Disney Release Date: December 1, 1929 Rating: ★★½ Review: Among the earliest 24 Silly Symphonies there’s a remarkable lot of dancing, as the novelty of movement to synchronized sound...
View ArticleMidnight in a Toy Shop
Director: Wilfred Jackson Release Date: July 28, 1930 Rating: ★★ Review: 1930 saw a string of Silly Symphonies featuring animals performing endless dance routines. In ‘Midnight in a Toy Shop’, however,...
View ArticleMonkey Melodies
Director: Burt Gillett Release Date: September 2, 1930 Rating: ★★ Review: The Silly Symphonies were to be a series of great innovation, but in 1930 this was not so clear, yet, as the entries of that...
View ArticleBosko in Person
'Bosko in Person' is to Bosko what 'Just Mickey' (1930) was to Mickey: a cartoon devoted solely to the star performing on stage.
View ArticleLove’s Labor Won
'Love's Labor Won', Cubby the Bear's second cartoon, is the most musical short featuring Van Beuren's poor man's Mickey Mouse. The cartoon starts with Cubby riding a dachshund to his girlfriend's house.
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