Cartoons released in 1929
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The Haunted House
When Mickey takes shelter from a ferocious storm inside an old haunted house, he must play the organ for the ghost and skeleton dance.
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Weary Willies
Oswald and Peg-Leg are hungry hoboes who spend the length of the film trying to nab a roast chicken.
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Ratskin
Krazy gets into trouble with an Indian tribe, after he mistakes an Indian's feathers for a turkey.
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Wild Waves
Mickey rescues Minnie from drowning, then plays music with various beach animals.
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Saucy Sausages
Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
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The Skeleton Dance
A group of skeletons dance the night away in this classic short.
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China Town My China Town
Filled with old-fashioned Chinese stereotypes, this cartoon has the title song with the famous bouncing ball to sing along with, but no one is singing it to the instrumental soundtrack. The…
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Goodbye My Lady Love
Vintage animation for the title song. The film starts out with a title frame which says, "The Ko Ko Glee Club are on stage to help you sing along with the song." Then the cartoon starts tel…
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Race Riot
Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
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El Terrible Toreador
El Terrible Toreador vies with a Mexican officer for the affections of a comely barmaid in a cantina, against a backdrop of Latin music.
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Canned Music
Featuring Krazy Kat
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Jungle Fool
Farmer Al Falfa flies to Africa with the Royal Society of African Explorers to hunt in the jungle. After chasing his send-off committee into the lake, the farmer heads to Africa and encount…
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Oil's Well
Oswald wants to marry his girlfriend but problems in the latter's household are getting in the way.
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Smiles
A male vocal quartet is singing on stage. A spotlight close up shows their eyeballs shaking hands. The bouncing ball begins. Later, back on stage, one guy plays a series of instruments. Ano…
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Permanent Wave
Rough seas makes it difficult for Captain Peg Leg Pete. Oswald tries to make his captain soup, but a duck steals Pete's dinner. Oswald leaves the ship and falls head over heels for a mermai…
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Port Whines
Krazy is a sailor on a ship. The captian gets tossed off of his ship and starts a song and dance with the rest of the crew members. After Krazy causes trouble, both the ship's cook and capt…
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Summertime
Summertime is an apt title but it takes a while to understand why this cartoon is so named. It consists of three scenes. There is no story continuity linking them. The first features a Frog…
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Cold Turkey
Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
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Manga: Kobutori
A short piece featuring two old men with large lumps ("kobu") on their faces, based on a famous folklore. The two old men face similar situations, but one is good-tempered while the other i…
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Oh You Beautiful Doll
A Felix-like cat, Tommy, cleans up a musical instrument store with a vacuum cleaner. Behind him, a mouse spreads more dirt. The cat vacuums up the mouse, then they dance. A female cat, Mari…
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Pussy Willie
Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
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Mill Pond
Farmer Al Falfa wants to go for a swim. He's shy, so he shoos all the animals away. While he's changing clothes, a mouse coats the diving board with glue. The poor farmer never knows what h…
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Springtime
Flowers, ladybugs, centipedes, birds, and frogs dance (and then proceed to eat each other!) to the tune of classical music.
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Noah's Lark
Noah seems to have major problems with his animals when they all get restless and leave the ship to go to Coney Island and Luna Park to get away from poor Noah.
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Hell's Bells
The denizens of Hell gather together for a mad frolic in a wild party that only the likes of Satan can (or would want!) to throw. A giant cow gives flaming milk for Satan's feast.
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Barnyard Melody
A cat and mouse nonchalantly dance on roller skates and comically harass Farmer Gray. A top hat becomes a tail sharpener, and the heads of the cat and mouse are magically converted into rin…
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Sole Mates
Featuring Krazy Kat
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Tuning In
The farmyard gang delivers a new radio to Farmer Al Falfa. Now the whole world can be brought into the farmer's living room. First, the farmer gets enough static to blow his hair off. But s…
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After The Ball
"Auld Lang Syne" begins the toon, and we are introduced to animated Charles K. Harris, composer of the "immortal song," presumably the title song, "After the Ball." We see him composing, pl…
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Amature Nite
Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
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Jungle Rhythm
Mickey goes hunting in the jungles of Africa. He ends up singing, dancing and playing music with the strange and wonderful animals that he finds there.
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Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet
On a simple white background, an quartet of animals play flute, horn, banjo and violin. They are conducted by a fifth animal. The horn player switches to a mouth harp, and the bouncing ball…
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Hurdy Gurdy
Pete is a organ grinder, until Oswald spits out his gum and Pete's monkey gets tangled in the gum. Pete then uses Oswald as the monkey.
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Snow Use
Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
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A Close Call
A Mickey and Minnie Mouse-like couple are dancing and cavorting. A hungry, mouse-crazed cat kidnaps the Minnie clone and takes her to a barn. He offers her a pearl necklace, which she decli…
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The Night Club
Weird goings-on in a Prohibition-era speakeasy. A cop comes and arrests everyone!
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Nutty Notes
Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
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The Merry Dwarfs
The story of a day in the life of a village of dwarfs as they dance and play through their day. Aside from dancing, the cartoon figures -- here bearded elves with pointed hats -- participat…
