Cartoons released in 1930

211 cartoons ← 1929 1931 →

  1. The Cat's Meow

    January 2, 1930 No. 3001 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Krazy Kat runs a nightclub for rich guests, although with the onset of the Depression, some of them are getting poorer. One toff finds the eagle symbols coming to life and flying off his co…

  2. Bedilia

    January 3, 1930 No. FL3001 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    A dog guy drives a roadster through a minimalist landscape. He stops, and calls out for Bedelia. She is sleeping, at home, in bed. We see her lying there, feet first, so the perspective mak…

  3. The Iron Man

    January 4, 1930 No. VB-3001 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    A monkey's teeth become piano bars, which are played by the animal's tongue. Two chicks leapfrog through space to the branch of a tree, and a robot dances with the flair of Fred Astaire.

  4. Summer

    January 6, 1930 No. 3001 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    In the summer, we see the smaller forest citizens out for a dance and frolic- the insects take center stage!

  5. Ship Ahoy

    January 7, 1930 No. VB-3002 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  6. Marriage Wows

    January 8, 1930 No. FL3002 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

  7. Chilly Con Carmen

    January 15, 1930 No. 3002 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Oswald participates in a bull-fighting event.

  8. In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree

    January 16, 1930 No. FL3003 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    The clock and whistle above a factory door sound for lunch, and the workers run out. A bear tries to eat his sandwich, but it opens like a big mouth, when he opens his. An apple is the boun…

  9. I'm Afraid To Go Home In The Dark

    January 30, 1930 No. FL3004 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Two owls hoot in front of a full moon as a Bimbo-like dog whistles, and runs home in the dark. Afraid of his own shadow, he hides in his hat. His nose becomes the bouncing ball. A drunken v…

  10. Skazka O Pope I Rabotnike Ego Balde (Bazar)

    January 1930 (estimated) Theatrical Leningradskaya Fabrika Sovkino

    Featuring Priest, Balda

  11. Smotri V Koren'

    January 1930 (estimated) Theatrical Leningradskaya Fabrika Sovkino

  12. Spook Easy

    January 30, 1930 No. 3002 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Featuring Krazy Kat

  13. Singing Saps

    February 7, 1930 No. VB-3003 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  14. Autumn

    February 13, 1930 No. 3002 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Bears, beavers, squirrels and other mammals rush to store up food for the winter.

  15. Radio Riot

    February 13, 1930 No. FL3005 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    The Fleischer Studios' zany look at the radio craze, which was very popular during the 1920s and 1930s. The cartoon opens up with a radio frog announcer who almost kills his microphone with…

  16. Sky Skippers

    February 14, 1930 No. VB-3004 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    Airborne boats, trains and barnyard beasts.

  17. Kisses And Kurses

    February 17, 1930 No. 3003 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

  18. Caviar

    February 23, 1930 No. 3001 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  19. Slow Beau

    February 27, 1930 No. 3003 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Krazy has a crush on a stage actress.

  20. Oira No Yakyû

    March 1, 1930 Theatrical Yokohama Cinema Shokai

    About a baseball game between the Raccoon Dogs and the Rabbits.

  21. Prisoner's Song

    March 1, 1930 No. FL3006 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    We hear a voiceover of a stickup, over an extended title card. Then it opens to prisoners on a rock pile, slowly making little ones out of big ones. A big guard with dog ears tries to get m…

  22. Broadway Folly

    March 3, 1930 No. 3004 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Oswald comes to a music theater to see some performances. A brawl is triggered when he accidentally disturbs a patron.

  23. The Barnyard Concert

    March 3, 1930 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Mickey, Horace, Clarabelle, and others put on a concert and dance to the "Poet and Peasant Overture."

  24. Foolish Follies

    March 7, 1930 No. VB-3006 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  25. Good Old Schooldays

    March 7, 1930 No. VB-3005 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    Featuring Two Mice, Pupils, Teacher

  26. Manga: Oira No Ski

    March 7, 1930 Theatrical Yokohama Cinema Shokai

  27. Pretzels

    March 9, 1930 No. 3002 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  28. Cannibal Capers

    March 13, 1930 No. 3004 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    A group of cannibals gather together for a tribal dance. In the middle of their gala, they are interrupted by a ferocious lion!

  29. Just Mickey

    March 14, 1930 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Mickey the long-hair violinist plays "Traumerei" from the William Tell Overture and a Hungarian dance in a rousing violin performance.

  30. Bowery Bimbos

    March 18, 1930 No. 3005 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

  31. La Paloma

    March 20, 1930 No. FL3007 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    A suitor with dog ears and a cat tail throws a rose to his girl on a balcony. She throws it back to him, and the rose kisses him, as she would. His guitar playing forms a stair of notes, an…

  32. Spanish Onions

    March 23, 1930 No. 3003 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  33. Desert Sunk

    March 27, 1930 No. 3004 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Featuring Krazy Kat

  34. Die Jagd Nach Dem Glück

    March 27, 1930 Theatrical Comenius-Film

    Featuring Catherine, Marquant, Jeanne, Marquants Tochter, Mario

  35. Hot Dog

    March 29, 1930 No. FL3008 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    The white-eared, white-faced Bimbo cruises for pretty girls in his roadster. He picks up a reluctant beauty, and is pursued by a cop on horseback. Bimbo is hauled to court, where he pleads…

  36. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

    March 30, 1930 No. FL3009 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Mice form a line at a pump, where a dog pumps the water with his tail on the pump handle. The mice carry water to wash an elephant, cats, and a pig. A drunken dog uses a pig's screw tail to…

  37. Indian Pudding

    April 6, 1930 No. 3004 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  38. Dixie Days

    April 8, 1930 No. VB-3007 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    Black characters sprout full-grown from watermelons. Slaves tap-dance on the auction block to the tune of "St. Louis Blues."

  39. Western Whoopee

    April 10, 1930 No. VB-3008 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    A musical Western story featuring our hero mouse (who looks just like Mickey, and who rides a typical Van Beuren mechanical horse), his Minnie Mouse-like girlfriend and, of course, the outl…

  40. The Cactus Kid

    April 11, 1930 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Riding in on Horace, Mickey enters a western town. Unfortunately, his mischievous antics fail to impress a Mexican Minnie. But when the dastardly Pegleg Pedro kidnaps Minnie, Mickey succeed…

  41. The Hash Shop

    April 12, 1930 No. 3006 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Oswald is a wise-cracking waiter. One diner tells the rabbit he can eat a horse, so Oswald actually gives him his dinner.... a live horse.

  42. Die Meistersinger

    April 15, 1930 Theatrical Unknown Studio

  43. Sinkin' In The Bathtub

    April 19, 1930 No. 4127 Theatrical Series A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures

    Bosko is taking a bath while humming "Singing in the Bathtub," playing everything around him like a musical instrument. Even the bathtub gets up and dances. Bosko rides a stream of water ou…

  44. Roman Punch

    April 20, 1930 No. 3005 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  45. The King Of Jazz

    April 20, 1930 Theatrical Universal Studios

    How was Paul Whiteman crowned the King of Jazz? According to a pioneering five-minute color cartoon at the beginning of this film, he was game hunting "in darkest Africa." Whiteman gets cha…

  46. An Old Flame

    April 24, 1930 No. 3005 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Featuring Krazy Kat

  47. Yes! We Have No Bananas

    April 25, 1930 No. FL3010 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Two mice ski down a snowless city street, to a fruit vendor with a large stalk of bananas hanging over his cart. The mice steal, peel, and eat a few, then begin to dance. The fruit peddler…

  48. The Haunted Ship

    April 27, 1930 No. VB-3009 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    A cat and dog visit Davy Jones' Locker and see many strange creatures in a sunken ship. Our heroes do their best, but they're eventually overmatched by the creepy stuff underwater. Music ra…

  49. The Prison Panic

    April 30, 1930 No. 5168 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    A prisoner breaks out of jail. Oswald, who is the prison guard, goes to get him back.

  50. Hawaiian Pineapple

    May 4, 1930 No. 3007 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    A day in Hawaii means fun and excitement when a mouse decides to live dangerously by flying a plane into a volcano.