Cartoons released in 1930

211 cartoons ← 1929 1931 →

  1. French Fried

    September 7, 1930 No. 3015 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  2. The Band Master

    September 8, 1930 No. 3010 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    In a bandstand in a park, Krazy Kat and his orchestra give a musical concert. Krazy assumes faces of famous conductors of the day while various gags (some crude, some funny) occur to the be…

  3. The Singing Sap

    September 8, 1930 No. 3019 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Oswald tries to salvage a troubled swimmer at sea.

  4. Farm Foolery

    September 14, 1930 No. VB-3018 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  5. Dutch Treat

    September 21, 1930 No. 3016 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  6. Detective

    September 22, 1930 No. 3021 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

  7. Swing You Sinners!

    September 24, 1930 No. FL3020 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Fleischer Studios' early sound masterpiece throws sexual teasing completely out the window in favor of creating a serious contender for the Most Morbid Cartoon of All Time! Bimbo has a livi…

  8. Monkey Melodies

    September 26, 1930 No. 3014 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    A musical menagerie of monkeys and apes swing through the trees.

  9. Strike Up The Band

    September 26, 1930 No. FL3021 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    A boat sails the sea at night, with the moon watching from above. Bimbo-like sailors march around the deck, then fall through a trap door. They land at the mess table, with lots of other an…

  10. The Village Barber

    September 27, 1930 Theatrical Series Celebrity Productions, Inc.

    As the village barber, Flip tries to cut the hair and beard of a tough lion character. The film ends with Flip, the Lion and some other animals singing a barbershop quartet. You haven't liv…

  11. Circus Capers

    September 28, 1930 No. VB-3019 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    Adventures in a circus, with the evil, mustached ringmaster as the clown's rival for the girl horseback rider. The ringmaster shoots the clown out of a cannon. The clown lands, only to disc…

  12. Congo Jazz

    September 1930 (estimated) No. 4167 Theatrical Series A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures

    As Bosko is hunting in the jungle, a tiger creeps up behind him and gives him a lick. Finding his gun useless, Bosko tries to flee. After being chased and having his body stretched and his…

  13. The Gorilla Mystery

    October 1, 1930 No. CM-7 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Beppo the Gorilla has escaped from the zoo and captures Minnie, tying her up in her own attic. Mickey hunts down the kidnapper, eventually capturing the ape.

  14. Toby The Miner

    October 1, 1930 Theatrical Series M. J. Winkler Productions

    Featuring Toby the Pup

  15. Grand Uproar

    October 3, 1930 No. FL3022 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Bimbo is the hot dog vendor at an opera led by a Leopold Stokowski-like lion, with plenty of operatic mice. Includes a repeating gag of a hippo coming and going through the seats, displacin…

  16. Irish Stew

    October 5, 1930 No. 3017 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  17. The Apache Kid

    October 9, 1930 No. 3011 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Krazy and his girlfriend are dancing at a nightclub. In the blink of an eye, the girl gets kidnapped by a hoodlum on a horse.

  18. Midnight

    October 12, 1930 No. VB-3020 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    A nutty cat and mouse cartoon with a jazzy music score.

  19. The Fowl Ball

    October 13, 1930 No. 143 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Oswald and a group of frogs form an orchestra.

  20. Jidô Shôka Eiga: Muramatsuri

    October 14, 1930 Theatrical Chiyogami Eiga-sha

    One of Japan's greatest animators, Noburo Ofuji, used traditional Edo chiyogami paper to give a cutout animation version of Japanese village life. One of the earliest examples of an animate…

  21. Little Orphan Willie

    October 18, 1930 Theatrical Series Celebrity Productions, Inc.

    When a mother mouse refuses to accept another baby mouse in her family, the Stork leaves the orphan with Flip The Frog. The baby turns out to be a brat who creates a lot of trouble for our…

  22. My Gal Sal

    October 18, 1930 No. FL3023 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Panning and scanning over tenement windows, we move down to street level to find a chubby dog singing. Various animal residents throw things at him, trying to stop the singing, until he is…

  23. The Cuckoo Murder Case

    October 18, 1930 Theatrical Series Celebrity Productions, Inc.

    A cuckoo bird, who lives in an old clock in a creepy old haunted mansion, is mysteriously shot and "killed" by an unknown assailant. One stormy night, the clock face dials for Flip the dete…

  24. Fried Chicken

    October 19, 1930 No. 3018 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  25. The Big Cheese

    October 26, 1930 No. VB-3021 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    The "Big Cheese" walks into town and starts his bullying.

  26. Hold Anything

    October 1930 (estimated) No. 4229 Theatrical Series A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures

    Bosko and Honey are joined by a zoo full of animals who are having too much fun to get any work done on a construction site. A goat's transformation into a hot-air balloon is a surreal high…

  27. Lambs Will Gamble

    November 1, 1930 No. 3012 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Krazy Kat is a Wall Street stockbroker who gets some bad news from his ticker at the time of the stock market crash of 1929. Krazy learns that he's lost everything until he manages a way to…

  28. Sky Scraping

    November 1, 1930 No. FL3024 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    As work begins on a high-rise building, Bimbo is too lazy, and all he thinks about is getting some sleep. The crazy building structure goes straight into the sky and through the moon.

  29. Jumping Beans

    November 2, 1930 No. 3019 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  30. The Navy

    November 3, 1930 No. 3024 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    After working at the pier, Oswald goes to meet his love-interest at the lighthouse.

  31. Winter

    November 5, 1930 No. 3017 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    The animals frolic in the new fallen snow and skate on an icy lake to tunes which include "Jingle Bells" and "The Skater's Waltz."

  32. Gypped In Egypt

    November 9, 1930 No. VB-3022 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    A spooky horror cartoon with a lot of absurd antics involving mummies and skeletons, featuring Waffles and Don. Near the beginning of the story, the two kill their camel.

  33. The Picnic

    November 14, 1930 No. CM-8 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Mickey and Minnie go picnicking but make the mistake of bringing Rover (Pluto) along. The hound chases rabbits and damages Mickey's car.

  34. Mariutch

    November 15, 1930 No. FL3025 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Bimbo is an Italian immigrant who leaves his home and wife to travel to America, only to wind up in Coney Island. Bimbo flirts with a girl, and has a run-in with a cop. Bimbo soon sees this…

  35. Scotch Highball

    November 16, 1930 No. 3020 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  36. Mexico

    November 17, 1930 No. 3025 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    In beautiful Mexico, the big boxing chicken fight has Pete's muscle bound chicken pitted against Oswald's skinny rooster. When his chicken wins, Oswald is honored (in a tickertape parade) a…

  37. Up To Mars

    November 20, 1930 No. FL3026 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Bimbo is setting off fireworks. A mouse gets in his way, and the two of them get into a dynamite fight, sending Bimbo to Mars. On Mars, Bimbo encounters strange behavior, such as an alien t…

  38. Toby The Showman

    November 22, 1930 Theatrical Series M. J. Winkler Productions

    Toby is the star of a stage musical event.

  39. The Office Boy

    November 23, 1930 No. VB-3023 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    A boy mouse works in an office and flirts with the secretary, a girl mouse. The big boss tries to chat up the secretary, too, but the office boy shows the boss's wife into the office. The o…

  40. On A Sunday Afternoon

    November 28, 1930 No. FL3027 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    A chubby dog woman drives her open car full of kids for a ride in the country. They stop to play golf. The bouncing ball bounces over a riverboat, then a Ferris wheel at night. One animal f…

  41. Call Me Speedy

    November 1930 (estimated) Theatrical Pathé Frères Cinema.

    Sammy and Sausage go to the Pathe film studios and conduct their own screen test, not realizing that they are using the slow-motion camera. They are laughed out of the theater. The animator…

  42. Salt Water Taffy

    November 30, 1930 No. 3021 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  43. Africa

    December 1, 1930 No. 3026 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    While venturing the desert, Oswald finds an oasis with a palace in it. There, he meets a queen who asks him to be her king.

  44. The Little Trail

    December 3, 1930 No. 3013 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Krazy is driving a covered wagon in a wagon train full of pioneers heading out West. They sing several Western songs and are attacked by Indians.

  45. Pioneer Days

    December 5, 1930 No. CM-9 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    One of the earliest "costume dramas" featuring Mickey and his gang, Mickey and Minnie are out West and are attacked by Indians. Minnie is captured. Mickey comes looking for her, and is capt…

  46. Stone Age Stunts

    December 7, 1930 No. VB-3024 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  47. The Bug House

    December 7, 1930 Theatrical Series M. J. Winkler Productions

    Featuring Toby the Pup

  48. Accordion Joe

    December 12, 1930 No. FL2916 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Featuring Bimbo, Woman

  49. Golf Nuts

    December 14, 1930 No. 3022 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Mouse, Two Chinese Cats, Farmer Al Falfa

  50. Alaska

    December 15, 1930 No. 3027 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Oswald aims to looks for gold in the mountains. After losing his gear on the way, he heads to a saloon where he spends the rest of cartoon.