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- DirectorUb IwerksWalt DisneyStarsWalt DisneyMickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
- DirectorJames AlgarWilfred JacksonRiley ThomsonStarsThelma BoardmanWalt DisneyMickey wants some of the cake Minnie has just baked, so he offers to clean up her yard. As he's working, a tiny tornado (smaller than him) with a mind of its own comes along and causes trouble. After Mickey finally chases the little twister off, it gets its big brother, which makes a grand mess of the yard. Most of the cartoon, except for the opening and closing, has no dialogue.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksStarsWalt DisneyInspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip involving some necking, though Minnie objects to the necking.
- DirectorWalt DisneyStarsWalt DisneyCarl W. StallingThe clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.
- DirectorDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMickey must save Pluto from a mad doctor's lair.
- DirectorWalt DisneyJack KingStarsGeorge MagrillWalt DisneyMickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksStarsCount CutelliWalt DisneyCarl W. StallingMickey, a hot dog vendor, meets and quickly falls for Minnie the "Shimmy Dancer". He serenades her by performing the song "Sweet Adeline", much to the dismay of Kat Nipp, who is trying to sleep.
- DirectorUb IwerksStarsWalt DisneyMickey's Choo-Choo is a 1929 Mickey Mouse short animated film released by Celebrity Pictures, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. Ub Iwerks was the animator.
- DirectorUb IwerksWalt DisneyMickey Mouse runs a cheap opera house and performs on stage as a snake charmer, a belly dancer and a long-haired pianist.
- DirectorUb IwerksStarsWalt DisneyMickey rides up to a cantina and does a tango with Minnie. When a big cat steals her away, Mickey gives chase, riding a drunken ostrich. At the hideout, Mickey has a swordfight with the cat.
- DirectorUb IwerksWilfred JacksonStarsAnn HoveyWalt DisneyMickey puts on a show in his barnyard. A short dramatic scene by a chicken and rooster; an operatic ode by Patricia Pig, and then the main attraction: Mickey sings and plays his theme song, then dances to it.
- DirectorWalt DisneyStarsWalt DisneyMarjorie RalstonThe Plowboy is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on June 28, 1929, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the eighth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the fifth of that year.
- DirectorWalt DisneyWhile Tom Cat goes away hunting, Mickey, Minnie, and their mouse friends break into his house and perform music. They play various tunes on the piano while the other mice hit household objects in tune to the music.
- DirectorUb IwerksMickey, and a ragtag group of mice, defend their farm from a group of cats, in a sort of small-scale version of the Civil War (complete with appropriate uniforms and "Dixie").
- DirectorDavid HandStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerMickey Mouse operates a steam shovel; Pegleg Pete is his foreman; Minnie Mouse sells box lunches. Mickey must save the day when Pete makes advances to Minnie.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsGeorge MagrillBarbara BrewsterGloria BrewsterAt Christmastime, Mickey Mouse, Minnie and Pluto are beset by an enormous litter of bratty orphan cats.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsPaul FreesTex AveryJohn BrownThe farm of tomorrow proves to be filled with wacky inventions and crazy cross-breeding.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsFrank LachapelleTex AveryJune ForayA series of demonstrations of the kind of motoring accessories we'll all take for granted in the future...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerBilly BletcherPinto ColvigScrewy Squirrel is pursued by a truant officer.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryDick NelsonForest rangers George and Junior try to snuff out a frisky flame with a sparky personality that threatens to set the forest alight...
- DirectorTex AveryStarsWilliam HannaCal HowardWally MaherA screwy squirrel provokes a pedigreed birddog to chase him throughout the picture.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsPinto ColvigWilliam HannaLeone Le DouxA series of visual gags about baseball. One running gag has an angry fan screaming "Kill the ump!" Be careful what you wish for.....
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald the Rabbit becomes father to a brood of unruly bunnies.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald the Rabbit is the conductor on a runaway trolley.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald battles a mischievous cat for possession of both his girlfriend and his bicycle.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald wakes up grumpy and takes it out on his alarm clock, afterward trying his best to wake up the mechanical cow sleeping in the bed beside him, with limited success. They finally do get going, sailing around the barnyard offering milk to denizens of the farm. When kidnappers arrive and takes Oswald's girlfriend away, he and the cow set off to rescue her.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald's country is at war, like many other volunters he joins the army and finds himself soon in the trenches. A short battle leaves him wounded, but at least in the field hospital where his girlfriend is working.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksOswald attempts to win the affections of another rabbit by pretending to be a beach life guard.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksOswald the Rabbit enters an airplane race with a makeshift aircraft and ends up riding a dachshund lifted into the air by balloons. Meanwhile, his peg-legged rival tries to cheat his way to victory.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald works for a rich banker as his limousine driver. Unfortunately, he gets fired for flirting with his daughter, Sadie. However, soon afterwards, the banker's bank is robbed by Pete. Oswald eventually stops him and presumably gets his job back.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksThe Christmas celebration of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald plays a cop who woos a nurse who wanders into the park. Pete then gets Oswald drunk and woos the nurse wearing Oswald's stolen uniform.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald is a tourist in a Moroccan cafe and falls in love with a dancing girl, who he inevitably has to rescue from the clutches of Pete.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald takes Ortensia ("Sadie") out for a ride in his jalopy and soon finds himself in a race with a chasing police car.
- DirectorWalt DisneyA pastoral outing as Oswald and his friends take in the delights on a swimming hole.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksOswald the Rabbit goes hunting for big game in Africa.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald is off to see his sweetheart when he is passed by a rival in a faster car. He takes the lead, though, when both drivers encounter a mud puddle; Oswald isn't afraid to get a little dirty, while his competitor is. Oswald arrives and serenades his love, hampered by the animals in the yard. The rival shows up and they fight over the girl, during which time she slips away with a third suitor.
- DirectorWalt DisneyPenniless Oswald tries sneaking backstage to meet the shimmy dancer he fancies.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald and Ortensia/Sadie are travelling on a mountain road. When her stagecoach gets away, Oswald tries to rescue her. Sadie for Oswald. Pete tries to beat him to it. Resulting in both vying to rescue her.
- DirectorWalt DisneyIn a foreshadowing of what was to become a staple of the Mickey shorts, Oswald manages his farm along to a musical beat.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOzzie tries to find a way to arrest the scoundrel Pete.
- DirectorWalt DisneyThe film follows the misadventures of Oswald and his roughneck pal, Putrid Pete, as they ride a freight car loaded with animals and devise ways to cook a meal using the tools at hand. When a policeman chases them off the train, the duo poses as a hurdy-gurdy man and a monkey as part of their escape.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksWandering minstrel Oswald must rescue his lady love from imprisonment.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald is with his mates in a fox hunt, but he finds his horse is stubborn and won't let him ride at first. Meanwhile, the sly fox outwits the dogs and riders in pursuit at every turn.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksOswald the Rabbit plays the hockey champ, but gets distracted and flirts with a beautiful snow bunny.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald sneaks away from school in order to visit a circus sideshow, and is chased through the circus by the police.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksConstruction worker Oswald must save his sweetheart when his boss makes advances toward her.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsGeorge JohnsonJames MacDonaldJohn McLeishGoofy's demonstration of fishing is fouled up by his clumsy casting and fly fishing, and problems with his boat.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryGilman RankinA close look at fishermen and hunters.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerColleen CollinsPinto ColvigThe last of Tex Avery's variations on Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilised behaviour when watching girls in nightclubs - without, it has to be said, a great deal of success.
- DirectorHawley PrattStarsEddie AlbertBob HoltAthena LordeA ruined industrialist tells his tale of his environmentally self-destructive greed despite the warnings of an old forest creature.
- DirectorBill PerezStarsMason AdamsBob HoltFrank WelkerThe Grinch leaves home in a foul mood, looking for trouble. He runs into the Cat in the Hat and decides to make the cat's life unbearable.
- DirectorAnthony RizzoStarsGeorge WinslowLeo M. Langlois IIIRay J. MauerInstructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsGloria BlondellA basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams (and completely avoiding the subject of sex).
- DirectorDick LundyStarsClarence NashNestor PaivaBen Buzzard runs a "used" (broken) plane lot. Donald takes one of the junkers out for a test fly after signing a life insurance policy payable to Buzzard. Buzzard then tries several schemes to get Donald to wreck.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsMel BlancSteve WhiteThe Killer Diller Boys, three nasty banditos, come to town and kill the sheriff. The Lonesome Stranger (and his horse, Sliver), get a telegram, delivered by an Indian from Western Onion, telling them. (The Indian has "The Vanishing American" printed on his back, so of course, he vanishes.) They ride into town, where the gang is shooting up the bar. Stranger tries to sneak in, but they sneak behind him and steal his guns; he ends up tied to a barrel of gunpowder as the bad guys ride off to rob the stagecoach (announced by another telegram). Lonesome keeps calling for his horse, who is also tied up; the gunpowder goes off like a rocket, sending him crashing right into the gang (and stripping off his pants).