Silly Symphonies

Silly Symphonies was a series of animated short films produced by Walt Disney productions from 1929 to 1939. Unlike the Mickey Mouse cartoon universe (with the exception of The Three Little Pigs and most notably Donald Duck who made his first appearance in the 1934 short, The Wise Little Hen ) Silly Symphonies did not have recurring characters and each one was depicted as a stand alone production. A total of 75 Silly Symphonies cartoons were made and the series is mostly remembered as being a platform which Disney used to experiment with different processes, techniques, characters, stories, and technologies for which the then fledgling company could use to refine and perfect it's animation style; making the series a key part in aiding Walt Disney's efforts to expand into feature length animated films. Over it's ten year run, Silly Symphonies would go on to win Disney seven Academy Awards for best Animated Short Film and spawned numerous imitators, some of which (such as Warner Bros' Merry Melodies) would go on to be major competitors with Disney. =Filmography=

Non-Canonical Silly Symphonies
The Silly Symphonies series may have ended, but that did not stop Disney from making more Silly Symphony-esque cartoons years later. Here is the list:

1950

 * The Brave Engineer
 * Morris the Midget Moose

1952

 * Lambert the Sheepish Lion
 * Susie the Little Blue Coupe
 * The Little House

1953

 * Adventures In Music: Melody
 * Football (Now and Then)
 * Adventures In Music: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
 * Ben and Me

1954

 * Pigs Is Pigs
 * Casey Bats Again
 * Social Lion

1956

 * Jack and Old Mac
 * A Cowboy Needs a Horse

1957

 * The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A.
 * The Truth About Mother Goose

1958

 * Paul Bunyan

1959

 * Noah's Ark

1960

 * Goliath II

1961

 * The Saga of Windwagon Smith

1962

 * A Symposium on Popular Songs

New Era Silly Symphonies
These cartoons were made after the Animated Short Department was closed in 1962. Some were made for film festivals and have generally stayed out of public viewing since their release.

1978

 * The Small One

1982

 * Vincent

1986

 * Oilspot and Lipstick (Created for the 1987 SIGGRAPH convention in Anaheim)

1992

 * Pedal to the Metal (Released with the movie Three Ninjas)

1998

 * Redux Riding Hood (Released at many film festivals)
 * Three Little Pigs (Released at many film festivals)

2000

 * John Henry (Released with the Direct-to-Video Short Compilation "Legends and Tall Tales")

2003

 * Destino (Released at many film festivals)

2004

 * Lorenzo (Released with the movie Raising Helen)