These are animations that were created as basically space filler for the Silly Symphony comic strips produced by the walt disney company in 1934 and 1935. I scanned them from a reprint of the strip put out by Abbeville press in 1980, and digitally brought them to life to share with everyone else out there who is into this sort of disney/animation ephemera. Most of these are generic business by mickey and the gang, but it is interesting to see where they fit in the timeline of Disney history- note for example one that has Mickey in his suit from The Band concert, the first Mickey cartoon in Technicolor, or the two animations of Donald Duck as he appeared shortly after his first role in the Silly Symphony "The Wise Little Hen," as well as one of the little red hen herself, not to be confused with Henrietta Hen, who makes an appearance in one of these animations performing a thrilling soprano aria. Hope you all enjoy seeing these!
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Just for the record, that first appearance of Donald Duck is THE WISE LITTLE HEN, not THE LITTLE RED HEN ...
you're correct, good catch. will correct the post.
Generations of "Golden Books" have trained us all to think of THE LITTLE RED HEN when the words "little" and "hen" are used in a title! :) These look fanTAStic, by the way; thanks for posting them!
It also doesn't help that the old Abbeville press book from which i derived these (Animated Features & Silly Symphonies, 1980 - ISBN 0-89659-120-4), containing the comic strips based on the silly symphonies, titles that chapter The Little Red Hen too. Glad they have been appreciated regardless of the title. I understand a new book collecting the strips is actually forthcoming from IDW, which I will be excited to own: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1631405586?keywords=idw&qid=1449334597&ref_=sr_1_28&s=books&sr=1-28
Very true -- I'm the associate editor for The Library of American Comics and am working on the series! We'll have an interview about our SILLY SYMPHONIES Volume One on-line soon at Westfield Comics (www.westfieldcomics.com). If you have no objection, I'll see if they'll include a link to your site so folks can see the animations for themselves.
Nope, no objections- they're here to be shared! :-)
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