The Silly Symphonies Disney's First Fantasyland

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THE SILLY SYMPHONIES DISNEY’S FIRST FANTASYLAND

3 PART I THE TIFFANY LINE

5 The Skeleton of an Idea 7 The Earliest Symphony Formula 9 Starting to Tell Tales Il Remaking Fairy Tales 18 Silly Toddlers and Their Families 19 Caste and Class in the Symphonies 21 An Exception to the Silly Rules: Three Little Pigs 22 Another Exception: Who Killed Cock Robin? 25 New Direction for the Symphonies at RKO 27 Ending in a Symphony Dream World 29 On a Final Note

31 PART Il PRODUCING THE SILLY SYMPHONIES

31 The ColurnbiaYears (1929-1932) 35 The United Artists Years (I932- 1937) 45 Disney’s RKO Radio Pictures (I937- 1939) 53 THE SKELETON DANCE (I929) I14 KING NEPTUNE (I932) a5 EL TERRIBLE TOREADOR (I 929) 115 BABES IN THE WOODS (I932) 58 SPRINGTIME (1929) I18 SANTA’S WORKSHOP (I 932)

50 HELL’S BELLS (I 929) 120 BIRDS IN THE SPRING (I933) 62 THE MERRY DWARFS (I929) I22 FATHER NOAH’S ARK (1933) 64 SUMMER (1930) i 24 THREE LITTLE PIGS (1933)

66 AUTUMN (I 930) I28 OLD KING COLE (1933)

58 CANNIBAL CAPERS (I 930) I30 LULLABY LAND (I 933)

7 NIGHT (I 930) I32 THE PIED PIPER (I933) 72 FROLICKING FISH (I 930) I34 THE CHINA SHOP (I933) É4 ARCTIC ANTICS (1930) I36 THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (I933) 76 MIDNIGHT IN ATOY SHOP (1930) I38 GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS (I 934) 78 MONKEY MELODIES (I 930) I49 THE BIG BAD WOLF (1934) no WINTER (I 930) i 42 FUNNY LITTLE BUNNIES (1934) 82 PLAYFUL PAN (I 930) I44 THE FLYING MOUSE (I 934)

84 BIRDS OF A FEATHER (I93 I) I46 THE WISE LITTLE HEN (I934) 86 MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES (I 93 I) 148 PECULIAR PENGUINS (1934) 88 THE CHINA PLATE (I93 I) I50 THE GODDESS OF SPRING (I934)

90 THE BUSY BEAVERS (I93 I) I52 THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE (I934)

92 THE CAT’S NIGHTMARE (I93 I) t 54 THE GOLDEN TOUCH (1935) 94 EGYPTIAN MELODIES (193 I) I56 THE ROBBER KITTEN (I935) 9 THE CLOCK STORE (I93 I) I58 WATER BABIES (I 935)

98 THE SPIDER AND THE FLY (I93 I) 160 THE COOKIE CARNIVAL (I935)

I 00 THE FOX HUNT (I93 I) ì 62 WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? (1935) I02 THE UGLY DUCKLING (I93 I) I64 MUSIC LAND (1935) i o4 THE BIRD STORE (I932) I66 THREE ORPHAN KITTENS (I935) ì 06 THE BEARS AND BEES (I932) I68 COCK O’THE WALK (1935) I08 JUST DOGS (1932) ì7Q THREE LITTLE WOLVES (1936) I10 FLOWERS AND TREES (I 932) I72 ELMER ELEPHANT (I 936) I i2 BUGS IN LOVE (I932) I74 BROKENTOYS (1935) r 74 TOBY TORTOISE RETURNS (I936) WYNKEN,BLYNKEN & NOD (1938) 178 THREE BLIND MOUSEKETEERS (I936) 0 96 MOTH ANDTHE FLAME (1938) 180 THE COUNTRY COUSIN (I 936) i 98 MERBABIES (I 938)

I82 MOTHER PLUTO (I 936) 202 FARMYARD SYMPHONY (1938)

I84 MORE KITTENS (I936) 204 MOTHER GOOSE GOES HOLLYWOOD (I938)

186 WOODLAND CAFÉ (I 937) 206 THE PRACTICAL PIG (1939)

ì 88 LITTLE HIAWATHA (I937) 208 THE UGLY DUCKLING (1939)

I90 THE OLD MILL (1937) 218 FERDINANDTHE BULL (1938)

215 APPENDIX A THREE SYMPHONY SIMILES

216 HOT CHOCOLATE SOLDIERS (I934)

218 DON DONALD (I 937)

220 DONALD’S BETTER SELF (I 938)

222 APPENDIX B UNFINISHED SYMPHONIES

227 APPENDIX C SUNDAY COLOR COMIC PAGES

230 APPENDIX D SILLY SYMPHONY DISCOGRAPHY

234 APPENDIX E SILLY SYMPHONY BOOKS, 1934-1940

239 APPENDIX F GOOD HOUSEKEEPING PAGES

243 Bibliography 247 Index