Disney’s “The Pied Piper” (1933)
The tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin originates from a German folk tale that dates to the 13th century, with written sources originating towards the 16th century. English poet…
Tag Archives: Silly Symphonies
Sing Me A Cartoon #22: Original Mousetracks
You would think that, by 1936, the folks at the Walt Disney studios would have every way figured to promote their product. Toys . . . newspaper comic strips ….
Celebrating Disney’s Silly Symphony: “The Night Before Christmas”
In December of 1933, The Walt Disney Studios released its own version of the classic Clement Clarke Moore poem as its fortieth animated Silly Symphony cartoon.
Sing Me A Cartoon 20: Who Played Cock Robin?
The Disney music department was pinning its hopes on a song in a cartoon that was based on a poem that had first been printed around 1744 – Who Killed Cock Robin?
Sing Me A Cartoon 19: Two Sequels, One Mystery
“The Three Little Pigs” spawned two sequel songs–one of which we may never hear. Here’s what I know about them.
Sing Me a Cartoon 18: “The World Owes Me A Living!”
The tunes from other Silly Symphonies weren’t nearly as successful as Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf? But that didn’t mean that the songwriters at Disney weren’t trying!
Sing Me A Cartoon #17: Turning the Paige
Victor was interested in covering songs from the latest “Silly Symphonies”, so they turned to an musician familiar with these selections. That bandleader was Raymond Paige.
The Old Mill Celebrates 80th Anniversary
This is one of my favorite Silly Symphony shorts because it had no dialogue and relied solely on the visuals and music to tell the story.
Sing Me A Cartoon #12: The Rarest of the Rare
Frank Luther recorded “Mickey Mouse And Minnie’s In Town”, and “In A Silly Symphony”. They were released on picture discs in early 1934 – and they didn’t sell at all!
Sing Me A Cartoon #9: Who’s Afraid of “dem boesen Wolf?”
“Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?” was a huge hit all over the world – no more so than in the early days of Nazi Germany.
