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101. Donald's Camera (1941)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Inspired by a store display, Donald decides to "hunt" some wildlife with his camera. First, he encounters a too-friendly chipmunk, then a large group of shy animals, then some animals in a ... See full summary »

Directors: Dick Lundy, David Hand | Star: Clarence Nash

Votes: 710

102. Donald's Better Self (1938)

TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Schoolboy Donald is torn between his angel and devil sides, though in Donald's case, the devil side isn't hard to resist. But the smoking he's encouraged to do turns him green and gives him... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Don Brodie, Clarence Nash

Votes: 950

103. Donald and Pluto (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Plumber Donald is using a large magnet in his work. When he drops it, it causes trouble for Pluto, especially after Pluto swallows it. Things begin clinging to him, especially his metal dog dish.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Lee Millar, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,002

104. Don Donald (1937)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Donald is courting Daisy (called Donna, here in her first appearance) Duck in Mexico. He arrives on a burro, which doesn't get along at all well with her; she convinces him to buy a car. ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Lee Millar, Clarence Nash

Votes: 941

105. Clock Cleaners (1937)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are cleaning a large clock. Among the complications: Mickey fights a sleeping stork that doesn't want to leave, Donald gets tangled up in the main-spring, and Goofy is inside the bell when the clock strikes four.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 2,942

106. Chef Donald (1941)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Donald is listening to a radio cooking program while mixing up a batch of waffles. But he's distracted and uses rubber cement instead of baking powder.

Director: Jack King | Stars: Clarence Nash, Sarah Selby

Votes: 1,597

107. Boat Builders (1938)

TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy build a boat, but find it's harder than they had anticipated.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,698

108. Birds of a Feather (1931)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical

Swans swim by; a peacock displays its plumage in glorious black-and-white while a passing duck jeers; assorted songbirds chirp; a woodpecker chases a caterpillar; a chorus of owls croons. A... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Marion Darlington, Beatrice Hagen, Mary Moder

Votes: 428

109. Billposters (1940)

8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

Donald and Goofy are putting up advertising posters in a farm. Goofy prepares to post on a windmill, but his tools keep disappearing and reappearing on the windmill blades. Donald puts up ... See full summary »

Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Clarence Nash, Danny Webb

Votes: 597

110. Beach Picnic (1939)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending the rubber horse over to Pluto which ... See full summary »

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Burt Gillett | Stars: Lee Millar, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,298

111. Babes in the Woods (1932)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Two children wander the forest and get lured into a witch's house.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner, Lucille La Verne, Purv Pullen

Votes: 1,401

112. Alpine Climbers (1936)

Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Up in the Swiss Alps, Mickey Mouse tangles with a mother eagle, Donald Duck scraps with an edelweiss-stealing goat and Pluto gets inebriated with a St. Bernard.

Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Melvin J. Gibby, Lee Millar

Votes: 1,067

113. All Together (1942)

3 min | Animation, Short, War

The entire Disney menagerie appears in a parade urging the purchase of war bonds.

Directors: Pinto Colvig, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand, Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Justice, Jack King, Jack Kinney, Erdman Penner, Walt Pfeiffer, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Walt Disney, Cliff Edwards, Kate-Ellen Murtagh, Clarence Nash

Votes: 334

114. A Good Time for a Dime (1941)

8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

A simple visit to the penny arcade turns into quite a frustrating experience for Donald.

Directors: Jack King, Dick Lundy | Star: Clarence Nash

Votes: 651

115. Pluto's Party (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

At his own party, Pluto gets pushed around by the nephews and cannot even get any of his own cake until after the party, when Mickey presents him with a piece he had saved.

Director: Milt Schaffer | Stars: Ruth Clifford, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 795

116. Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Pluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds him, and goes off to wash the kitten. Pluto falls asleep in front of the fire, and dreams of a hell ruled ... See full summary »

Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Votes: 1,160

117. Pluto's Dream House (1940)

8 min | Animation, Short, Family

Mickey Mouse finds a magic lamp that builds Pluto a doghouse.

Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Elvia Allman, W.F. Banes, Walt Disney, Lee Millar

Votes: 461

118. Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The tree that Mickey and Pluto chop down to bring home for Christmas is the tree that Chip 'n Dale live in.

Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig, Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald

Votes: 3,473

119. Peculiar Penguins (1934)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Two penguins woo.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Jimmie Cushman, Lester Dorr, Jack Mower, Clarence Nash

Votes: 575

120. Parade of the Award Nominees (1932)

2 min | Animation, Short, Musical

Academy Award nominees march in a parade grand marshaled by Mickey Mouse.

Directors: Walt Disney, Burt Gillett

Votes: 323

121. Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (1942)

3 min | Animation, Short, Family

Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials for explosives for the war effort.

Directors: Ben Sharpsteen, Jack King | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Pinto Colvig, Art Gilmore, James MacDonald

Votes: 292

122. Orphans' Picnic (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Mickey and Donald take a truckload of mouse boys on a picnic. The boys delight in tormenting Donald, first by filching the picnic food, then giving him a flower with a bee inside (Donald ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Clarence Nash

Votes: 608

123. Orphans' Benefit (1941)

9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Micky and friends put on a revue for the orphans. Donald recites nursery rhymes, but the orphans torment him. Horace, Goofy, and Clarabelle do a dance number. Donald tries again. Clara ... See full summary »

Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Florence Gill, Beatrice Hagen

Votes: 556

124. Old MacDonald Duck (1941)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Donald owns a farm; he sings Old MacDonald while feeding the animals. He goes to milk Clementine the cow, but she's not in the barn: she's up a tree, nibbling on leaves. She floats down, ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Clementine, Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash

Votes: 808

125. Officer Duck (1939)

7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Officer Donald Duck (Officer #13) is assigned to apprehend a criminal named Tiny Tom. Donald assumes by the name that he'll be a pushover but when he reaches Tom's hideout, he discovers "... See full summary »

Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash

Votes: 669

126. Music Land (1935)

Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The princess violin from the sleepy Land of Symphony is chased by a more lively alto saxophone from the Isle of Jazz. Soon the queen (a viola) discovers them and locks the sax in the metronome.

Director: Wilfred Jackson

Votes: 1,210

127. Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Mickey and Pluto are taking a trip on the train, but Conductor Pete won't allow Pluto aboard. After sneaking Pluto onto the train in his luggage, Mickey must do some quick thinking and don a few disguises to keep from getting kicked off.

Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Elvia Allman, Billy Bletcher, Walt Disney, Lee Millar

Votes: 1,482

128. Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Donald's frustration level is stretched to the limit when he attempts to court Daisy without the interference of his nephews.

Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,346

129. Moving Day (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, with the help of Goofy the iceman, try to move out before the sheriff can sell off their furniture.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,054

130. Mother Pluto (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

A hen has taken up residence in Pluto's doghouse and laid her eggs. She steps out; Pluto comes home and the eggs all hatch, and the chicks take Pluto for mommy and won't let go. Then a ... See full summary »

Director: David Hand | Stars: Purv Pullen, Jayne Shadduck, Pinto Colvig, Florence Gill

Votes: 580

131. Mother Goose Melodies (1931)

Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

An extremely large Old King Cole sings his story. His "fiddlers three" turn out to be the Three Blind Mice. And his book is Mother Goose, which illustrates Little Miss Muffett, Jack and ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Jack Mercer, Purv Pullen, Mae Questel, Marion Darlington

Votes: 538

132. Moose Hunters (1937)

Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

Goofy (front) and Donald (rear) are dressed in a female moose suit, trying to lure a moose for hunter Mickey. When they do find one, it turns out to be more than they can handle.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Stuart Buchanan, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Lee Millar

Votes: 891

133. Modern Inventions (1937)

9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Donald Duck visits a museum of modern inventions; among the inventions he struggles with: a robot butler who keeps taking his hat; a package wrapping machine; a robot nursemaid; an automated barber chair.

Director: Jack King | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Billy Bletcher, Cliff Edwards, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,114

134. Mickey's Trailer (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Mickey and Donald ride in a trailer pulled by Goofy, who doesn't realize his car has separated from the trailer as they travel down a mountain.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Richard Edwards, Clarence Nash

Votes: 3,633

135. Mickey's Rival (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Minnie's old sweetheart Mortimer drops in while she and Mickey are out on a picnic.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Purv Pullen, Sonny Dawson, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 1,314

136. Mickey's Polo Team (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse and his friends face off against a team of celebrities in a polo match.

Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Ned Norton

Votes: 796

137. Mickey's Parrot (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

A parrot belonging to an escaped killer washes up in Mickey's basement. Mickey hears it talking and thinks the parrot is the killer he's just heard about on the radio. While Mickey is ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Roberts | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Lee Millar, Ernie Stanton

Votes: 564

138. Mickey's Grand Opera (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey is preparing to conduct an opera when he chases Pluto away. Pluto crashes into a magician's props backstage and spars with the hat, its rabbits, and its doves. The opera begins: ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Count Cutelli, Walt Disney, Florence Gill

Votes: 681

139. Mickey's Garden (1935)

Approved | 9 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

The insects have completely taken over Mickey's garden. He spritzes them with insecticide, but runs out and they keep feasting. He mixes a new batch. Meanwhile, Pluto stalks a bug and gets ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Billy Sheets

Votes: 885

140. Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935)

Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

Mickey, Donald and Goofy are firefighters. As you might expect, their attempts at fighting a boarding house fire are not particularly effective. They hear Clarabelle singing in the bathtub ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Beatrice Hagen, Elvia Allman, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Votes: 1,210

141. Mickey's Elephant (1936)

8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

A friend shipped Mickey a baby elephant, Bobo (not, apparently, related to the Warner Bros. Bobo) as a playmate for Pluto. Pluto's first introduction is to Bobo's trunk, through a fence. ... See full summary »

Directors: David Hand, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Don Brodie, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald

Votes: 624

142. Mickey's Delayed Date (1947)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey's evening started slow and lazy, but things get moving in a hurry when Minnie calls from outside the big dance, wondering why he's late for their date.

Directors: Charles Nichols, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Leone Le Doux, James MacDonald

Votes: 844

143. Mickey's Circus (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey is ringmaster of a circus for orphans. Donald has a trained sea lion act, and does a bit of juggling himself. Mostly, though, he fights with a baby sea lion who keeps stealing both ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Jayne Shadduck

Votes: 728

144. Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

G | 26 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.

Director: Burny Mattinson | Stars: Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith, Will Ryan

Votes: 15,364 | Gross: $21.00M

145. Mickey's Birthday Party (1942)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The gang gives Mickey a surprise party that turns into a jam session with everyone playing instruments while Goofy has problems baking a cake.

Directors: Hamilton Luske, Riley Thomson | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Walt Disney, Florence Gill, George Johnson

Votes: 1,042

146. Mickey's Amateurs (1937)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey hosts an amateur hour radio show. Among the acts: Donald forgetting the words to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"; Clara Cluck singing and chasing the microphone; and Goofy with an ... See full summary »

Directors: Pinto Colvig, Erdman Penner, Walt Pfeiffer | Stars: Elvia Allman, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill

Votes: 581

147. Mickey Down Under (1948)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Mickey is running a banana plantation. Pluto is frightened by Mickey's boomerang and gets tangled up with it. Meanwhile, Mickey has found an ostrich egg whose owner isn't at all happy that Mickey wants to take it.

Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald

Votes: 762

148. Mickey and the Seal (1948)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey accidentally takes a seal home, after it sneaks into his picnic basket. When Mickey takes a bath, the seal is discovered and Mickey returns him to the park. Later, Mickey and Pluto discover that the bathroom is filled with seals.

Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: W.F. Banes, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald, Purv Pullen

Votes: 1,360

149. Magician Mickey (1937)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Donald continually heckles Mickey's magic act, but Mickey bests him at every turn. Donald shoots off a magic pistol that causes all the stage props to fall down on them at the finish of the act.

Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,221

150. Lullaby Land (1933)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family

A baby is transported to Lullaby Land, where pacifiers grow on trees, diapers, bottles, and potty chairs march on parade, and the gingham dog comes to life. He wanders into the "keep out" ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Beatrice Hagen, Mary Moder

Votes: 570

151. Lonesome Ghosts (1937)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey, Donald and Goofy run the "Ajax Ghost Exterminators" agency. They receive a call from lonely and bored ghosts to come to their house where they are scared silly by the hilarious haunts and taunts of these spirited pranksters.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash

Votes: 3,379

152. Just Dogs (1932)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Pluto's cage-mate helps him escape from the pound and find a bone to eat. But Pluto is not especially grateful.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Jimmie Cushman, Lester Dorr, Lee Millar

Votes: 485

153. The Skeleton Dance (1929)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The 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.

Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Walt Disney, Carl W. Stalling

Votes: 6,299

154. The Simple Things (1953)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

While Mickey fishes at the beach, Pluto has bad encounters with a clam and then a seagull that also steals Mickey's bait and fish. The pair are eventually chased away by all the gull's friends.

Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald, Clarke Mallery

Votes: 871

155. The Robber Kitten (1935)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Ambrose the kitten renames himself Butch and runs away from home with plans to become a robber. His first intended victim, though, is a real robber: Dirty Bill, a dog. Dirty Bill asks ... See full summary »

Director: David Hand | Stars: Elvia Allman, Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash, Shirley Reed

Votes: 632

156. The Riveter (1940)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

Construction foreman Pegleg Pete has just fired his riveter; Donald comes by and takes the job, despite a lack of experience and an initial fear of heights, and makes a mess of things.

Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash

Votes: 807

157. The Prince and the Pauper (1990)

G | 25 min | Animation, Short, Action

A poor boy and a prince exchange identities and lives while the villainous Captain of the Guard plots to take advantage of this.

Director: George Scribner | Stars: Wayne Allwine, Bill Farmer, Arthur Burghardt, Tony Anselmo

Votes: 4,040

158. The Pointer (1939)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Mickey and Pluto's hunt for quail turns into a disaster when Mickey wakes up a bear.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald, Lee Millar

Votes: 692

159. The Old Mill (1937)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.

Directors: Graham Heid, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Elvia Allman, Marie Arbuckle, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster

Votes: 4,862

160. The Old Army Game (1943)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Private Donald is caught going AWOL and Sgt. Pete is waiting in his barraks for him.

Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash

Votes: 567

161. The Nifty Nineties (1941)

Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Mickey courts Minnie in the Gay Nineties: they take in a vaudeville show and go for a drive in his horseless carriage, to the strains of "While Strolling Through the Park" and "In the Good ... See full summary »

Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Bill Days, Walt Disney, Florence Gill

Votes: 560

162. The Little Whirlwind (1941)

G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey 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 ... See full summary »

Directors: James Algar, Wilfred Jackson, Riley Thomson | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Walt Disney

Votes: 1,387

163. The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

When a lazy grasshopper prefers to sing and dance rather than forage like his friends the ants, he learns to regret it when winter approaches. The ants save his life and in return he entertains them with his music.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Pinto Colvig

Votes: 1,959

164. The Hockey Champ (1939)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Donald shows his nephews the moves that won him his hockey trophy. But the boys have a few moves of their own.

Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,510

165. The Golden Touch (1935)

Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A dwarf grants the king's wish that everything he touches will turn to gold. When the king finds that he cannot eat, he is no longer happy with the gift. By giving up his worldly property, he finds happiness going from riches to rags.

Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Mary Moder, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen

Votes: 1,624

166. Golden Eggs (1941)

8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

Donald reads in his newspaper that eggs are really going up in value and the price is skyrocketing. Donald realizes that if he had some eggs, he would be quite the wealthy duck so he breaks... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Carol Adams, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Florence Gill

Votes: 636

167. The Fox Hunt (1938)

8 min | Family, Animation, Short

Donald controls the hounds (or maybe they control him), and Goofy is riding on his shy horse, as the fox outwits both of them. Some other Disney characters are seen briefly in the hunting party at the end.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Richard Edwards, Florence Gill

Votes: 614

168. The Flying Mouse (1934)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

To the tune "I Would Like to Be a Bird," a young mouse fashions wings from a pair of leaves, to the great amusement of his brothers when his attempts to use them fail. When the butterfly he... See full summary »

Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Marion Darlington, Marcellite Garner

Votes: 886

169. Fire Chief (1940)

G | 8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Donald and his nephews are the staff of a fire station. Huey, Dewey, and Louie, annoyed by Donald's snoring, ring the fire alarm. Soon, his bumbling sets the fire station itself on fire. ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash

Votes: 775

170. The Country Cousin (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Morty Citymouse invites his cousin Abner Countrymouse for a visit and shows him the ways of the big city, including traps, eating quietly, and busy traffic.

Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,667

171. The Cookie Carnival (1935)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Cookies, cakes, and other desserts march in a parade. A gingerbread girl cries because she has nothing to wear; a gingerbread man dresses her up, and she is named cookie queen.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, The Four Blackbirds, Marcellite Garner, The Guardsmen

Votes: 880

172. The China Plate (1931)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Fantasy

The emperor's musicians play their instruments (and a stray cat) while the ladies of the court dance. Meanwhile, the children fish and play. But soon, the children anger the emperor, who ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Purv Pullen

Votes: 484

173. The Busy Beavers (1931)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A group of beavers goes about their dam-building, musically. The rain comes, and washes the dam away.

Director: Burt Gillett | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 493

174. Brave Little Tailor (1938)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Inspired by the Grimm's fairy tale, this classic 1938 Mickey cartoon finds our hero (voiced by Walt Disney) battling a hilariously huge "problem.

Directors: Burt Gillett, Bill Roberts | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Eddie Holden, Billy Sheets

Votes: 3,341

175. The Big Bad Wolf (1934)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Red Riding Hood is accompanied by Fiddler Pig and Piper Pig as she takes a shortcut through the forest to deliver food to her sick grandmother.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Mary Moder

Votes: 2,309

176. The Band Concert (1935)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey is a frustrated bandleader dealing with obnoxious peanut vendor and flute player Donald, who tries to persuade the band to play "Turkey in the Straw," and a cyclone hits before his concert of "William Tell Overture" is completed.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash

Votes: 3,951

177. The Autograph Hound (1939)

8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Autograph hound Donald, despite the security guard, manages to get signatures from Greta Garbo, 'Mickey Rooney', Sonja Henie, The Ritz Brothers, and Shirley Temple before he's recognized ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Donald Barry, Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash

Votes: 757

178. Symphony Hour (1942)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey guest-directs a radio orchestra. The sponsor loves the rehearsal, but come the actual performance, Goofy drops all the instruments under an elevator, so they sound like toys. The sponsor hates it, but the audience loves it anyway.

Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill

Votes: 707

179. Society Dog Show (1939)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Rather out of place at a swanky dog show, Pluto flirts with Fifi, a dainty Pekingese. The judge orders Mickey and Pluto to leave, but when a fire breaks out Pluto rescues Fifi and is proclaimed a hero.

Director: Bill Roberts | Stars: Billy Bletcher, John McLeish, Walt Disney, Lee Millar

Votes: 1,162

180. 7 Wise Dwarfs (1941)

4 min | Animation, Short, War

The Seven Dwarfs mine their diamonds for conversion into war bonds for the Canadian war effort.

Directors: David Hand, Richard Lyford | Star: Pinto Colvig

Votes: 330

181. Self Control (1938)

9 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Donald hears a radio philosopher advise to laugh and count ten when he gets angry. He tries it successfully, then settles into his hammock for a nap. Between a caterpillar and the hen ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Al Bernie, Otis Harlan, Florence Gill, Clarence Nash

Votes: 759

182. Sea Scouts (1939)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.

Director: Dick Lundy | Star: Clarence Nash

Votes: 894

183. Runaway Brain (1995)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Action

In an attempt to convince Minnie that he hasn't forgotten to buy her an anniversary present, Mickey Mouse ends up promising to take her to Hawaii. Funds being short, he applies for a job as... See full summary »

Director: Chris Bailey | Stars: Wayne Allwine, Russi Taylor, Kelsey Grammer, Jim Cummings

Votes: 1,309

184. Reason and Emotion (1943)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short

A film about the need for emotional control for the war effort.

Director: Bill Roberts | Stars: Dessie Flynn, Frank Graham, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 566

185. R'coon Dawg (1951)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey's hunting raccoons, with help from Pluto. But the raccoon outsmarts Pluto at every turn, with help from a vine, a stream, and ultimately grabbing Mickey's coonskin cap and puppeteering it as a baby coon.

Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: James MacDonald, Cactus Mack, Clarence Nash

Votes: 347

186. Put-Put Troubles (1940)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

A day of boating doesn't end up the way Donald and Pluto had hoped.

Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Lee Millar, Clarence Nash

Votes: 568

187. Private Pluto (1943)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Pluto is a guard dog on a military base. He's told there are saboteurs, and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). Before long, the "saboteurs" reveal themselves: Chip and Dale,... See full summary »

Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Dessie Flynn, Norma Swank

Votes: 531

188. Polar Trappers (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Donald and Goofy are trappers in the frozen south (Antarctica) with different approaches. Donald sees a penguin and dresses as one to lure her to the chopping block; Goofy baits a trap with... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Richard Edwards, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen

Votes: 874

189. Wynken, Blynken & Nod (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family

Three sleepy babies in a clog-boat sailing through the night sky attempt to fish with candy canes for very smart fish.

Director: Graham Heid | Star: Divonna Doxie

Votes: 791

190. Woodland Café (1937)

7 min | Comedy, Animation, Family

Insects gather at a night café to watch an Apache dance act and a jazz band with comical results.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Elvia Allman, Marie Arbuckle, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster

Votes: 593

191. Window Cleaners (1940)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family

Donald Duck is a window washer who has problems, from his hat and tail feather being trimmed to waking up Pluto to break the window. And finally tormenting a bee, getting tied up on the platform only to have his rear end stung by a bee.

Director: Jack King | Stars: Lee Millar, Clarence Nash

Votes: 838

192. Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Robin is crooning to a Mae West-like Jenny Wren when he is shot with an arrow. A court is convened; the judge, an owl, keeps singing the title. A variety of birds are brought to the witness stand, but nobody knows a thing.

Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Leo Cleary, Pinto Colvig

Votes: 878

193. Water Babies (1935)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Without dialogue, "Water Babies" chronicles the activities of numerous kewpie doll-like water nymphs over the course of a single day, from their awakening from their slumber in the shelter ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Beatrice Hagen, Clarence Nash, Marion Darlington, Leone Le Doux

Votes: 468

194. Tugboat Mickey (1940)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

As Mickey, Donald and Goofy are preparing their tugboat to head out to sea, they receive a distress call from a sinking ship. This program is presented as originally created.

Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Danny Webb

Votes: 1,233

195. Truant Officer Donald (1941)

8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

Donald catches his nephews swimming on a school day. He thinks he's made an easy catch, but the boys are much more resourceful than that. When he tries to smoke them out of their clubhouse,... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash

Votes: 909

196. Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A sequel to The Tortoise and the Hare (1935), Max Hare and Toby Tortoise are competing again, this time mismatched in the boxing ring.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Alyce Ardell, Marcellite Garner, Eddie Holden, Leone Le Doux

Votes: 1,516

197. Timber (1941)

8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

Hobo Donald steals dinner off Pegleg Pete's table. Pete gives Donald a stick of dynamite. Then he puts Donald to work chopping trees. To say Donald is an inept lumberjack is understating ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher

Votes: 661

198. Thru the Mirror (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey has been reading Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There", and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is ... See full summary »

Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen, Walt Disney

Votes: 2,801

199. Three Little Wolves (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Two frivolous pigs blow the "wolf" horn one too many times and Practical Pig ignores them. The Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Wolves capture the pigs and eventually Practical Pig manages to rescue them in nick of time with "Wolf Pacifier."

Directors: Burt Gillett, David Hand | Stars: Alyce Ardell, Leone Le Doux, Bonnie Poe, Billy Bletcher

Votes: 1,745

200. Three Little Pigs (1933)

Passed | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Mary Moder

Votes: 6,721 | Gross: $0.25M



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