1950s and earlier
by tctill | created - 17 Dec 2016 | updated - 27 Dec 2020 | PublicEvery film from the 1950s and earlier that I can recall seeing at least once at some point in my life.
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1. Passage de Venus (1874)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874.
Director: P.J.C. Janssen
Votes: 2,083
2. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878)
TV-G | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
The clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.
Director: Eadweard Muybridge | Stars: Gilbert Domm, Sallie Gardner
Votes: 3,688
3. Buffalo Running (1883)
TV-G | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Individual photographs of the running of a buffalo shot in rapid succession.
Director: Eadweard Muybridge
Votes: 1,200
4. Accordion Player (1888)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A very brief film of a man playing the accordion.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince | Star: Adolphe Le Prince
Votes: 1,459
5. Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
In the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince | Stars: Annie Hartley, Adolphe Le Prince, Joseph Whitley, Sarah Whitley
Votes: 6,796
6. Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A shot of people walking on The Leeds Bridge.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Votes: 3,299
7. Carmencita (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Performing on what looks like a small wooden stage, wearing a dress with a hoop skirt and white high-heeled pumps, Carmencita does a dance with kicks and twirls, a smile always on her face.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Carmencita
Votes: 2,049
8. Sandow: The Strong Man (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Eugen Sandow
Votes: 1,231
9. Leaving the Factory (1895)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Workers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 7,549
10. The Arrival of a Train (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A train arrives at La Ciotat station.
Directors: Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière | Stars: Madeleine Koehler, Marcel Koehler, Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière
Votes: 12,866
11. Baño de caballos (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Horses led by grooms enter the water, while a man tries to push ducks back on the water.
Director: Gabriel Veyre
Votes: 174
12. La fée aux choux (1896)
1 min | Short, Family, Fantasy
The first film directed by a female director, "The Cabbage Fairy" presents a brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. Gently ... See full summary »
Director: Alice Guy | Stars: Alice Guy, Germaine Serand, Yvonne Serand
Votes: 1,393
13. Four Heads Are Better Than One (1898)
TV-PG | 1 min | Short, Comedy
Much to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 4,013
14. Le squelette joyeux (1898)
1 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 1,110
15. Santa Claus (1898)
1 min | Short, Family, Fantasy
Brother and sister are sent to bed on Christmas Eve, and while they are asleep, Santa Claus comes down the chimney and fills their waiting stockings with toys.
Director: George Albert Smith | Stars: Laura Bayley, Dorothy Smith, Harold Smith
Votes: 1,065
16. The Astronomer's Dream; or, the Man in the Moon (1898)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 4,725
17. Cinderella (1899)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Drama, Family
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out?
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Mlle Barral, Bleuette Bernon, Carmelli, Jehanne d'Alcy
Votes: 1,807
18. The Enchanted Drawing (1900)
2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 1,414
19. Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs (1900)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A black and white short in which a moving rear facing camera documents people running towards it on the street.
Director: Gabriel Veyre
Votes: 535
20. The Christmas Dream (1901)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Fantasy
The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by their governess, are about to retire. ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 511
21. Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901)
Unrated | 2 min | Documentary, Short
Time-lapse photography is used to show the manual dismantling and demolition of New York's Star Theatre over a period of about 30 days.
Director: Frederick S. Armitage
Votes: 1,095
22. A Holiday Pageant at Home (1901)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A family of seven entertain themselves by putting on a pageant on Christmas Eve.
Votes: 279
23. Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
6 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
It's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home. When Scrooge is going to open his front door, he sees the face of Marley's ... See full summary »
Director: Walter R. Booth | Star: Daniel Smith
Votes: 595
24. The Little Match Seller (1902)
3 min | Drama, Short
A poor young girl tries to sell matches in a snowstorm. After being robbed by bullies, she lights matches which illuminate visions of a far happier Christmas than the one she faces.
Director: James Williamson
Votes: 530
25. The Christmas Angel (1904)
10 min | Short, Drama
A family has a sick woman at home. Her girl goes out in the snow to beg.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Rachel Gillet, Georges Méliès
Votes: 255
26. 2 A.M. in the Subway (1905)
1 min | Comedy, Short
Public morality, late night cavorting, and a practical joke. A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station. A well-dressed man and two well-dressed ... See full summary »
Director: G.W. Bitzer | Star: Sidney Olcott
Votes: 196
27. The Black Imp (1905)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,283
28. Coney Island at Night (1905)
Not Rated | 4 min | Documentary, Short
A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer views of Dreamland and Luna Park.
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 369
29. The Night Before Christmas (1905)
9 min | Animation, Short, Family
It's December 24th, and 'Santa Claus' is busy feeding his reindeer and finishing up the toys that he will soon deliver. Meanwhile, the children in a large family hang their stockings over ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 662
30. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 1,461
31. A Fantasy (1908)
2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The first all-animated film in history, a series of scenes without much narrative structure, but morphing into each other.
Director: Émile Cohl
Votes: 2,833
32. Making Christmas Crackers. (1910)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Factory workers make Christmas crackers, a process that is shown in detail. Later, a family gathers around the tree at Christmas and enjoys their noise-making toys. Finally, Santa Claus emerges from a gigantic cracker.
Star: A.E. Coleby
Votes: 73
33. The Insects' Christmas (1913)
7 min | Animation, Short, Family
A Christmas ornament comes alive and goes to a forest where he creates and decorates a Christmas tree for the forest creatures. He then invites all the insects to come and enjoy the gifts he has prepared and to celebrate Christmas.
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Votes: 840
34. Santa Claus vs. Cupid (1915)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A desperate man and two romantic rivals encounter one another at a Christmas party.
Director: Will Louis | Stars: Raymond McKee, Billy Casey, Guido Colucci, Edith Wright
Votes: 232
35. Feline Follies (1919)
TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Master Tom is lured away from his job of protecting the house from mice by the charms of "Miss Kitty". While he's gone, the mice trash the house. Complications ensue.
Director: Otto Messmer
Votes: 497
36. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Votes: 70,043
37. Manhatta (1921)
Not Rated | 11 min | Documentary, Short
This groundbreaking silent documentary captures the beauty and majesty of the New York City in its streets, skyscrapers, bridges, rail yards and harbors.
Directors: Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand
Votes: 1,638
38. The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922)
7 min | Animation, Short
Four animal musicians consisting of a Horse, Cat, Dog, and Rooster set out on their own quest to try to find some fame by playing their own music. Unfortunately, everywhere they go, trouble... See full summary »
Director: Walt Disney
Votes: 412
39. Felix in Hollywood (1923)
Passed | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A starving actor, reduced to trying his luck in the movies, travels to Hollywood. His cat, Felix, poses as a travel bag and comes along.
Director: Otto Messmer
Votes: 1,025
40. Return to Reason (1923)
3 min | Short
Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, a light-striped torso, a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.
Director: Man Ray | Star: Kiki of Montparnasse
Votes: 2,202
41. Rhythmus 21 (1921)
3 min | Animation, Short
Black and white rectangular images fade in and out of the screen. Their movement make them sometimes look like they're panning from side to side. Their movement also make the black and ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Richter
Votes: 1,453
42. Peter Pan (1924)
105 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, George Ali, Esther Ralston
Votes: 1,261 | Gross: $0.63M
43. Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
Alice, at the beach with her cat, tries to solve a crossword puzzle, when Woodleg Pete, a ruthless collector of rare crossword puzzles, sees that Alice's one is missing in his collection. ... See full summary »
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Margie Gay
Votes: 220
44. Alice the Jail Bird (1925)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Alice and Julius are riding along on a turtle until they notice someone has left a pie to cool on their third-storey window sill. They swipe it with the aid of the turtle and his elongated ... See full summary »
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Margie Gay
Votes: 143
45. Alice's Egg Plant (1925)
Not Rated | 9 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Little Alice and Julius the cat operate an egg factory. The hens are a bit lazy, but Julius cracks the whip. An out-of-town chicken arrives, only she's a labour agitator, Little Red Henski ... See full summary »
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Anne Shirley
Votes: 331
46. Alice's Tin Pony (1925)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Alice and Julius are driving a train, which is carrying a large payroll. Pete the Bear and his gang find out about it and devise a plan to rob the train.
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Margie Gay
Votes: 246
47. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Not Rated | 66 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Votes: 61,435 | Gross: $0.05M
48. Alice's Orphan (1926)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short
Julius the cat is skating on a pond when he espies a young lady break through the ice. He saves her, only to realize she's not particularly attractive, and so throws her back. Meanwhile, a ... See full summary »
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Margie Gay
Votes: 191
49. Cinq minutes de cinéma pur (1926)
5 min | Short
An experimental avant-garde film from director Henri Chomette in which the pure elements of form are emphasized.
Director: Henri Chomette
Votes: 298
50. Good Cheer (1926)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
On Christmas Eve, the Gang copes with hardships, helps capture a gang of thieves, and learns that Santa Claus really exists for those who wish fervently enough.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Johnny Downs
Votes: 77
51. Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
Passed | 69 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
A snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Kru, Chantui, Nah, Ladah
Votes: 1,120 | Gross: $0.61M
52. College (1927)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Ronald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports.
Directors: James W. Horne, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 5,473
53. The Jazz Singer (1927)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 11,068 | Gross: $7.63M
54. The Mechanical Cow (1927)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Oswald wakes up grumpy and takes it out on his alarm clock, afterward trying his best to wake up the mechanical cow sleeping in the bed beside him, with limited success. They finally do get... See full summary »
Director: Walt Disney
Votes: 353
55. Small Town Sheriff (1927)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Farmer Al Falfa takes a strong drink at a speakeasy and floats up to the heavens, where he has crazy misadventures on weird planets.
Directors: Harry Bailey, John Foster
Votes: 49
56. Sunrise (1927)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A sophisticated city woman seduces a farmer and convinces him to murder his wife and join her in the city, but he ends up rekindling his romance with his wife when he changes his mind at the last moment.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing
Votes: 53,838 | Gross: $0.54M
57. The Circus (1928)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Al Ernest Garcia, Harry Crocker
Votes: 36,037
58. The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey rides up to a cantina and does a tango with Minnie. When a big cat steals her away, Mickey gives chase, riding a drunken ostrich. At the hideout, Mickey has a swordfight with the cat.
Director: Ub Iwerks | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 1,051
59. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Passed | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Votes: 60,645 | Gross: $0.02M
60. Plane Crazy (1928)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip involving some necking, though Minnie objects to the necking.
Directors: Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 2,307
61. Poor Papa (1927)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Oswald the Rabbit becomes father to a brood of unruly bunnies.
Director: Walt Disney
Votes: 131
62. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
Directors: Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis
Votes: 16,186
63. Steamboat Willie (1928)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 11,245
64. Big Business (1929)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.
Directors: James W. Horne, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall
Votes: 3,393
65. The Broadway Melody (1929)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Bessie Love, Anita Page, Charles King, Eddie Kane
Votes: 8,004 | Gross: $6.12M
66. Hell's Bells (1929)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The demons of hell play music for Satan, whose delight turns to wrath when an insubordinate refuses to become food for Cerberus.
Director: Ub Iwerks | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 848
67. The Karnival Kid (1929)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey, a hot dog vendor, meets and quickly falls for Minnie the "Shimmy Dancer". He serenades her by performing the song "Sweet Adeline", much to the dismay of Kat Nipp, who is trying to sleep.
Directors: Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks | Stars: Count Cutelli, Walt Disney, Carl W. Stalling
Votes: 949
68. The Merry Dwarfs (1929)
6 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
A band of dwarfs dance while they work and play in the forest.
Director: Walt Disney
Votes: 429
69. The Opry House (I) (1929)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse runs a cheap opera house and performs on stage as a snake charmer, a belly dancer and a long-haired pianist.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney
Votes: 547
70. 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: 6,290
71. Wild Waves (1929)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Mickey Mouse is a singing lifeguard. Minnie Mouse is the damsel he must rescue before she is swept out to sea.
Directors: Burt Gillett, Ub Iwerks | Stars: Marjorie Ralston, Carl W. Stalling
Votes: 507
72. Autumn (1930)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The season series of Silly Symphonies continues, with squirrels storing nuts and corn, crows stealing it, beavers building a dam, ducks migrating, and the like, as the first snows fall.
Director: Ub Iwerks | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 406
73. The Barnyard Concert (1930)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Conductor Mickey Mouse and his animal friends put on a concert.
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 465
74. Fiddling Around (1930)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey comes onstage to the applause of an unseen audience and plays various classical tunes on the violin, after some minor mishaps. During a sad song, he is overcome with emotion and has to stop.
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 559
75. Frozen Frolics (1930)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Waffles the Cat and Don Dog set out on an adventure to find the North Pole.
Directors: Harry Bailey, John Foster
Votes: 123
76. Hells Heels (1930)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The sheriff runs Oswald the Rabbit out of town; but then Oswald finds the sheriff's infant son out in the desert.
Director: Walter Lantz | Star: Pinto Colvig
Votes: 89
77. The Picnic (1930)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Summertime, and Mickey takes Minnie on a picnic. While Pluto is chasing a rabbit, and Mickey and Minnie are doing a courtship dance, every animal in the woods is busy making off with their picnic food. And then the rain comes.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Marcellite Garner, Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Votes: 434
78. The Shindig (1930)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Another barn dance. Minnie plays piano; Mickey plays fiddle, then percussion, then harmonica. Mickey dances with the huge Patricia Pig.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
Votes: 409
80. Tomatos Another Day (1930)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
The images on the screen tell it all. In a drawing room, the clock shows two on an afternoon. Adulterous lovers cling; her husband is due home momentarily, so he leaves. She goes to a table... See full summary »
Director: James Sibley Watson
Votes: 273
81. Winter (1930)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In the last of the Silly Symphonies season cycle, bears hibernate (or try to), raccoons sneeze, moose swim, and pretty much everyone ice skates. Everyone gathers around the groundhog to see what happens.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Marion Darlington, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, George Magrill
Votes: 393
82. The Barnyard Broadcast (1931)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey runs radio station ICU from his barn. His friends play various musical numbers. A cat wanders in and starts yowling (which sets Pluto, who was listing from his doghouse, off). Mickey... See full summary »
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Beatrice Hagen, Jayne Shadduck, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
Votes: 415
83. The Beach Party (1931)
8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A fun day at the beach. While Mickey, Horace, and Clarabelle go swimming, or try to, Minnie lays out a picnic. Pluto discovers why you shouldn't chase a crab. Everyone digs in to lunch. ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner
Votes: 454
84. The Castaway (1931)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Mickey, apparently shipwrecked, is on a raft; he washes up on a tropical island, where a banana tree takes care of his hunger. He then discovers a piano that washed ashore, and begins ... See full summary »
Directors: Wilfred Jackson, Burt Gillett | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 507
85. The Christmas Party (1931)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Family
Jackie wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team, but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM decide to help him out.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Marion Davies
Votes: 451
86. The Delivery Boy (1931)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Delivery boy Mickey encounters Minnie washing clothes and singing. He stops for a quick song and dance with her. Meanwhile, Pluto gets tangled up in tar. Mickey sends a beehive flying; it ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Pinto Colvig, Count Cutelli
Votes: 371
87. Fishin' Around (1931)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey takes Pluto fishing in a boat on a lake, but they aren't too successful. The fish mock them, and even steal the bait can. Finally, the game warden spots them (Mickey had ignored the "no fishing" sign) and gives chase.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Votes: 393
88. Mickey's Orphans (1931)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
At Christmastime, Mickey Mouse, Minnie and Pluto are beset by an enormous litter of bratty orphan cats.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: George Magrill, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 935
89. The Moose Hunt (1931)
7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Mickey's hunting, along with a characteristically playful and distracted (and uncharacteristically talkative) Pluto. Pluto fetches a forked branch, and Mickey shoots, mistaking it for ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington, Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Votes: 420
90. 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
91. Traffic Troubles (1931)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Mickey is driving a taxi. His first fare is a very large gentleman. Mickey stops traffic and gets a tongue-lashing from the officer. The cab runs into some bad road, bounces the fare down ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Marcellite Garner, Walt Disney
Votes: 456
92. The Ugly Duckling (1931)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A black duckling is rejected by its mother, a hen, but manages to prove his worth when a tornado threatens the hen's chicks.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill, Clarence Nash Jr.
Votes: 1,135
93. 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: 1,398
94. Barnyard Olympics (1932)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey and his friends are staging a sort of olympics in a makeshift stadium on his farm. The main event is a sort of quadrathlon, with running, pole vaulting, rowing, and cycling. Mickey ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
Votes: 645
96. Flowers and Trees (1932)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Clarence Nash, Esther Campbell, Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington
Votes: 3,787
97. Freaks (1932)
Not Rated | 64 min | Drama, Horror
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates
Votes: 50,593 | Gross: $0.63M
98. Grand Hotel (I) (1932)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery
Votes: 20,873 | Gross: $2.69M
99. The Grocery Boy (1932)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Mickey (and Pluto) are delivering a grocery order to Minnie. She pretends not to notice for a while, but when he gets hit on the head by an iron, she drops her pretense and rushes to his ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner
Votes: 378
100. The Mad Dog (1932)
7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
When Pluto eats a bar of soap and ends up with a mouth full of suds, the neighborhood thinks he's caught rabies.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Purv Pullen
Votes: 444
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