Poor Cinderella
03 Aug 1934 00:10:00
Betty Boop plays Cinderella, the servant of two ugly stepsisters. She dresses them for the prince's ball and is left at home alone, singing that nobody loves her and that only in her dreams can she be a princess.
Cartoons you need to watch
The list in release order, from the earliest shorts onward. Showing 141–160 of 319.
Aug 1934
Sep 1934
Parrotville Fire Department
14 Sep 1934 00:07:00
Parrotville is a town of parrots, and its fire department is a crew of birds in helmets led by a chief called the Flasher.
Nov 1934
The Goddess of Spring
03 Nov 1934 00:09:00
Persephone, the Goddess of Spring, lives in a garden of eternal spring, where flowers dance around her and little elves attend her throne. Pluto, god of the Underworld, drawn as a red, horned, operatic devil, bursts out of the earth and carries her off. The elves try to defend her and fail.
Bosko's Parlor Pranks
24 Nov 1934 00:08:00
Bosko walks to his girlfriend Honey's house with his dog Bruno, who gets told off for sniffing the porch. Inside, Honey is trying to teach her little brother Wilber to play the piano, and Wilber only wants an ice cream cone.
Dec 1934
Toyland Broadcast
22 Dec 1934 00:08:00
The toys in a toy room come to life and put on a radio show for the rest of the toy box: baby dolls in a pram, rag dolls, a monkey on a stick swinging beside a spinning top. The broadcast is a variety programme, and each act is a toy version of a famous radio star of the day.
Jan 1935
An Elephant Never Forgets
02 Jan 1935 00:07:00
In a jungle schoolhouse the animal children file in for lessons under a stern hippopotamus teacher: monkeys, a giraffe who has to fold his neck to fit the room, a kangaroo whose joey sits in the pouch, and a small, earnest elephant who is bullied by the class clown, a monkey.
The Tortoise and the Hare
05 Jan 1935 00:08:00
Max Hare, cocky, athletic and the crowd's favourite, faces Toby Tortoise in a race. Toby is slow and clumsy and gets laughed at, though he has a useful ability to stretch his neck and legs. Max promises to play fair, but clearly just wants to humiliate him.
The Sunshine Makers
11 Jan 1935 00:08:00
Five cheerful gnomes in red come out of their houses singing a hymn to the sun and march up a hill, where they bottle sunlight into a kind of milk. One of them drives a cart pulled by a cricket to deliver the bottles.
Baby Be Good
18 Jan 1935 00:08:00
Betty is putting her small nephew Junior to bed, and he will not go: he bounces on the mattress and paints stripes on the cat with toothpaste. To settle him she tells a fairy tale about a naughty boy.
Feb 1935
Taking the Blame
15 Feb 1935 00:06:00
Betty brings home a black cat as a companion for her puppy Pudgy. The cat is mean, greedy and sly, and from the first minute it arranges for Pudgy to take the blame for everything it does: a vase knocked over, a box of chocolates eaten, a lamp broken.
The Band Concert
23 Feb 1935 00:09:00
Mickey Mouse conducts a small brass band in a park bandstand, wearing a uniform far too big for him. They finish Hérold's Zampa to applause and begin Rossini's William Tell Overture.
Mar 1935
The Song of the Birds
01 Mar 1935 00:08:00
A small boy is given an air rifle for his birthday and goes into the garden to try it, shooting at anything that moves.
I Haven't Got a Hat
02 Mar 1935 00:07:00
The local schoolteacher, Miss Cud, introduces her pupils' musical recital. First up is a little pig, Porky, who stutters his way frantically through a dramatic recitation of "Paul Revere's Ride", until his classmates summon a pack of friendly stray dogs and he is chased off the stage.
Mickey's Service Station
16 Mar 1935 00:07:00
Mickey, Donald and Goofy run a roadside garage. Pete roars up and demands they fix a squeak in his car, or else. The three tear into the job. They hunt for the squeak through the whole car, and Mickey finally traces it to a grasshopper stuck inside.
Apr 1935
Swat the Fly
19 Apr 1935 00:07:00
Betty is baking a cake in her kitchen, with Pudgy underfoot, when a fly comes in through the window and settles on the batter.
Jan 1936
Somewhere in Dreamland
17 Jan 1936 00:09:00
On a winter evening, a brother and sister in ragged clothes pull a wagon through town, collecting firewood. They stop to gaze at the cakes in a bakery window. The kindly baker comes out with cupcakes for them, but they have gone, and he, the tailor and the grocer put their heads together to help.
Mar 1936
Neptune Nonsense
20 Mar 1936 00:07:00
Felix the Cat is feeding his pets: a bird, two dogs and a goldfish named Annabelle. Annabelle is miserable; she is lonely in her bowl. Felix sets out to find her a companion. He goes fishing with her bowl, and he is dragged underwater by the fish he is after.
Nov 1936
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
27 Nov 1936 00:16:30
On his island, surrounded by the monsters he has captured on his voyages, Sindbad the Sailor sings that he is the greatest sailor, adventurer and lover in the world, "the most remarkable, extraordinary fellow".
Apr 1937
Porky's Duck Hunt
17 Apr 1937 00:08:00
Porky Pig prepares for a day's duck hunting, waving his shotgun around so carelessly that his dog backs away in terror, and accidentally shoots through the ceiling into his upstairs neighbour.
Nov 1937
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
26 Nov 1937 00:17:00
Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy are on duty at a Coast Guard station when news arrives that the bandit Abu Hassan and his Forty Thieves are terrorising a town in Arabia. They set off in a flying boat, crash in the desert, and trek across the sand to the town, just as the Thieves ride in and loot it.