Tag Archives: Silly Symphonies

CotD: One of the all time most pop­u­lar Silly Sym­phonies car­toons, “The Prac­ti­cal Pig” was not the first in the series, but one of the best.

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CotD: Fea­tur­ing the Frank Churchill song “The World Owes Me A Liv­ing” “The Grasshop­per And The Ants” Pinto Colvig wrote the lyrics; he also wrote the lyrics for “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.“
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CotD: A clas­sic in its own right, “The Old Mill” is also notable as the first use of Dis­neys’ (and Ub Iwerks’) mul­ti­plane cam­era in a the­atri­cal cartoon.

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CotD: Not the great­est car­toon ever made, but one of the most impor­tant, “The God­dess Of Spring” saw Disney’s first real attempt at ani­mat­ing a life­like human form, in this case, a woman. This was one of the first tests work­ing toward Snow White.

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The Wise Hen needs help to plant corn for her­self and her chicks. But Don­ald and Peter are totally unwill­ing to help out.

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Three lit­tle pigs set off to the great wide world; their first step, to build a house. They each have their own life philoso­phies, which gov­ern their lives, and they types of houses they make.

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