Plane Crazy
Horace Horsecollar debuts in The Plowboy.
The Skeleton Dance
Theatrical releases[]
Shorts[]
- March 14 - The Barn Dance
- March 17 - Plane Crazy, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon produced, is widely released with sound.
- March 28 - The Opry House
- May 3 - When the Cat's Away
- June 28 - The Plowboy
- July 31 - The Karnival Kid
- August 22 - The Skeleton Dance, the first Silly Symphony cartoon, is released.
- August 28 - Mickey's Follies
- September 7 - El Terrible Toreador
- October 1 - Mickey's Choo-Choo
- October 10 - The Barnyard Battle
- October 15 - The Jazz Fool
- October 24 - Springtime
- October 30 - Hell's Bells
- November 15 - Jungle Rhythm
- December 2 - Haunted House
- December 16 - The Merry Dwarves
- December 22 - Wild Waves
Character debuts[]
- March 28 - Kat Nipp
- June 28 - Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow
- August 22 - Skeletons
- August 28 - Percy Pigg, Patricia Pigg
Events[]
- December 16 - Walt Disney Studio changes its name to Walt Disney Productions, Ltd. and establishes a few subsidiaries - Walt Disney Enterprises (for merchandising), Disney Film Recording Company, Ltd. (for music), and Liled Realty and Investment Company (for real estate). About eight years later, the subsidiaries would merge with the main company to form Walt Disney Productions.
People[]
Births[]
- January 20 - Jean-Jaques Perrey (composer and record producer)
- February 14 - Vic Morrow (actor)
- February 22 - James Hong (actor, director, and former Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists president)
- March 12 - Billy Lee (actor)
- March 26 - Alice Davis (artist and costume designer)
- April 5 - Nigel Hawthorne (actor)
- April 10 - Max von Sydow (actor)
- May 5 - Ilene Woods (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- May 11 - Margaret Kerry (actress, author, motivational speaker, radio host, and performance model)
- May 25 - Beverly Sills (operatic soprano)
- June 11 - Lennie Nienhaus (musician, composer, and songwriter)
- June 13 - Ralph McQuarrie (conceptual designer and illustrator)
- June 20 - Bonnie Bartlett (actress)
- July 5 - Chikao Ōtsuka (actor and voice actor)
- August 21 - Vance Gerry (storyboard artist, concept artist, and character designer)
- September 5
- Bob Newhart (stand-up comedian, actor, and voice actor)
- Edward S. Feldman (producer)
- September 20 - Anne Meara (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
- September 29 - Tōru Ōhira (Japanese voice actor and narrator)
- October 28 - Joan Plowright (actress)
- November 6 - June Squibb (actress and voice actress)
- November 15 - Edward Asner (actor, voice actor, and political activist)
- December 1 - David Doyle (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- December 13 - Christopher Plummer (actor and voice actor)
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