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1930-Flip The Frog - Fiddlesticks
" Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by Ub Iwerks. He who starred in a series of cartoons produced by Celebrity Pictures and distributed through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1930 to 1933. Flip's debut short was Fiddlesticks (released on August 16, 1930). Although the short looks to be very much like one of Iwerks' Silly Symphony endeavors, it attracted public attention by being the first full-length color sound cartoon ever produced. The short was produced in two-color Technicolor and is the only Flip cartoon known have been processed in color. " (Source: Wikipedia)
1930-Flip The Frog - The Village Barber
Original release date: September 27, 1930.
1930-Silly Symphony - Monkey Melodies
Monkey Melodies. Directed by Burton Gillett, first released on 10 August 1930.
1930-Silly Symphony - Playful Pan
Playful Pan. Directed by Burton Gillett, first released on 28 December 1930. Featuring the Greek god Pan.
1931-Flip The Frog - The Village Smitty
" After the first two cartoons, the appearance of Flip the Frog gradually became less frog-like. This was done under the encouragement of MGM who thought that the series would sell better if the character were more humanized. Flip's major redesign is attributed to Grim Natwick who made a name for himself at the Fleischer Studios with the creation of Betty Boop. " (Source : Wikipedia)
1931-Silly Symphony - The Clock Store
The Clock Store. Directed by Wilfred Jackson, first released on 30 September 1931.
1931-Silly Symphony-The Spider and fly
The Spider and the Fly. Directed by Wildred Jackson, first released on 16 October 1931.
1932-Silly Symphony - King Neptune
King Neptune. Directed by Burton Gillett, first released on 10 September 1932. Featuring Greco-Roman god Poseidon/Neptune as the "King of the Sea". Swedish sound track.
1933-Betty Boop - Popeye The Sailor
" In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer's Fleischer Studios adapted the Thimble Theater characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. These cartoons proved to be among the most popular of the 1930s, and Popeye at one time rivaled Mickey Mouse for popularity among audiences. Popeye made his film debut in Popeye the Sailor, a 1933 Betty Boop cartoon (Betty only makes a brief appearance). It was for this short that Sammy Lerner's famous "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" song was written. I Yam What I Yam became the first entry in the regular Popeye the Sailor series." (Source: Wikipedia)
1934-Popeye The Sailor- We Aim To Please
"Although Popeye is short, odd-looking, belligerent, and has only his left eye, many consider him a precursor to the superheroes who would eventually come to dominate the world of comic books. Some observers of popular culture point out that the fundamental character of Popeye, paralleling that of another 1930s icon, Superman, is very close to the traditional view of how the U.S. sees itself as a nation: possessing uncompromising moral standards and resorting to force when threatened, or when he "can't stands no more" bad behavior from an antagonist. This theory is directly reinforced in certain cartoons, when Popeye defeats his foe while a US patriotic song such as "The Stars and Stripes Forever" plays on the soundtrack. One of Popeye's catchphrases is "I yam what I yam, and that's all I yam," which may be seen as an expression of statesider individualism." (Source: Wikipedia)
1935-Comicolor - Simple Simon
"The ComiColor Cartoon series was a series of animated short subjects produced by the Ub Iwerks studio from 1933 to 1936. The series was the last produced by the studio; after losing distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934, the Iwerks studio's senior company Celebrity Pictures (run by Pat Powers) had to distribute the films itself. The series was shot exclusively in Cinecolor." (Source : Wikipedia)
1936-Ub Iwerks - The Big Bad Wolf
"The Iwerks Studio opened in 1930. Financial backers led by Pat Powers suspected that Iwerks was responsible for much of Disney's early success. However, while animation for a time suffered at Disney from Iwerks' departure, it soon rebounded as Disney brought in talented new young animators. The Iwerks Studio enjoyed no great success and failed to rival the top Disney and Fleischer Studios. The backers withdrew further financial support from Iwerks Studio in 1936, and it folded soon after. Iwerks joined Termite Terrace, but left after doing two Porky Pig cartoons (both which were made at his now-defunct Iwerks Studios. He then joined Screen Gems (then Columbia Pictures' cartoon division), before returning to work for Disney in 1940. The cartoons created by Iwerks' own studio remained largely unseen for many decades, but have been released to laserdisc and DVD by Image Entertainment on their series titled Cartoons That Time Forgot. " (Source: Wikipedia)
1936-Happy Harmonies - To Spring
" Produced in Technicolor, Happy Harmonies cartoons were very similar to Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies. They would occasionally feature Bosko, a character who starred in the first Looney Tunes shorts that the duo produced for Leon Schlesinger. " (Source: wikipedia)
1936-Popeye The Sailor - Let's Get Movin
" Thanks to the series, Popeye became even more of a sensation. During the mid-1930s, polls taken by theater owners proved Popeye more popular than Mickey Mouse. In 1935, Paramount added to Popeye's popularity by sponsoring the "Popeye Club" as part of their Saturday matinee program. Popeye cartoons, including "Let's Sing With Popeye" were a regular part of the weekly meetings. For a 10 cent membership fee, club members were given a Popeye Kazoo, a membership card, the chance to become elected as the Club's "Popeye" or "Olive Oyl" and opportunities to win other valuable gifts. " (Source: Wikipedia)
1936-Color Classics - Hawaiian Birds
"Color Classics was an animated short subjects series produced by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures from 1934 to 1940 as a competitor to Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies. As the name implies, all of the shorts were made in color, with the first entry in the series, Poor Cinderella, being the first color cartoon produced by the Fleischer studio. There were 36 films produced in this series." (Source : Wikipedia)
1935-Comicolor - Mary's Little Lamb
" The ComiColor Cartoons, Ub Iwerks' cartoons, were hits with audiences and critics alike for their off-beat style; nonetheless, his studio was short-lived. " (Source: Wikipedia)
1935-ComiColor Cartoons - Humpty Dumpty
Original release date: December 30, 1935.
1935-ComiColor - Old Mother Hubbard
Most of the ComiColor entries were based upon popular fairy tales and other familiar stories, [...] a number of the shorts were filmed using director Ub Iwerks' multiplane camera, which he built himself from the remains of a Chevrolet automobile.