Shorts 1935
All short movies I have seen from 1935 ranked from best to worst.
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1.
The Band Concert
(1935 Short Film)
Mickey and his band are determined to perform their music despite the interferance of Donald Duck and a powerful storm. (9 mins.)
Director: Wilfred Jackson
Stars: Clarence Nash
2.
On Ice
(1935 Short Film)
Mickey shows off his ice-skating skills to Minnie; Goofy does some unconventional ice fishing; Donald... (8 mins.)
3.
Music Land
(1935 Short Film)
The princess violin from the sleepy Land of Symphony is chased by a more lively alto saxophone from the Isle of Jazz. Soon the queen (a viola) discovers them and locks the sax in the metronome. (10 mins.)
4.
The Robber Kitten
(1935 Short Film)
Ambrose the kitten renames himself Butch and runs away from home with plans to become a robber. His first intended victim... (8 mins.)
Stars: Billy Bletcher
5.
Who Killed Cock Robin?
(1935 Short Film)
Robin is crooning to a Mae West-like Jenny Wren when he is shot with an arrow. A court is convened; the judge... (8 mins.)
Stars: Billy Bletcher, Martha Wentworth
6.
Mickey's Service Station
(1935 Short Film)
Mickey, Goofy & Donald have 10 minutes to fix Pete's car. Or else! (7 mins.)
7.
Three Orphan Kittens
(1935 Short Film)
Three orphan kittens are entering a society house in winter and ruin the furniture. But when they're caught by the maid... (9 mins.)
Director: David Hand
Stars: Lillian Randolph
8.
The Tortoise and the Hare
(1935 Short Film)
Max Hare and Toby Tortoise are having a foot race. Max has much more style, and is generally cocky. He pauses for a short nap... (9 mins.)
Stars: Eddie Holden, Ned Norton
9.
Gold Diggers of '49
(1935 Short Film)
The gold rush. Beans finds gold in the mountains and rushes into town with the news. Soon, everyone (except Porky's daughter Little Kitty... (8 mins.)
Director: Fred Avery
10.
Pluto's Judgement Day
(1935 Short Film)
Pluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds him, and goes off to wash the kitten... (7 mins.)
Director: David Hand
11.
Dancing on the Moon
(1935 Short Film)
Honeymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the moon. Spectacular lunar scenery. (8 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
12.
The Golden Touch
(1935 Short Film)
King Midas is visited by an elf; the elf turns his cat to gold, then claps his hands and it changes back... (10 mins.)
Director: Walt Disney
Stars: Billy Bletcher
13.
14.
The Calico Dragon
(1935 Short Film)
A little girl reads a story about a dragon; as she falls asleep, her doll rides off on his calico horse through a calico land to do battle with a three-headed singing calico dragon. (8 mins.)
15.
Mickey's Fire Brigade
(1935 Short Film)
Mickey, Donald and Goofy are a fire department. As you might expect, their attempts at fighting a boardinghouse fire are not particularly effective... (8 mins.)
16.
The Song of the Birds
(1935 Short Film)
A destructive little boy with an air rifle shoots a baby bird and is mortified when the bird's parents, and all the other birds, go into mourning. (7 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
17.
Mickey's Garden
(1935 Short Film)
The insects have completely taken over Mickey's garden. He spritzes them with insecticide, but runs out and they keep feasting... (9 mins.)
Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
18.
I Haven't Got a Hat
(1935 Short Film)
It's recital day at the schoolhouse. First up: Porky, who recites The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. A nervous kitten recites Mary Had a Little Lamb... (7 mins.)
Director: Isadore Freleng
19.
Tit for Tat
(1935 Short Film)
Stan & Ollie have set up their own electrical repair store. Unfortunately, for them, the grocery store... (19 mins.)
Director: Charles Rogers
20.
The Cookie Carnival
(1935 Short Film)
Cookies, cakes, and other desserts march in a parade. A gingerbread girl cries because she has nothing to wear; a gingerbread man dresses her up, and she is named cookie queen. (8 mins.)
Stars: Pinto Colvig
21.
Papageno
(1935 Short Film)
Film shows the story of Papageno (the one from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute"), who wants a mate, yet has difficulties getting one. (11 mins.)
Director: Lotte Reiniger
22.
Cock o' the Walk
(1935 Short Film)
The title character comes to town, complete with portable boxing ring. He grabs a local chicken and dances with her... (8 mins.)
Director: Ben Sharpsteen
Stars: Florence Gill, Clarence Nash
24.
Time for Love
(1935 Short Film)
The courtship of two swans is interrupted by a third swan, who demonstrates his prowess at catching fish...
Director: Dave Fleischer
25.
The Brementown Musicians
(1935 Short Film)
A group of farm animals run away and form an a cappella quartet. (9 mins.)
26.
Mickey's Kangaroo
(1935 Short Film)
Mickey gets a package from Australia: a kangaroo, complete with boxing gloves. The 'roo moves into Pluto's brand new doghouse... (9 mins.)
Director: David Hand
Stars: Walt Disney
27.
The Spinach Overture
(1935 Short Film)
Popeye's ensemble is rehearsing the opening of the Poet and Peasant Overture (with interpolations of... (8 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
28.
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
(1935 Short Film)
A cartoonist falls victim to the very villains he has drawn. It's up to Beans the Cat to save the day.
Director: Jack King
Stars: Billy Bletcher
29.
Thicker Than Water
(1935 Short Film)
Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley... (21 mins.)
Director: James W. Horne
30.
Broken Toys
(1935 Short Film)
A sailor doll, thrown into a toy dump, rallies the demoralized dolls that were already there. (8 mins.)
Director: Ben Sharpsteen
31.
Choose Your 'Weppins'
(1935 Short Film)
Policeman Wimpy loses his handcuffed prisoner when he's distracted by a hamburger shop. The escapee drops into the weapon-filled pawn shop Popeye and Olive are running, and quickly gets in a fight with Popeye. (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
32.
Balloon Land
(1935 Short Film)
The inhabitants, including the trees and rocks, of Balloon Land are made entirely of balloons. They come under attack from the evil Pincushion Man. With the help of a quickly inflated army, they manage to fend off the attack. (7 mins.)
Stars: Billy Bletcher
33.
Mickey's Man Friday
(1935 Short Film)
Mickey is stranded on an island. He runs into some cannibals who are about to cook a fellow cannibal... (8 mins.)
Stars: Billy Bletcher, Walt Disney
34.
How to Sleep
(1935 Short Film)
A humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep. (11 mins.)
Director: Nick Grinde
Stars: Robert Benchley
35.
Poor Little Me
(1935 Short Film)
Bunnies, turtles, and other small woodland animals play. A skunk sits apart, singing "I ain't got nobody" and mopes his way home... (11 mins.)
36.
The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist'
(1935 Short Film)
Popeye takes Olive to a stage show of a hypnotist (Bluto), who also levitates objects. While he's doing this... (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
37.
For Better or Worser
(1935 Short Film)
Popeye's failures in the kitchen send him on a quest for a wife. He visits the "matrimonial agency" and picks Olive at the same time Bluto picks her... (7 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
38.
A Language All My Own
(1935 Short Film)
Betty Boop takes her stage act on the road, and plays in Japan to great acclaim. (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
39.
Water Babies
(1935 Short Film)
Without dialogue, "Water Babies" chronicles the activities of numerous kewpie doll-like water nymphs over the course of a single day... (8 mins.)
Director: Wilfred Jackson
40.
Betty Boop and Grampy
(1935 Short Film)
Two piano movers, a fireman and a traffic cop all drop what they're doing to join Betty Boop at the contraption-happy Grampy's eccentric party. (7 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
41.
The Sunshine Makers
(1935 Short Film)
Happy sunshine-bottling gnomes battle gloomy swamp-dwellers. (7 mins.)
Director: Ted Eshbaugh
42.
Judge for a Day
(1935 Short Film)
Betty Boop, annoyed by 'public pests' like backslappers, gum parkers, and mud splashers, imagines what she'd do to them if she were a judge. (8 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
43.
Beware of Barnacle Bill
(1935 Short Film)
To the classic tune of "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye because... (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
44.
Mary's Little Lamb
(1935 Short Film)
Despite her scolding, Mary's lamb follows her to school. It's the last day of school and the children have planned special festivities and performances. The lamb wants to participate, much to the teacher's chagrin. (8 mins.)
45.
The Chinese Nightingale
(1935 Short Film)
A Chinese emperor is gladdened by the song of the nightingale and is moved to play his own song. One day... (10 mins.)
46.
The Country Mouse
(1935 Short Film)
A strong mouse says that he will become the heavyweight champion of the world. But his grandma (who is just as strong) doesn't want him to fight... (7 mins.)
Director: Isadore Freleng
47.
Old Mother Hubbard
(1935 Short Film)
Old Mother Hubbard is the laundress for the king, but when she finds her cupboard bare, her dog travels to the palace where he winds up performing for the king. (8 mins.)
48.
The Fixer Uppers
(1935 Short Film)
Door-to-door greeting card salesmen Stanley and Oliver call upon Mrs. Pierre Gustave, a woman distraught over her husband's neglect... (21 mins.)
Director: Charles Rogers
49.
Hollywood Capers
(1935 Short Film)
Beans sneaks in to a Hollywood movie studio lot, where he gets into a heap of trouble. (7 mins.)
Director: Jack King
Stars: Tommy Bond, Bernice Hansen
50.
King of the Mardi Gras
(1935 Short Film)
A Mardi Gras celebration, looking pretty much like any carnival. Bluto is a strongman, claiming to be King of the Mardi Gras... (8 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
51.
The Lost Chick
(1935 Short Film)
A chicken has hatched seven chicks; she locates six of them, but the other, Eggbert, is lost. (10 mins.)
52.
Pleased to Meet Cha!
(1935 Short Film)
The boys arrive at Olive's house at the same time, but at different doors. They both come in, and whenever Olive isn't looking... (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
53.
No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
(1935 Short Film)
Betty Boop and Freddie appear on stage in a melodrama, wherein Betty sings the title song to the villain. (7 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
54.
An Elephant Never Forgets
(1935 Short Film)
A collection of animals goes to school; their teacher, a goose, asks them several questions, during which time an ape...
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Gus Wickie
55.
Summertime
(1935 Short Film)
Spring is coming, but Old Man Winter isn't ready to retire for the year. (8 mins.)
56.
Baby Be Good
(1935 Short Film)
Betty Boop tells naughty Little Jimmy a corrective fairy tale (with herself as fairy). Part of the action is replayed in reverse. (8 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
57.
My Green Fedora
(1935 Short Film)
A rabbit is told by his mother to watch out for his baby brother Elmer while she's out of the house, but a wolf has other plans for Elmer after he hears the older brother sing "My Green Fedora." (7 mins.)
Director: Isadore Freleng
58.
Sinbad the Sailor
(1935 Short Film)
Sinbad battles a band of pirates at sea and on a tropical isle. A giant bird rescues him, and he ends up back on his ship with the pirates' treasure. (7 mins.)
59.
You Gotta Be a Football Hero
(1935 Short Film)
Popeye and Olive are attending a football game; Bluto's team takes the field, and Olive is swept off her feet... (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
60.
Country Boy
(1935 Short Film)
Mother rabbit sends her charges off to school. Peter needs a bit more attention; he's hiding with the chickens... (7 mins.)
Director: Isadore Freleng
Stars: Bernice Hansen
62.
Good Little Monkeys
(1935 Short Film)
The Devil comes out of Dante's Inferno, hoping to get the See No Evil, Speak No Evil and Hear No Evil monkeys to his side, but a bunch of literary characters come to the rescue of the monkeys. (8 mins.)
63.
Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name
(1935 Short Film)
Mermaids sing to us about mermaids and fishes at play; they and some other sea creatures dance to it... (7 mins.)
Director: Isadore Freleng
Stars: Jack Carr, Bernice Hansen
64.
Molly Moo-Cow and the Indians
(1935 Short Film)
A Conestoga Wagon leads Molly Moo-Cow and some ducks through the hills. The ducks stop for a swim by a tepee and go to explore the settlement... (7 mins.)
Director: Burt Gillett, Tom Palmer
65.
Humpty Dumpty
(1935 Short Film)
Humpty Dumpty must rescue his girlfriend, Easter Egg, from a bad egg who kidnaps her. (7 mins.)
66.
Honeyland
(1935 Short Film)
An MGM Happy Harmony cartoon in which a group of industrious bees, working to make honey among other products, attempt to outwit a spider who's chasing two of the bees. (10 mins.)
67.
Komposition in Blau
(1935 Short Film)
This is an abstract film in which every motion is in strict synchronization with music, so the description... (4 mins.)
Director: Oskar Fischinger
68.
Be Kind to 'Aminals'
(1935 Short Film)
Popeye and Olive can't ignore it when produce vendor Bluto comes by with his terribly overloaded cart... (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
69.
Dizzy Divers
(1935 Short Film)
Popeye and Bluto are deep sea divers. Popeye has a treasure map; for some reason he cuts Bluto in on the deal, but of course, Bluto's idea of 50-50 isn't exactly fair...: (7 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: William Costello, Gus Wickie
70.
Swat the Fly
(1935 Short Film)
While Betty Boop tries to cook, a fly drives her and Pudgy the Pup to distraction. (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
71.
Hoi Polloi
(1935 Short Film)
A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen. (19 mins.)
Director: Del Lord
72.
Parrotville Old Folks
(1935 Short Film)
Some elderly parrots are washing and cleaning up around the house, when one of them is phoned by Matron Birdkins... (7 mins.)
Director: Burt Gillett, Tom Palmer
73.
Alias St. Nick
(1935 Short Film)
Mrs. Mouse is reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to her brood when a cat tries to break in. The cat overhears them arguing about the existence of Santa, so he dresses up accordingly. (10 mins.)
74.
The Three Bears
(1935 Short Film)
Playing hide-and-seek with her dog, young Goldilocks scampers away into the woods and stumbles upon a lovely little house... (8 mins.)
75.
Simple Simon
(1935 Short Film)
As in the nursery rhyme, Simple Simon meets a pieman on his way to the fair and samples his wares. However... (6 mins.)
77.
Stop That Noise
(1935 Short Film)
To escape her noisy city apartment, Betty Boop retreats to her country home, but the insects are against her. (8 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
78.
Taking the Blame
(1935 Short Film)
Betty Boop brings home a cat as playmate for Pudgy, but the cat is a bully who only gets Pudgy into trouble. (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
80.
Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living American
(1935 Short Film)
Henry, comic strip character, gets a job at Betty Boop's pet store. (7 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
81.
The Merry Old Soul
(1935 Short Film)
Old King Cole marries the Woman in the Shoe. As soon as they get home, the babies show up from every drawer and closet... (7 mins.)
Director: I. Freleng
Stars: Bernice Hansen
82.
Along Flirtation Walk
(1935 Short Film)
Chickens from Plymouth Rock College and the Rhode Island Reds prepare for the big game. At the pre-game dance at Plymouth Rock... (6 mins.)
Director: Isadore Freleng
83.
Making Stars
(1935 Short Film)
Betty Boop emcees a stage show presenting "future stars"...performing infants (including racial stereotypes). (7 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
84.
Adventures of Popeye
(1935 Short Film)
In live action, a big kid is attacking a little kid for his "Adventures of Popeye" comic book, so Popeye gives the little kid pointers, in the form of clips from four of his earlier pictures. (8 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
85.
Little Black Sambo
(1935 Short Film)
Mammy gives Little Black Sambo a quick scrub on the washboard, then pats him down with baby powder, black baby powder... (8 mins.)
86.
The Lady in Red
(1935 Short Film)
A parrot invades a cockroach nightclub and kidnaps its star dancer.
Director: Isadore Freleng
87.
A Colour Box
(1935 Short Film)
Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film. (3 mins.)
Director: Len Lye
88.
A Little Soap and Water
(1935 Short Film)
Betty Boop tries to give Pudgy the Pup a bath, with slapstick results. (6 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Mae Questel
89.
Flowers for Madame
(1935 Short Film)
A tour of the garden, where every flower dances or plays a tune, especially today, since it's the flower... (7 mins.)
Director: Isadore Freleng
90.
Pop Goes the Easel
(1935 Short Film)
The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students... (20 mins.)
Director: Del Lord
91.
Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht
(1935 Documentary)
Filming of the performance show the Deutsche Wehrmacht (German Army) made during the Reichsparteitag of the NSDAP in Nurnberg 1935... (28 mins.)
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
92.
Hey, Hey Fever
(1935 Short Film)
This MGM "Happy Harmonies" entry stars Bosko. He falls asleep at a sign promoting Mother Goose bread, and Mother Goose characters come to life. (8 mins.)
93.
Scotty Finds a Home
(1935 Short Film)
A young anthropomorphic kitten wants a pet. He happens to find a puppy with no owner and takes him in...
Director: Burt Gillett
94.
Parrotville Post Office
(1935 Short Film)
A mother and her two rowdy children come into the Parrotville Post Office. The postmaster is annoyed by the children at first... (7 mins.)
Director: Burt Gillett, Tom Palmer
95.
Little Dutch Plate
(1935 Short Film)
A cheery tune in a Dutch kitchen; the girl on the plate and the salt shaker boy are in love. They dance... (7 mins.)
Director: Isadore Freleng
Stars: Billy Bletcher
96.
Buddy's Theatre
(1935 Short Film)
Buddy is a projectionist in a movie theatre where the 'coming attractions' trailer promises '15 features for 15 cents." When the feature comes on... (7 mins.)
Director: Ben Hardaway
Stars: Jack Carr, Bernice Hansen
97.
Molly Moo-Cow and the Butterflies
(1935 Short Film)
Molly rescues a bunch of butterflies after they are captured by a butterfly collector. (7 mins.)
Director: Burt Gillett, Tom Palmer
100.
Three Little Beers
(1935 Short Film)
The stooges are inept deliverymen at a brewery. When they learn about a company golf tournament, they sneak onto a golf course to get some practice... (17 mins.)
Director: Del Lord
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