Disney's Animated Classics

Introduction

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901. By the age of 7, he had made his first artistic sale a drawing of a neighbor's horse. In 1915 he enrolled in the Kansas City Art Institute and in 1918 was the cartoonist of the McKinley High School newspaper. That same year, Walt bought his first movie camera and began experimenting with this new medium. In 1919, he teamed with friend Ub Iwerks to form a company called Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists, and the following year he joined the Kansas City Ad Company. All the while, Walt was learning the arts of animation and movie making. In 1923, he moved to California where, with his brother Roy, he established the Disney Brothers Studio, which developed, by 1926, into the Walt Disney Studios.

1918: Cartoon from high school newspaper

Animation Menu

• Laugh-O-Gram Shorts
• Alice Comedies
• Oswald the Rabbit Cartoons
• Classic Character Cartoons - Mickey Mouse
• Classic Character Cartoons - Donald Duck
• Classic Character Cartoons - Goofy
• Classic Character Cartoons - Pluto and More
• Other Shorts and Featurettes
• Silly Symphony Cartoons
• Wartime Animation
• Classic Animated Features 1-10
• Classic Animated Features 11-20
• Classic Animated Features 21-30
• Classic Animated Features 31-40
• Classic Animated Features 41-50
• Live-Action/Animated Features
• Other Animated Features
• Video-Only Animated Features 1-10
• Video-Only Animated Features 11-20
• Video-Only Animated Features 21-30
• Video-Only Animated Features 31-40
• Computer Animated Features 1-10
• Computer Animated Features 11-20
• Animated Television Series
• Academy Award Winners

• Non-Disney Animated Films - Don Bluth
• Non-Disney Animated Films - DreamWorks - Part 1
• Non-Disney Animated Films - DreamWorks - Part 2
• Non-Disney Animated Films - Warner Brothers
• Non-Disney Animated Films - Other Animation Studios - Part 1
• Non-Disney Animated Films - Other Animation Studios - Part 2
• Non-Disney Animated Films - Other Animation Studios - Part 3
• Non-Disney Animated Films - Hayao Miyazaki

For More Information

The books listed below are important parts of my collection, and present a wealth of information on the history of Disney animation. Hopefully, updated versions of the first two will be issued soon.

For an excellent video documentary about Walt Disney's life and times that includes a 2-hour feature plus many personal interviews with people who knew him, look for the DVD: