Shorts 1931
All short movies I have seen from 1931 ranked from best to worst.
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- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyFlorence GillA black duckling is rejected by its mother, a hen, but manages to prove his worth when a tornado threatens the hen's chicks.
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsMargie HinesBilly MurrayWilliam PennellBimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyPinto ColvigMarcellite GarnerA fun day at the beach. While Mickey, Horace, and Clarabelle go swimming, or try to, Minnie lays out a picnic. Pluto discovers why you shouldn't chase a crab. Everyone digs in to lunch. Mickey throws Pluto a string of sausages; he dives after them, and comes up with an angry octopus instead, who crashes into the picnic.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsGeorge MagrillBarbara BrewsterGloria BrewsterAt Christmastime, Mickey Mouse, Minnie and Pluto are beset by an enormous litter of bratty orphan cats.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsRuth CliffordMarion DarlingtonWalt DisneyThe family cat, out for the night, stalks and catches a bird singing atop the weathervane, but it flies off, pulling the cat and weathervane down and knocking the cat out. The cat has a vision of giant birds, lacking the tailfeathers he pulled out, tormenting him, and soon, everything in the autumn landscape is animated and scary.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigMarion DarlingtonWalt DisneyMickey's hunting, along with a characteristically playful and distracted (and uncharacteristically talkative) Pluto. Pluto fetches a forked branch, and Mickey shoots, mistaking it for antlers, but Pluto is OK. Then they find a moose, and Mickey's gun fails but they escape when Pluto does an impression of Dumbo, with Mickey riding.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerPurv PullenThe emperor's musicians play their instruments (and a stray cat) while the ladies of the court dance. Meanwhile, the children fish and play. But soon, the children anger the emperor, who gives chase. And the whole story was told in a plate.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMarcellite GarnerWalt DisneyMickey is driving a taxi. His first fare is a very large gentleman. Mickey stops traffic and gets a tongue-lashing from the officer. The cab runs into some bad road, bounces the fare down to almost nothing, then bounces the customer right out of the cab. Mickey pulls up to the curb and picks up his second passenger, Minnie. She plays her accordion while they ride. The cab gets a flat tire, and Mickey uses a pig to pump it up. Snake oil salesman Pegleg Pete happens by and pours some of his elixir into the car; it takes off without him, crashes, loses its wheels, and lands on a cow. The cow takes off, crashes into a barn, and then a poultry shed.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigJimmie CushmanLester DorrIt's morning in the English countryside and time for the gentry to participate in their favorite sport: the fox hunt.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsMarcellite GarnerA spider sneaks into the Sphinx and has several spooky encounters.
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayBetty Boop goes to Grandma's through the woods despite wolf warnings; but Bimbo follows and gives the old story a new twist.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigMarion DarlingtonWalt DisneyMickey and Minnie are next-door neighbors tending their yards. When Minnie is captured by a bird's song, Mickey hides in his bird-house and pretends to be a bird himself, until a cat attacks and blows his cover. Then he does a dance while wearing the house; their song attracts more birds, and again the cat. Pluto chases, but he's still pulling the lawnmower, and it causes much destruction.
- DirectorDave FleischerAl EugsterStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayBetty Boop is queen of the Masquerade Ball where, among other antics, Bimbo and a lecherous old man vie for her affections.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsJack MercerPurv PullenMae QuestelAn extremely large Old King Cole sings his story. His "fiddlers three" turn out to be the Three Blind Mice. And his book is Mother Goose, which illustrates Little Miss Muffett, Jack and Jill (they meet Simple Simon at the top of the hill), Humpty Dumpty, Little Jack Horner (his pie also contains the four-and-twenty blackbirds), Little Bo Peep, Little Boy Blue (his horn brings the sheep home, one of which falls in black mud and becomes Baa Baa Black Sheep), and Hey Diddle Diddle.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyLee MillarMickey takes Pluto fishing in a boat on a lake, but they aren't too successful. The fish mock them, and even steal the bait can. Finally, the game warden spots them (Mickey had ignored the "no fishing" sign) and gives chase.
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayWilliam PennellBimbo climbs a beanstalk to find Betty Boop enslaved by the giant.
- DirectorDave FleischerShamus CulhaneStarsBilly MurrayMae QuestelBimbo's minding his baby brother, but neighbor Betty Boop (with dog's ears) wants him to come over and play.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonA kitchen is filled with houseflies. A spider wakes up and plays his web like a harp, attracting a pair of them; the female is trapped, and the male summons the cavalry, which arrives riding horseflies, riding dragonflies to drop pepper bombs, firing champagne bottles, and ultimately setting the web on fire and catching the spider on flypaper when he falls.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigMarion DarlingtonWalt DisneyMickey heads over to see Minnie, but Pluto won't leave him alone. He gets there and watches through the window, standing on Pluto, while Minnie plays piano. Pluto runs off to chase a cat and leaves Mickey stuck in the window. Minnie has him in, and he dances to her playing. Pluto chases the cat into the house and causes havoc. The chase leads into the piano, where Pluto picks up the player-piano roll as an extended tail, and the destruction continues.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBeatrice HagenJayne ShadduckPinto ColvigMickey runs radio station ICU from his barn. His friends play various musical numbers. A cat wanders in and starts yowling (which sets Pluto, who was listing from his doghouse, off). Mickey puts it out, but it, and several kittens, keep coming back in, playing with the equipment, running through the musicians (chased by a broom-wielding Mickey, who does a great deal of damage himself), and generally making a mess of things.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraA documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Porto.
- DirectorUb IwerksFlip the Frog finds himself in a house haunted by crazy skeletons.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames W. HorneJilted by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh discipline of the Commandant. On a long march to reinforce remote Fort Arid, the boys get lost in the sands, finally reaching the Fort only to find it besieged by the fearsome Riffs.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMarcellite GarnerAnn HoveyTheodore SantoroMickey's friends throw him a wild surprise birthday party.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsHarriet LeeBilly MurrayMasked bandit Bimbo holds up a train carrying someone tougher...Betty Boop (with dog's ears), played by a different, deeper-voiced actress.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyMickey, apparently shipwrecked, is on a raft; he washes up on a tropical island, where a banana tree takes care of his hunger. He then discovers a piano that washed ashore, and begins playing it. The animals come around; a gorilla, after playing a 4-hands piece with his feet, destroys the piano. Mickey runs away and accidentally wakes a lion. The lion chases Mickey to a stream, where he jumps onto a rock that turns out to be right next to a crocodile. The lion lunges for Mickey, misses, and ends up in the croc. The rock Mickey is on turns out to be a giant turtle.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBarbara BrewsterGloria BrewsterPinto ColvigDelivery boy Mickey encounters Minnie washing clothes and singing. He stops for a quick song and dance with her. Meanwhile, Pluto gets tangled up in tar. Mickey sends a beehive flying; it lands on his mule, who kicks Mickey's instrument-filled wagon into the air. He plays a march or two on the piano with Minnie, with many animals playing along.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyA group of beavers goes about their dam-building, musically. The rain comes, and washes the dam away.
- DirectorWilliam C. McGannJohn G. AdolfiThomas AtkinsStarsNorma ShearerStan LaurelOliver HardyThe boys and a Los Angeles police detective investigate the theft of actress Norma Shearer's jewelry.
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsBilly MurrayMae QuestelBetty Boop (with dog's ears) is moving; Bimbo comes with his moving van and is smitten with her. Songs: "Moving Day," "Hello Beautiful."
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyHarry BernardStan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerMickey plays a bluesy tune on a piano on a stage. Minnie sings. Then an unseen band plays while both sing and dance. Mickey then leads the 9-piece band in an uptempo number, with Pluto on trombone, Horace on percussion, and Clarabelle on bass, among others. Mickey steps out for a clarinet solo.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschMr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.
- DirectorHal RoachStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyZasu PittsThe girls, tired of being taken to Coney Island by all the local boys, meet up with two Englishmen who offer to take them on a date--to Coney Island.
- DirectorJean VigoStarsJean TarisJean Vigo films the talents of great swimming champion Jean Taris performing different acts. Vigo film technique allied with Taris swimming style are intertwined with grace and effect.
- DirectorHerman G. WeinbergStarsErna BergmanWilly HildebrandA story told with few words. We see a solitary man and a solitary woman, each alone with their thoughts. She is in the country, staring out a window. Nature is quiet, waiting for spring, trees are bare. He is in the city, walking from the docks, watching, somewhat aimless. She walks a country lane. Both are alone. She writes him a letter, offering an opportunity. Will he take it?
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsRochelle HudsonJohnny MurrayBosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty kitten pupil.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMary CarrA kindly old widow serves a free meal to the penniless boys but her greedy landlord wants to evict her for non payment of her mortgage, prompting the boys to come to her rescue.
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsBernard B. BrownRochelle HudsonBosko and Honey yodel happily in the Alps until a series of disasters end with Honey rushing downriver on an ice floe.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschMrs. Hardy and Mrs. Laurel send their husbands to the store to buy ice-cream but on the way back home the boys rescue from drowning a suicidal woman who's wanted by the police.
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsMarcellite GarnerThe King's MenJohnny MurrayCop Foxy is trying to enforce the law in town, but dangerous drivers and gangsters who also kidnap his sweetheart are making this difficult.
- DirectorDave FleischerShamus CulhaneStarsAnn LittleDave FleischerBilly MurrayThe Herring is murdered, and detective bimbo is trying to find the murderer, but the first tracks he follows are just the one of a big footed mouse, but the killer returns to the victim....
- DirectorWilfred JacksonThe various clocks and watches in a clock store dance, ring alarms musically, and otherwise entertain us in an after hours presentation.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsDorothy ComptonMarion DarlingtonBeatrice HagenSwans swim by; a peacock displays its plumage in glorious black-and-white while a passing duck jeers; assorted songbirds chirp; a woodpecker chases a caterpillar; a chorus of owls croons. A chicken goes after worms while ignoring her brood until a hawk circles. When the hawk captures one chick, the crows form an attack squadron.
- DirectorHarry BaileyJohn FosterShows a stylized representation of how cartoons are made from the artists drawings, to the photography of those drawings with a movie camera, to the sounds and music added to the film with dogs, pigs and living cameras being the actors.
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsBilly MurrayMae QuestelGus WickeIn a vaudeville act, Betty Boop (with dog's ears) sings "You're Drivin' Me Crazy;" Bimbo sneaks into the show and runs afoul of a stage hypnotist.
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsCarman MaxwellBernard B. BrownDuring the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.
- DirectorJay LeydaArrival in the Bronx is shown with a view from an elevated train as it enters the city. Then follows a montage of sights from the Bronx. Many typical neighborhood activities are shown, along with scenes from many local businesses.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsJohnny MurrayRudolf IsingBosko is a doughboy in the Great War.
- DirectorUb IwerksFlip the Frog serenades his feline sweetheart to the delight of everyone in her building - everyone, that is, except a homely cow, who is trying to get some sleep.
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsBernard B. BrownCarol TevisBosko and Honey go on a picnic that ends badly.
- DirectorUb IwerksFlip is a dentist. A walrus in the waiting room is apprehensive when he hears the screams of earlier patients, but he is wrestled into the chair. Flip tries to pull the bad tooth, but keeps getting laundry, small cars, etc. He drills, but the bit breaks. Finally, he uses gas (a skunk) to put the walrus out. The walrus comes to just in time to find that Flip has put a lit stick of dynamite in his mouth; walrus removes his dentures and the dynamite, and puts them under Flip. The whole office blows sky high.
- DirectorDave FleischerShamus CulhaneStarsBilly MurrayGus WickeA lady is rescued from a villain by a heroic young man, who then takes her for a spin in his Oldsmobile.
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsBernard B. BrownKen DarbyRudolf IsingBosko is a Mountie; his sergeant demands he get his man.
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsBimboBilly Murray
- DirectorUb IwerksFlip the Frog working as prison guard, must go after an escaped convict.
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsKen DarbyMarcellite GarnerRudolf IsingPiggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat. And Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsKen DarbyRochelle HudsonRudolf IsingA streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.
- DirectorUb IwerksFlip The Frog goes out to buy a new car.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsLionel BarrymoreWallace BeeryJackie CooperJackie wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team, but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM decide to help him out.
- DirectorJohn FosterVernon StallingsTwo passengers refuse to pay their cab fare, so the taxi drives chase after them.
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsBilly MurrayBimbo is a lumberjack at a camp and must feed a seal co-worker fish in order to keep him working.
- DirectorFriz FrelengRudolf IsingStarsMarcellite GarnerRudolf IsingThe King's MenHecklers hijack a stage show.
- DirectorUb IwerksFlip the Frog wants to be a movie actor, but a guard thwarts his attempts to sneak inside a movie studio.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames FinlaysonOliver's plans to marry his hefty sweetheart go awry when the girl's father gets a load of her intended groom. They then elope in a tiny car much too small for their combined dimensions, not to mention the accompanying Stan. They find a Justice of the Peace to perform he ceremony, but the official's cross-eyed condition results in unintended consequences.
- DirectorDave FleischerTed Sears
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsBernard B. BrownRudolf IsingBosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but he sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsKen DarbyJohnny MurrayThe RhythmettesIn a toy shop, a villainous spider threatens the happiness of a red-headed baby doll and her sweetheart, a toy soldier named Napoleon.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard Bowsky
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsBernard B. BrownBosko fishes, and sings and dances with frogs. But two ladybugs use a wasp as an airplane, and a beehive and tree branch as a machine gun to drive him away.
- DirectorJames W. HorneJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardySpencer BellIn order to secretly attend a stag party in their honor, the boys urge their wives to travel ahead alone on a jointly-planned Atlantic City vacation by invoking Oliver's fake migraine as an excuse to remain behind.
- DirectorUb IwerksWhen a cat's horse throws a shoe while pulling her carriage, she enlists in the help of a blacksmith in re-shoeing her horse.
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsKen DarbyRochelle HudsonThe King's MenThings are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.
- DirectorUb Iwerks
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsJohnny MurrayBosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.
- DirectorUb IwerksFlip the Frog is a café employee who performs with the band, makes soup and delivers food to patrons.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsRudolf IsingJohnny MurrayBosko joins a wacky fox hunt. But if the hunt worries anyone, it isn't the fox.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsBernard B. BrownRudolf IsingBosko is shipwrecked on an island where he is chased by a lion and pursued by simian cannibals.
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsRudy ValleeA young dog calls on Betty but fraternity hazers kidnap him. With a Bouncing Ball, Rudy Vallee sings the title tune.
- DirectorJohn FosterVernon StallingsTom and Jerry are aboard a train making its way up a mountain in the Swiss Alps. When their train breaks down, they're spotted by a very thin St. Bernard, who brings the engine some liquor. The engine zips through the Alps, but leaves the pair behind. They play their horn, which is answered by a herd of goats, who boot Tom and Jerry down the mountain. They find a group of yodelers on the side of another mountain, and are then lured to a Swiss chalet by one of them using some Swiss cheese on a string. When the locals get angry, Tom and Jerry try to appease them by yodeling, playing instruments and dancing. They then steal some Swiss cheese, which makes them both holey; mice, mistaking them for cheese, chase them down the mountain.
- DirectorUb IwerksFlip the Frog finds himself in the wilds of Africa where he is captured by a tribe of cannibals, and is put into a pot to be boiled for dinner. But the very-resourceful Flip performs a magic trick which transforms the flames into little demons which chase the men of the tribe away. The women then make Flip their King.
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsRudy ValleeAnn LittleMae QuestelSun bonneted Betty Boop takes a train to "Rudy Valley" where she gains weight and Rudy Vallee performs the title song with Bouncing Ball.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsLouise BrooksJack ShuttaWilliam B. DavidsonA driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he winds up working as a publicity man for a movie studio and assigned to revive the career of a beautiful but fading star.