Sandbox / Classic Disney Shorts

NOTE: This filmography does not include the Alice Comedies, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit or any of the shorts featured in the '40s package films.

1928

• Plane Crazy (Mickey Mouse, May 15 (silent), March 17, 1929 (sound)): Walt Disney; Debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse; silent version is Public Domain
• The Gallopin' Gaucho (Mickey Mouse, August 2 (silent), December 30 (sound)): Disney, silent version is Public Domain
• Steamboat Willie (Mickey Mouse, November 18): Disney, Ub Iwerks; Public Domain

1929

• The Barn Dance (Mickey Mouse, March 14): Disney
• The Opry House (Mickey Mouse, March 28): Disney
• When the Cat's Away (Mickey Mouse, May 3): Disney
• Barnyard Battle (Mickey Mouse, June 2): Disney
• The Plowboy (Mickey Mouse, June 28): Disney; Debut of Horace Horsecollar
• The Karnival Kid (Mickey Mouse, July 31): Disney
• The Skeleton Dance (Silly Symphony, August 22): Disney; first of the Silly Symphonies
• Mickey's Follies (Mickey Mouse, August 28): Wilfred Jackson
• El Terrible Toreador (Silly Symphony, September 7): Disney
• Mickey's Choo-Choo (Mickey Mouse, October 1): Disney
• The Jazz Fool (Mickey Mouse, October 15): Disney
• Springtime (Silly Symphony, October 24): Disney
• Hell's Bells (Silly Symphony, October 30): Iwerks
• Jungle Rhythm (Mickey Mouse, November 15): Disney
• The Haunted House (Mickey Mouse, December 2): Disney
• The Merry Dwarfs (Silly Symphony, December 16): Disney
• Wild Waves (Silly Symphony, December 21): Burt Gillett

1930

• Summer (Silly Symphony, January 15): Iwerks
• Minnie's Yoo Hoo (Mickey Mouse, February 5): Disney
• Autumn (Silly Symphony, February 15): Iwerks
• Cannibal Capers (Silly Symphony, March 13): Gillett
• Fiddling Around (Mickey Mouse, March 21): Disney
• The Barnyard Concert (Mickey Mouse, April 5): Disney
• Night (Silly Symphony, April 28): Disney
• Frolicking Fish (Silly Symphony, May 8): Gillett
• The Cactus Kid (Mickey Mouse, May 15): Disney
• Arctic Antics (Silly Symphony, June 5): Iwerks
• The Fire Fighters (Mickey Mouse, June 25): Gillett
• The Shindig (Mickey Mouse, July 29): Gillett
• Midnight in a Toy Shop (Silly Symphony, August 16): Jackson
• The Chain Gang (Mickey Mouse, September 5): Gillett
• Monkey Melodies (Silly Symphony, September 25): Gillett
• The Gorilla Mystery (Mickey Mouse, October 10): Gillet
• The Picnic (Mickey Mouse, October 23): Gillett; Debut of Pluto the Pup
• 'Winter (Silly Symphony, October 30): Gillett
• Pioneer Days (Mickey Mouse, December 5): Gillett
• Playful Pan (Silly Symphony, December 27): Gillett

1931

• The Birthday Party (Mickey Mouse, January 7): Gillett
• Birds of a Feather (Silly Symphony, February 10): Gillett
• Traffic Troubles (Mickey Mouse, March 17): Gillett
• The Castaway (Mickey Mouse, April 6): Jackson
• Mother Goose Melodies (Silly Symphony, April 16): Gillett
• The Moose Hunt (Mickey Mouse, May 3), Gillett
• The China Plate (Silly Symphony, May 25): Jackson
• The Delivery Boy (Mickey Mouse, June 13): Gillett
• The Busy Beavers (Silly Symphony, June 30): Gillett
• Mickey Steps Out (Mickey Mouse, July 7): Gillett
• The Cat's Out (Silly Symphony, July 28): Jackson
• Blue Rhythm (Mickey Mouse, August 18): Gillett
• Egyptian Melodies (Silly Symphony, August 27): Jackson
• Fishin' Around (Mickey Mouse, September 25): Gillett
• The Clock Store (Silly Symphony, September 30): Jackson
• The Barnyard Broadcast (Mickey Mouse, October 10): Disney
• The Spider and the Fly (Silly Symphony, October 23): Jackson
• The Beach Party (Mickey Mouse, November 5): Gillett
• The Fox Hunt (Silly Symphony, November 10): Jackson
• Mickey Cuts Up (Mickey Mouse, November 30): Gillett
• Mickey's Orphans (Mickey Mouse, December 9): Gillett
• The Ugly Duckling (Silly Symphony, December 17): Jackson

1932

• The Bird Store (Silly Symphony, January 16) Jackson
• The Duck Hunt (Mickey Mouse, January 28): Gillett
• The Grocery Boy (Mickey Mouse, February 11): Jackson
• The Mad Dog (Mickey Mouse, March 5): Gillett
• Barnyard Olympics (Mickey Mouse, April 13): Jackson
• Mickey's Revue (Mickey Mouse, May 12): Jackson
• 'Musical Farmer'' (Mickey Mouse, June 9): Jackson
• The Bears and the Bees (Silly Symphony, July 9): Jackson
• Mickey in Arabia (Mickey Mouse, July 18): Jackson
• Just Dogs: (Silly Symphony, July 30): Gillett; First starring role for Pluto.
• Flowers and Trees (Silly Symphony, July 30): Gillett: First cartoon produced in full-color three-strip Technicolor. First cartoon to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
• Mickey's Nightmare (Mickey Mouse, August 13): Gillett
• Trader Mickey (Mickey Mouse, August 20): David Hand
• King Neptune (Silly Symphony, September 10): Gillett
• Bugs in Love (Silly Symphony, October 1): Gillett; last Silly Symphony shot in black-and-white.
• Babes in the Woods (Silly Symphony, November 19): Gillett
• Santa's Workshop (Silly Symphony, December 10): Jackson
• Mickey's Good Deed (Mickey Mouse, December 12): Gillett

1933

• Building a Building (Mickey Mouse, January 7): Hand
• The Mad Doctor (Mickey Mouse, January 20): Hand; Public Domain
• Birds in the Spring (Silly Symphony, March 11): Hand
• Mickey's Mellerdrammer (Mickey Mouse, March 18): Jackson
• Father Noah's Ark (Silly Symphony, April 8): Jackson
• The Three Little Pigs (Silly Symphony, May 27): Gillett; won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
• Old King Cole (Silly Symphony, July 29): Hand
• Lullaby Land (Silly Symphony, August 19): Jackson
• The Pied Piper (Silly Symphony, September 16): Jackson
• The Night Before Christmas (Silly Symphony, December 9): Jackson

1934

• The China Shop (Silly Symphony, January 13): Jackson
• The Grasshopper and the Ants (Silly Symphony, February 10): Jackson: Based on a fable by Aesop. Pinto Colvig (Goofy) provides the voice for the grasshopper.
• Funny Little Bunnies (Silly Symphony, March 24): Jackson
• The Big Bad Wolf (Silly Symphony, April 14): Gillett
• The Wise Little Hen (Silly Symphony, June 9): Jackson; debut of Donald Duck.
• The Flying Mouse (Silly Symphony, July 14): Hand
• Orphans Benefit (Mickey Mouse, August 11): Gillett
• Peculiar Penguins (Silly Symphony, September 1): Jackson
• The Goddess of Spring (Silly Symphony, November 3): Jackson
• Two Gun Mickey (Mickey Mouse, December 15): Ben Sharpsteen

1935

• The Tortoise and the Hare (Silly Symphony, January 5): Jackson: Won the 1935 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
• The Band Concert (Mickey Mouse, February 23): Jackson; first Mickey Mouse cartoon in color
• The Golden Touch (Silly Symphony, March 22): Disney; the final short Disney ever directed
• The Robber Kitten (Silly Symphony, April 13): Hand
• Water Babies (Silly Symphony, May 11): Jackson
• The Cookie Carnival (Silly Symphony, May 25): Sharpsteen
• Who Killed Cock Robin? (Silly Symphony, June 26): Hand; Academy award nominee.
• Pluto's Judgement Day (Mickey Mouse, August 31): Hand
• Music Land (Silly Symphony, October 5): Jackson
• Three Orphan Kittens (Silly Symphony, October 26): Hand; Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
• Cock o' the Walk (Silly Symphony, November 30): Sharpsteen
• Broken Toys: (Silly Symphony, December 14): Sharpsteen

1936

• Mickey's Polo Team (Mickey Mouse, January 4): Hand
• Elmer Elephant (Silly Symphony, March 28): Jackson
• Three Little Wolves (Silly Symphony, April 18): Hand
• Thru the Mirror (Mickey Mouse, May 30): Hand
• Mickey's Rival (Mickey Mouse, June 20): Jackson
• Moving Day (Mickey Mouse, June 20): Sharpsteen
• Alpine Climbers (Mickey Mouse, July 25): Hand
• Toby Tortoise Returns (Silly Symphony, August 22): Jackson
• Three Blind Mouseketeers (Silly Symphony, September 26): Hand
• The Country Cousin (Silly Symphony, October 31): Hand; Won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
• Mother Pluto: (Silly Symphony, November 14): Hand
• More Kittens: (Silly Symphony, December 19): Hand

1937

• The Worm Turns (Mickey Mouse, January 2): Sharpsteen
• Magician Mickey (Mickey Mouse, February 6): Hand
• Woodland Café (Silly Symphony, March 13): Jackson
• Little Hiawatha (Silly Symphony, May 15): Hand
• Modern Inventions (Donald Duck, May 29): Jack King; first standalone Donald Duck cartoon^note initially billed as a Mickey Mouse cartoon
• Mickey's Amateurs (Mickey, Donald & Goofy, April 17): Pinto Colvig, Erdman Penner, Walt Pfeiffer
• Clock Cleaners (Mickey, Donald & Goofy, October 15): Sharpsteen
• The Old Mill (Silly Symphony, November 5): Jackson: Disney's first use of the Multiplane Camera and the first Silly Symphony distributed by RKO Radio Pictures; Won the 1937 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
• Lonesome Ghosts (Mickey, Donald & Goofy, December 24): Gillett

1938

• Moth and the Flame (Silly Symphony, April 1): Gillett
• Donalds Nephews (Donald Duck, April 25): King
• Mickey's Trailer (Mickey, Donald & Goofy, May 6): Sharpsteen
• Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Silly Symphony, May 27): Heid
• Good Scouts (Donald Duck, July 15): King; Oscar nominee
• Mickey's Parrot (Mickey Mouse, September 9): Bill Roberts
• Brave Little Tailor (Mickey Mouse, September 23): Roberts
• Farmyard Symphony (Silly Symphony, October 14): Jack Cutting
• Ferdinand the Bull (One-off, November 18): Dick Rickard
• Merbabies (Silly Symphony, December 9): Rudolf Ising^note Vernon Stallings Outsourced to Harman and Ising after the studio donated inkers and painters to the Disney studio to complete Snow White.
• Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (Silly Symphony, December 23): Jackson

1939

• Society Dog Show (Mickey Mouse, January 27): Roberts
• The Practical Pig (Silly Symphony, February 24): Rickard
• The Ugly Duckling (Silly Symphony, April 7): Cutting; Final Silly Symphony, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
• Beach Picnic (Donald Duck, June 14): Clyde Geronomi
• Sea Scouts (Donald Duck, June 30): Dick Lundy
• The Pointer (Mickey Mouse, July 14): Geronomi
• The Autograph Hound (Donald Duck, September 1): King

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