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| - | '''''Silly Symphony''''' is a series of 75 [[Animated cartoon|animated]] [[short film]]s produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]] from 1929 to 1939. As their name implies, the ''Silly Symphonies'' were originally intended as whimsical accompaniments to pieces of music. As such, the films usually had independent continuity and did not feature continuing characters, unlike the ''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' shorts produced by Disney at the same time. (Exceptions to this include ''[[Three Little Pigs (film)|Three Little Pigs]]'', ''[[The Tortoise and the Hare (film)|The Tortoise and the Hare]]'', and ''[[Three Orphan Kittens]]'' which all had sequels.) The series is notable for its innovation with [[Technicolor]] and the [[Multiplane camera|multiplane motion picture camera]], as well as its introduction of the character [[Donald Duck]] in 1934. | + | The '''golden age of American animation''' was a period in the history of U.S. animation that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and continued until around 1972 when theatrical animated shorts began losing to the new medium of television animation. |
| - | ''Silly Symphony'' won the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] seven times, including the first six years in which the award was presented. | + | Many popular characters emerged from this period, including [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Daffy Duck]], [[Donald Duck]], [[Goofy]], [[Popeye]], [[Tom and Jerry]], [[Porky Pig]], [[Betty Boop]], [[Woody Woodpecker]], [[Droopy]], [[Mighty Mouse]], [[Mr. Magoo]], [[Pink Panther (character)|Pink Panther]], [[the Fox and the Crow]], [[George and Junior]], [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]], [[Barney Bear]], and the first animated adaptation of [[Superman (1940s cartoons)|Superman]], [[Casper the friendly ghost|Casper]] and [[Little Lulu]], among others. |
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| + | Feature length animation also began during this period, most notably with [[Walt Disney]]'s first films: ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'', ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'', ''[[Dumbo]]'' and ''[[Bambi]]''. Also began animation on television with the first animated series from [[List of animated television series of the 1940s and 1950s|1949]] to the early [[1960s]]. | ||
| - | The series also spawned a Disney [[media franchise]] which included the newspaper comic strip ''Silly Symphony'', the [[Dell Comics|Dell]] comic book series ''Silly Symphonies'', as well as several children's books, many of which were based on ''Silly Symphony'' cartoons. | ||
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| - | *[[Golden age of American animation]] | + | * [[History of animation]] |
| - | *[[List of Disney animated shorts]] | + | * [[Animated cartoon]] |
| - | **''[[Alice Comedies]]'' | + | * [[List of animation shorts]] |
| - | **''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit filmography|Oswald Comedies]]'' | + | |
| - | **''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' | + | |
| - | **''[[Donald Duck filmography|Donald Duck]]'' | + | |
| - | *Other animated shorts series | + | |
| - | ** ''[[Walter Lantz#Walter Lantz "Cartunes"|Cartune Classics]]'' | + | |
| - | ** ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' | + | |
| - | ** ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' | + | |
| - | ** ''[[ComiColor Cartoons]]'' | + | |
| - | ** ''[[Color Classics]]'' | + | |
| - | ** ''[[Color Rhapsodies]]'' | + | |
| - | ** ''[[Happy Harmonies]]'' | + | |
| - | ** ''[[Rainbow Parade]]'' | + | |
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The golden age of American animation was a period in the history of U.S. animation that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and continued until around 1972 when theatrical animated shorts began losing to the new medium of television animation.
Many popular characters emerged from this period, including Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Daffy Duck, Donald Duck, Goofy, Popeye, Tom and Jerry, Porky Pig, Betty Boop, Woody Woodpecker, Droopy, Mighty Mouse, Mr. Magoo, Pink Panther, the Fox and the Crow, George and Junior, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Barney Bear, and the first animated adaptation of Superman, Casper and Little Lulu, among others.
Feature length animation also began during this period, most notably with Walt Disney's first films: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi. Also began animation on television with the first animated series from 1949 to the early 1960s.
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