Name of film | Year | Source material | Further notes |
Little Red Riding Hood | 1922 | Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault/Brothers Grimm | Laugh-O-Gram |
The Four Musicians of Bremen | 1922 | The Bremen Town Musicians by the Brothers Grimm | Laugh-O-Gram |
Jack and the Beanstalk | 1922 | Traditional English tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, best known through the retelling by Joseph Jacobs | Laugh-O-Gram |
Jack the Giant Killer | 1922 | Traditional English tale of Jack the Giant Killer | Laugh-O-Gram, also released under the title of The KO Kid. |
Goldie Locks and the Three Bears | 1922 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Robert Southey | Laugh-O-Gram, also released under the title of The Peroxide Kid. |
Puss in Boots | 1922 | Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault | Laugh-O-Gram |
Cinderella | 1922 | Cinderella by Charles Perrault/Brothers Grimm | Laugh-O-Gram |
Mother Goose Melodies | 1931 | various Mother Goose Stories | From the Silly Symphony series. Semi-remade into Old King Cole. |
The Ugly Duckling | 1931 | The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen | From the Silly Symphony series. The only such short in the series to be remade in colour. |
Babes in the Woods | 1932 | Title taken from the traditional English tale Babes in the Wood, though largely inspired by the Brothers Grimm's Hansel and Gretel | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Father Noah's Ark | 1933 | Noah's Ark from the Book of Genesis | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Three Little Pigs | 1933 | Traditional English tale of The Three Little Pigs | From the Silly Symphony series. An extremely successful film, it introduced the Disney versions of the namesake pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, and bore the popular song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?". Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. |
Old King Cole | 1933 | Mother Goose's Old King Cole nursery rhyme | From the Silly Symphony series. |
The Pied Piper | 1933 | German folk tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, popularised in the English-speaking world by the 19th century poem by Robert Browning | From the Silly Symphony series. |
The Night Before Christmas | 1933 | A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Giantland | 1933 | Loosely inspired by the traditional English tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, best known through the retelling by Joseph Jacobs | Mickey Mouse short. |
Gulliver Mickey | 1934 | Loosely inspired by the English novel , Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. | Mickey Mouse short. |
The China Shop | 1934 | The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep by Hans Christian Andersen | From the Silly Symphony series. |
The Grasshopper and the Ants | 1934 | The Ant and the Grasshopper by Aesop | From the Silly Symphony series. |
The Big Bad Wolf | 1934 | Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault/Brothers Grimm, featuring characters from Three Little Pigs | From the Silly Symphony series. Part sequel to Three Little Pigs, part retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. |
The Wise Little Hen | 1934 | Traditional story of The Little Red Hen | From the Silly Symphony series. First screen appearance of Donald Duck. The duck character is not in the original fairy tale. |
The Tortoise and the Hare | 1935 | The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop | From the Silly Symphony series. |
The Golden Touch | 1935 | Greek myth of King Midas | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Water Babies | 1935 | The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Who Killed Cock Robin? | 1935 | The English nursery rhyme Cock Robin | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Three Little Wolves | 1936 | The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Aesop, featuring characters from Three Little Pigs | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Thru the Mirror | 1936 | Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll | Mickey Mouse short. |
The Country Cousin | 1936 | The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse by Aesop | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Little Hiawatha | 1937 | The Song of Hiawatha, an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Wynken, Blynken and Nod | 1938 | Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field | From the Silly Symphony series. |
Brave Little Tailor | 1938 | The Brave Little Tailor by the Brothers Grimm | Mickey Mouse short. |
The Ugly Duckling | 1939 | The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen | From the Silly Symphonies series. Colour remake of the 1931 short. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. |
Chicken Little | 1943 | Traditional story of Chicken Little | World War II propaganda |
Dumb Bell of the Yukon | 1946 | The Russian folk tale of The Bear with a Wooden Leg by A. N. Afanas'ev | Donald Duck short. |
Paul Bunyan | 1958 | North American folk hero and lumberjack Paul Bunyan | |
Donald in Mathmagic Land | 1959 | Partly based on Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll | Donald Duck short. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). |
Mickey's Christmas Carol | 1983 | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens | Mickey Mouse short. |
The Prince and the Pauper | 1990 | The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain | Mickey Mouse short. |
Redux Riding Hood | 1997 | Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault/Brothers Grimm | Produced by Walt Disney Television Animation as part of a planned series called "Totally Twisted Fairy Tales". |
Hansel and Gretel | 1999 | Hansel and Gretel, by Brothers Grimm | From Mickey Mouse Works. Mickey and Minnie play the roles of Hansel and Gretel in a musical retelling of the fairy tale; the music featured is Danse Macabre. This short is also a segment in the movie Mickey's House of Villains and in an episode of the TV series House of Mouse. |
The Little Matchgirl | 2006 | The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen | Included on The Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD. Originally made for a third continuation of Fantasia that was ultimately shelved. |