Silly Symphonies
10.00AM –
5.00PM
28 Mar 2008 – 13 Apr 2008
| GOMA | Cinema A
Walt Disney followed up his popular early Mickey Mouse cartoons with the Silly Symphonies — dynamically choreographed musical animations. Inaugurated with The Skeleton Dance 1929, the Silly Symphonies continued to be produced throughout the following decade reworking classical tales and nursery rhymes to soundtracks ranging from jazz and popular classics to original compositions. The Australian Cinémathèque program of 35 Silly Symphonies is the largest ever to be presented internationally.
LECTURE: Silly Symphonies
Russell Merritt, co-author with JB Kaufman of Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Cineteca del Friuli, Italy, 2006), the first in-depth exploration of the Disney series.
Sat 29 March 2.00pm / Cinema B
LIST OF WORKS
SILLY SYMPHONIES: SOUND AND DANCE
The Skeleton Dance 1929 | Director: Walt Disney
Hells Bells 1929 | Director: Ub Iwerks
Birds of a Feather 1931 | Director: Burt Gillett
The Ugly Duckling 1931 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
Flowers and Trees 1932 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
Music Land 1935 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
The Old Mill 1937 | Director: Wilfred Jackson, Graham Heid
The Ugly Duckling 1939 | Director: Jack Cutting, Ham Luske
Babes in the Woods 1932 | Director: Burt Gillett
Lullaby Land 1933 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
The China Shop 1934 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
Broken Toys 1935 | Director: Ben Sharpsteen
Woodland Café 1937 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
The Night Before Christmas 1933 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
Santa's Workshop 1932 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
Merbabies 1938 | Director: Rudolf Ising
Midnight in a Toy Shop 1930 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
SILLY SYMPHONIES: RENEGADES AND FINE ROMANCE
Cock o' the Walk 1935 | Director: Ben Sharpsteen
The Country Cousin 1936 | Directors: Dave Hand, Wilfred Jackson
Who Killed Cock Robin 1935 | Director: Dave Hand
The Fox Hunt 1931 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
Ferdinand the Bull 1938 | Director: Dick Rickard
Moth and the Flame 1938 | Directors: Dave Hand, Burt Gillett, Dick Huemer
The Spider and the Fly 1931 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
Bugs in Love 1932 | Director: Burt Gillett
Grasshopper and the Ants 1933 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
SILLY SYMPHONIES: THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
Three Little Pigs 1933 | Director: Burt Gillett
The Big Bad Wolf 1934 | Director: Burt Gillett
Three Little Wolves 1936 | Director: Dave Hand
The Practical Pig 1939 | Director: Dick Rickard
SILLY SYMPHONIES: HOLLYWOOD NURSERY RHYMES
The Pied Piper 1933 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
Playful Pan 1930 | Director: Burt Gillett
Mother Goose Melodies 1931 | Director: Burt Gillett
Toby Tortoise Returns 1936 | Director: Wilfred Jackson
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 1938 | Director: Wilfred Jackson