The Skeleton Dance (1929)
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- Approved
- 6min
- Animation, Short
- 29 Aug 1929 (USA)
- Short
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Cast
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| Walt Disney | ... |
Dog (voice)
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| Carl W. Stalling | ... |
Alley Cats (voice)
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Directed by
| Walt Disney | ||
Written by
| Carl W. Stalling | ... | (idea) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Carl W. Stalling | ||
Sound Department
| George Lowerre | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Ub Iwerks | ... | animator |
| Les Clark | ... | animator: "xylophone" scene (uncredited) |
| Ub Iwerks | ... | background artist (uncredited) / layout artist (uncredited) |
| Wilfred Jackson | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Mary Tebb | ... | ink artist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia Pictures (1929) (United States) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Canada (1929) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Ideal Films (1929) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Greater Australasian Films (1929) (Australia) (theatrical) (as Greater Australasian Films, Ltd.)
- Walt Disney Home Video (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- Buena Vista International (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
- Disney+ (2023) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Disney+ (2023) (World-wide) (video) (VOD)
- YouTube (2015) (World-wide) (video) (internet)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The night promises to be a scary one. Lightning flashes. The wind howls. A tree branch in the shape of a hand seems to grab for a frightened owl that spins its head around like a top. The clock on the church tower strikes midnight, sending the bats flying out of the belfry. Two cats on gravestones fight by pulling and stretching each other's noses like taffy. A skeleton rises from behind a gravestone, frightening the fur off the cats. But an owl's hooting scares it, and it retaliates by throwing its skull and knocking the bird's feathers off. It's time for the skeletons to dance; and they perform as no living creatures could. Written by J. Spurlin |
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| Taglines | The greatest talking picture novelty ever screened! -- A laugh riot from start to finish! A comically clever cartoon classic with music, sound, and original effects See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $5,386 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The first of Walt Disney's Silly Symphony series. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into The Haunted House (1929). See more » |
| Soundtracks | March of the Dwarfs See more » |