The Golden Age of Hollywood animation

The Golden Age of Hollywood Animation (or more appropriately The Golden Age of American Animation) is a period in American animation history that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and lasted into the 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of television animation. Many of the most memorable characters emerged from this period including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Popeye, Betty Boop, Woody Woodpecker, Tom and Jerry, and Mr. Magoo.

Partial list of noteworthy shorts from the Golden Age of animation

Walt Disney Productions

• Steamboat Willie (1928), Walt Disney
• The Skeleton Dance (1929), Walt Disney
• Flowers and Trees (1932), Walt Disney
• Three Little Pigs, (1933), Walt Disney
• The Band Concert (1935), Wilfred Jackson
• The Old Mill (1936), Walt Disney
• Clock Cleaners (1937), Ben Sharpsteen
• Brave Little Tailor (1938), Bill Roberts
• Der Fuehrer's Face (1942), Jack Kinney
• Hockey Homicide (1945), Jack Kinney
• Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953), C. August Nichols and Ward Kimball

Warner Bros.

• Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930), Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising
• Gold Diggers of '49 (1935), Tex Avery
• Porky's Duck Hunt (1937), Tex Avery
• Porky in Wackyland (1938), Bob Clampett
• You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940), Friz Freleng
• A Wild Hare (1940), Tex Avery
• The Dover Boys (1942), Chuck Jones
• The Ducktators (1942), Norm McCabe
• Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943), Bob Clampett
• Book Revue (1946), Bob Clampett
• The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946), Bob Clampett
• Tweetie Pie (1947), Friz Freleng
• Rabbit of Seville (1950), Chuck Jones
• Rabbit Fire (1951), Chuck Jones
• Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953), Chuck Jones
• Duck Amuck (1953), Chuck Jones
• One Froggy Evening (1955), Chuck Jones
• What's Opera Doc? (1957), Chuck Jones
• Knighty Knight Bugs (1958), Friz Freleng

Fleischer Studios

• Popeye the Sailor with Betty Boop (1933), Dave Fleischer
• Snow White (1933), Dave Fleischer
• Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936), Dave Fleischer
• Superman (1941) Dave Fleischer

Walter Lantz/Universal

• Race Riot, (1929), Walter Lantz
• Confidence, (1933), Bill Nolan
• Knock Knock (1940), Walter Lantz
• Barber of Seville (1944), James Culhane

MGM

• Puss Gets The Boot (1940), William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
• Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), Tex Avery
• King-Size Canary (1947), Tex Avery

Charles Mintz/Screen Gems (Columbia)

• Yelp Wanted (1931), Dick Huemer
• The Fox and the Grapes (1941) Frank Tashlin

UPA

• Hell-Bent for Election (1944), Chuck Jones
• Brotherhood of Man (1946), Bob Cannon
• Ragtime Bear (1949), John Hubley
• Gerald McBoing Boing (1951), Bob Cannon
• Rooty Toot Toot (1952), John Hubley
• The Tell-Tale Heart (1953), Art Babbitt and Ted Parmelee