Top Ten cartoons of the 1930s

[ebrand11]

Here we go again....
Mine:
1. A Dream Walking (1934)
2. Makin Em Move (1931)
3. Goonland (1938)
4. Betty in Blunderland (1934)
5. Mickey's Good Deed (1933)
6. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
7. Mickey's Mechanical Man (1933)
8. King of the Mardi Gras (1935)
9. A Barnyard Bunk (1932)
10. Peace on Earth (1939)

[David Gerstein]

Eek. Hardest decade to do—no question.

FELIX WOOS WHOOPEE (Sullivan 1930)
SWING YOU SINNERS (Fleischer 1930)
MARS (Lantz 1930)
TRAFFIC TROUBLES (Disney 1931)
BATTLE OF THE BARN (Columbia 1931)
THREE LITTLE WOLVES (Disney 1936)
GOONLAND (Fleischer 1938)
POLAR TRAPPERS (Disney 1938)
PORKY AT THE CROCADERO (Warner 1938)
JITTERBUG FOLLIES (MGM 1939)

On a different day I might include some others. A few that didn't make the list missed out only due to racial stereotyping (which doesn't doom them, but certainly lessens them). Lots of great Mickey Mouse color cartoons gets points off simply for not using Mickey to his best advantage. Very tough call.

[Magpie]

I don't have a top ten ready...but I'd place Porky's Preview on it.

[oceansoul]

My knowledge about this era is a bit limited. From what I've seen:

1. Peace on Earth (MGM)
2. Little Match Girl (Columbia)
3. Three Little Pigs (Disney)
4. Porky in Wackyland (WB)
5. Mickey's Trailer (Disney)
6. The Band Concert (Disney)
7. The Old Mill (Disney)
8. Porky's Romance (WB)
9. I Love to Singa (WB)
10. Betty Boop's Snow White (Fleischer)

[oceansoul]

I don't have a top ten ready...but I'd place Porky's Preview on it.

I think that cartoon have been made in 1941 or 42.

[cartoonfan4ever]

Ok, here's mine,

Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
Snow-White (1933, Boop)
The Mad Doctor (1933)
I Love to Singa (1936)
Thru the Mirror (1936)
Popeye The Sailor Meets Sindbad The Sailor (1936)
Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
Goonland (1938)
The Daffy Doc (1938)

[Magpie]

I think that cartoon have been made in 1941 or 42.

Then it definitely wouldn't qualify.:confused: Back to the proverbial cartoon drawing board...

[Noisejunkie]

Peace On Earth
The Old Mill
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Snow White
A Dream Walking
Porky In Wackyland
Scrappy's Ghost Story
Balloonland
Bimbo's Initiation
Thru The Mirror

I could probably pick more, but since 10's the limit, I'll stop there.

[Thad]

FELIX WOOS WHOOPEE (Sullivan 1930)
SWING YOU SINNERS (Fleischer 1930)
MARS (Lantz 1930)
TRAFFIC TROUBLES (Disney 1931)
BATTLE OF THE BARN (Columbia 1931)
THREE LITTLE WOLVES (Disney 1936)
GOONLAND (Fleischer 1938)
POLAR TRAPPERS (Disney 1938)
PORKY AT THE CROCADERO (Warner 1938)
JITTERBUG FOLLIES (MGM 1939)


Oh mhan, snip the Oswald, Mickey, and Scrappy and that might very well be my list too. I'll sub them with an order of 'DAFFY DUCK AND EGGHEAD' (Avery), 'HALLOWEEN' (Huemer-Marcus-Davis), and 'PORKY'S TIRE TROUBLE' (Clampett). Nomn.

[zavkram]

Here's my list, in no particular order:

1. Peace on Earth (Hugh Harman/MGM)
2. Old Glory (Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros.)
3. Popeye Meets Sindbad the Sailor (Max Fleischer/Paramount)
4. Scrambled Eggs (Walter Lantz/Universal)
5. The Old Mill (Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures)
6. The Little Red Hen (Ub Iwerks/Celebrity Productions)
7. The Little Match Girl (Charles Mintz/Columbia Pictures)
8. Mickey's Service Station (Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures)
9. Minnie the Moocher (Max Fleischer/Paramount)
10. The Daffy Doc (Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros.)

[J. J. Hunsecker]

In no particular order:

Porky in Wackyland
The Daffy Doc
Porky's Romance
Snow White (Betty Boop)
The Worm Turns
Lonesome Ghosts
A Date to Skate
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor
Puttin on the Act
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

[rex racer]

Pretty much like David, ask me on a different day, the mix will be different ;) but fer today....

Swing You Sinners - Paramount/Fleischer
Africa - Universal/Lantz
A Dream Walking - Paramount/Fleischer
Bosko's Parlor Pranks - MGM / Harman
Page Miss Glory - WB/Schlesinger
Through the Mirror - RKO/Disney
The Major Lied 'til Dawn - WB/Schlesinger (Tashlin!)
The Little Match Girl - Columbia/Mintz
Cinderella Meets Fella - WB/Schlesinger (Avery)
Porky In Wackyland - WB/Schlesinger (Clampett)

[Steve Stanch]

An off the top of my head list of some of my top favorites-not QUITE top ten, but close...

The Old Mill- Disney, 37
Bottles- H/I- MGM, 36
Swing you Sinners- Fleischer, 30
Let's Go!- Columbia/Mintz, 37
Holidayland-Columbia/Mintz 34
The Fatal Note- Van Beuren 33
Can You Take it?-Fleischer (Popeye!) 34
Porky's Preview- 37 Warners
Scrappy's Art Gallery- Columbia/Mintz 32
Snow White- Fleischer, 33

[zavkram]

I think someone else already pointed out that Porky's Preview was released in 1941. But, if someone starts a "Top Ten Cartoons of the 1940's" thread, that one will definitely be on my list! :D

[lonesome-lenny]

OK, OK, I'll join in... offthetopofmyhead...

Swing You Sinners (Fleischer)
Thugs With Dirty Mugs (WB)
Swing Wedding (MGM)
Room Runners (Iwerks)
A Dream Walking (Fleischer)
Minnie The Moocher (Fleischer)
Porky's Hero Agency (WB)
You Don't Know What You're Doin' (WB)
Snow White (Fleischer)
Hot Dog (Fleischer)

This is a tough decade to do, because of the extreme changes animation underwent. A 1930 cartoon is totally different from a 1939 one. In no other decade was there such extreme stylistic and cinematic growth.

[FleischerFan]

This is the first "Top Ten" of a particular decade that I felt qualified to post on. I just haven't seen enough cartoons of the 1910's or 1920's to make an informed choice.

Like many, my list may change of the day you ask, but today:

1. Thru the Mirror (1936/Mickey Mouse/Disney)
2. A Dream Walking (1934/Popeye/Fleischer)
3. Snow White (1933/Betty Boop/Fleischer)
4. Swing Wedding (1937/M-G-M)
5. Bimbo's Initiation (1931/Talkartoons/Fleischer)
6. Mickey's Trailer (1938/Mickey Mouse/Disney)
7. Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938/Silly Symphonies/Disney)
8. Popeye Meets Sinbad (1936/Popeye/Fleischer)
9. Blue Danube (1939/M-G-M)
10. Speaking of the Weather (1937/Merrie Melodies/Warner Bros.)


Honorable Mention:

Pencil Mania (Van Beuren)
Magic Mummy (Van Beuren)
Doughnuts (Van Beuren)
Room Runners (Iwerks)
Page Miss Glory (Warner Bros.)
Have You Got Any Castles (Warner Bros.)
Pipe Dreams (M-G-M)

[rrfan3267]

I'm only familiar with the Warner Bros. studio, so I'll just do my top 10 1930's Looney Tunes:

Porky's Poppa (1938)
A Day at the Zoo (1939)
Porky the Wrestler (1937)
Ride Him, Bosko! (1932)
Injun Trouble (1938)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare (1935)
Get Rich Quick Porky (1937)
A Feud There WAs (1938)
Bosko at the Beach (1932)
Buddy the Detective (1934)

[David Gerstein]

Snip the Oswald, Mickey, and Scrappy and that might very well be my list too. I'll sub them with an order of 'DAFFY DUCK AND EGGHEAD' (Avery), 'HALLOWEEN' (Huemer-Marcus-Davis), and 'PORKY'S TIRE TROUBLE' (Clampett).HALLOWEEN lost by an eyelash to BATTLE OF THE BARN on my list, if only because the creative team was the same and I already had the ghost-themed SWING YOU SINNERS. Now that I think about it, maybe JITTERBUG FOLLIES should have been Iwerks' ROOM RUNNERS—FOLLIES is very funny, but on reassessment has some story problems that are odd even for Gross.

[Thad]

Puttin on the Act

A 1940 cartoon, buddy. :shame:

[J. J. Hunsecker]

A 1940 cartoon, buddy. :shame:
Thanks for the correction, pal. (Though, technically speaking a decade starts at year one and ends on ten, hence 1931-1940 would encompass the 30's. Just saying...)

Replace Puttin' On the Act with Thugs With Dirty Mugs, please.

[Douglas E.]

In no particular order:

-Daffy Duck and Egghead (Warner Bros.)
-Learning Polikeness (Fleischer)
-The Daffy Doc (Warner Bros.)
-Thugs With Dirty Mugs (Warner Bros.)
-Minnie The Moocher (Fleischer)
-Touchdown Mickey (Disney)
-Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (Fleischer)
-The Spinach Overture (Fleischer)
-Peace On Earth (MGM)
-Swing Wedding (MGM)

-Doug

[J. A. Boschen]

Here's my top ten (in no particular order)

-OLD KING COLE (1933- Disney (United Artists)
-POOR CINDERELLA (1934 Fleischer (Paramount)
-MICKEY'S SERVICE STATION (1935 Disney (United Artists)
-SUNSHINE MAKERS (1935-Van Beuren (RKO Radio )
-PAGE MISS GLORY (1936- Warner Bros.)
-PLAY SAFE (1936 Fleischer (Paramount)
-LONESOME GHOSTS (1937- Disney (RKO Radio)
-PORKY AND DAFFY (1938-Warner Bros.)
-ALLS FAIR AT THE FAIR (1938-Fleischer (Paramoun)
-PORKY'S PARTY (1938 Warner Bros.)

[Cartman]

This is going to be a toughie!:confused:
Well, let's see here:



Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (Fleischer)
Mother Goose Goes Hollywod (Disney)
Swing You Sinners (Fleischer)
Little Red Walking Hood (WB)
The Little Match Girl (Columbia)
The Band Concert (Disney)
Room Runners (Iwerks)
Confidence (Lantz)
Spooks (Lantz)
Traffic Troubles (Disney)

[Lee Glover]

My current top ten (in no particular order):

Swing You Sinners (Fleischer)
You Try Somebody Else (Fleischer)
The Office Boy (Van Beuren)
Silvery Moon (Van Beuren)
Page Miss Glory (WB)
Porky's Duck Hunt (WB)
Barking Dogs (Van Beuren)
The Dog Snatcher (Columbia)
Bimbo's Initiation (Fleischer)
The Paneless Window Washer (Fleischer)

[jonmayo15]

In no order...
Small Fry (Fleischer)
Peace On Earth (MGM)
Have You Got Any Castles (Warners)
Thugs With Dirty Mugs (Warners)
Popeye The Sailor Meets Sindbad The Sailor (Fleischer)
Porky's Party (Warners)
Wax Works (Lantz)
Porky In Wackyland (Warners)
The Case of The Stuttering Pig (Warners)
Happy Days (Iwerks)

It'd change from day to day though.

[frizfrelengfan]

My favorite decade for cartoons! (Even more than the '40s.)



Swing You Sinners
Barnacle Bill
Bimbo's Initiation
Minnie the Moocher
Betty Boop in Snow-White
Play Safe
Gold Diggers of '49
Page Miss Glory
Bottles
Peace on Earth


There are many, many cartoons that I like from this decade. So if I think about it more, the list will probably change.

[Matt the Y]

OK, ok, sorry I'm late, guys! Anyway, my top 10 from this decade in random order.....

1. The Blow Out (WB/1936)
2. Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (Disney/1938)
3. Porky's Duck Hunt (WB/1937)
4. Petunia Natural Park (MGM/1939)
5. Mickey's Polo Team (Disney/1936)
6. It's the Natural Thing to Do (Fleischer/1939)
7. Thugs With Dirty Mugs (WB/1939)
8. Wanted: No Master (MGM/1939)
9. Daffy Duck and Egghead (WB/1938)
10. Porky in Wackyland (WB/1938)

Honorable mention goes to: The Case of the Stuttering Pig (WB/1937)

[dandu]

1-Popeye Meets Ali Baba and His Forty Thieves (Fliescher, 1937)
2-Swing You Sinners (Fliescher, 1930)
3-Bosko's Picture Show (WB, 1933)
4-Funny Face (Iwerks, 1933)
5- The Blow Out (WB, 1936)
6- Bimbo's Initiation (Fliescher, 1931)
7- Thugs With Dirty Mugs (WB, 1939)
8- Spite Flight (Iwerks, 1933)
9- Toby's Halloween (Mintz, 1930) I HAVEN'T SEEN THE WHOLE CARTOON, the one that David posted is not really complete...
10-The Magic Mummy (Van Bueren, 1933)

[David Gerstein]

9- Toby's Halloween (Mintz, 1930) I HAVEN'T SEEN THE WHOLE CARTOON, the one that David posted is not really complete...It was just mis-synced, a casualty of its RealVideo source.
More recently, though, Thad put up this (http://thadkomorowski.com/2008/10/29/bowl-of-wtf-halloween-edition-featuring-toby-the-pup/) properly synced version. Good stuff.

[Magpie]

All righty then (in no particular order):
1. Pluto's Judgment Day
2. Porky in Wackyland
3. Minnie the Moocher
4. Snow White-Betty Boop
5. The Jeep-Popeye
6. The Fatal Note-The Little King
7. Page Miss Glory
8. Into Your Dance (WB)
9. The Daffy Doc
10. The Little Match Girl (even though I don't have a copy):(

[Dirty Skunk]

Have to say, I'm not really into the Warners cartoons of the 30s, in my opinion, they didn't really, truly hit their stride until the 40s came in....

* Clock Cleaners (Disney)
* Mickey's Trailer (Disney)
* Porky's Party (WB)
* The Case of the Stuttering Pig (WB) - I just love that "guy in the thoid row" stuff.
* The Band Concert (Disney)
* Donald and Pluto (Disney)
* Mickey's Pal Pluto (Disney)
* Sea Scouts (Disney)
* Thru The Mirror (Disney) - I tend to go for the funniest cartoons, but this one is so overloaded with charm and beautiful animation, I can't leave it out.
* The Hockey Champ (Disney)

Honourable mentions to a number of Silly Symphonies which would've made it in but in the end, I went for the character-based shorts.

[Bugsy-Kun]

I'm so late for the 1930's cartoons. Here's a try:

Porky in Wackyland (WB, 1938) A true classic short
The Daffy Doc (WB, 1938) Wonderful gags and animations
Porky's Duck Hunt (WB, 1937) A great cartoon with solid gags
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (Fleischer, 1936) Classic timeless who inspired modern animated movies
A Dream Walking (Fleischer, 1934) I love it for the music
Halloween (Mintz, 1931) I loved too this ONE!! :D
King Klunk (Lantz, 1933) Even for a Pre-Hays short, Lantz was able to make decent shorts
Spooks (Lantz, 1930) A neat short not too long and not too short.
Porky the Fireman (WB, 1938) Brillant gags
Room Runners (Flip the Frog, 1932) A true classic from the pre-Hays code