Today, The Walt Disney Company is celebrating its 101st anniversary, having been founded by Walt and his brother Roy on October 16, 1923. What better day to honor Walt Disney's The Skeleton Dance (1929), that wonderful historic animated short, celebrated as the first Silly Symphony. Crucial to the Disney story, The Skeleton Dance is also a lot of fun especially around Halloween—so just right for the Countdown to Halloween 2024. 🎃 The Academy Museum in Hollywood, California has a fascinating exhibit about animation, displaying art and artifacts from the film such as music transcriptions, animation drawings and (incredibly) the very xylophone on which some of the score was played. Photo credit goes to Dean Brinkerhoff from our visit to the Museum in August. Spooky scary skeletons beware, the dancing has begun!
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Quite an anniversary! Geez. And that cartoon is nearing the century mark itself. Always a fun one to watch though.
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