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The Skeleton Dance

Play trailer Poster for The Skeleton Dance Released Aug 29, 1929 6m Comedy Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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When the clock strikes midnight, four skeletons come out to dance.
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Logan J This short film has worked itself into the mainstream media of the present. You can't think of October and Halloween without thinking of this cartoon. Definitely a classic! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/01/23 Full Review Vitoria F A true classic. Fruit of the work of the great Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, when the young Walt Disney Studio strived to revolutionize art without fear of not making profit. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/09/23 Full Review jacob b Top-notch B&W animation, great atmosphere, a then-groundbreaking Gothic approach that was quite controversial back in the day and being just plain fun make The Skeleton Dance a Disney cartoon that's close to turning a century old and yet it still stands the test of time to this very day. Lighthearted Halloween fun that also has me disappointed that the "Spooky Scary Skeletons" song isn't in the actual cartoon and only in the memes. But hey, everything else is still sound, so there's no need to complain about the lack of a song that didn't even exist back then. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Dustin P A fantastic animation short that is fun to watch especially around Halloween. It still holds up well nearly 100 years later. I hope they do an HD version for Disney Plus soon (it wasn't on the service when I added this review). Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/11/22 Full Review Audience Member One of the greatest Halloween short I've ever seen. I watch it on Youtube, I really love it because of it originality and back in the day of 1929, it was difficult due to the beginning of great depression. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member It's certainly a landmark film and technical achievement for it's day, but it offers the modern viewer little more than dancing skeletons and a lesson in film history. Probably would terrify young children though! Props for the macabre! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis When the clock strikes midnight, four skeletons come out to dance.
Director
Walt Disney
Producer
Walt Disney
Distributor
Walt Disney
Production Co
Walt Disney Productions
Genre
Comedy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 29, 1929, Original
Runtime
6m
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