The Skeleton Dance
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The Skeleton Dance is a 1929 black-and-white animated short film from Disney’s Silly Symphonies series, famous for its macabre yet humorous depiction of skeletons dancing in a graveyard synchronized to music.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Silly Symphonies film
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animated short film ⓘ black-and-white film ⓘ |
| animationStudio | Walt Disney Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animationTechnique | hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| animator | Ub Iwerks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy |
Carl W. Stalling
NERFINISHED
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Ub Iwerks NERFINISHED ⓘ Walt Disney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Walt Disney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| features |
dancing skeletons
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synchronized animation and music ⓘ |
| filmColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
animated comedy
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horror comedy ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
cats
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dogs ⓘ owls ⓘ skeletons ⓘ |
| hasTheme | humorous treatment of death and the macabre ⓘ |
| includedIn | various Disney compilation releases ⓘ |
| influenced | later horror-themed animated shorts ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical music concert pieces ⓘ |
| locationDepicted | cemetery ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Carl W. Stalling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first Silly Symphonies cartoon
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macabre yet humorous depiction of skeletons ⓘ pioneering synchronization of music and animation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Walt Disney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1929-08-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 6 ⓘ |
| series | Silly Symphonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | graveyard ⓘ |
| sound | synchronized soundtrack ⓘ |
| style |
slapstick comedy
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visual music synchronization ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | nighttime ⓘ |
| title | The Skeleton Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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