Vintage Halloween Cartoons Are A Fun-Filled Trip Down Memory Lane!

I just love the old vintage Halloween cartoons, mostly from the 1930’s through the 1940’s. While many of these were filmed in black and white, there were a few that were released in color. Although not necessarily a Halloween cartoon, Casper the Friendly Ghost, has always been a perennial favorite of mine as well.

Perhaps one of the best known examples of these vintage Halloween cartoons is 1929 Disney classic, “A Silly Symphony: The Skeleton Dance”. This was the first cartoon in the Silly Symphony series, and animated by Ub Iwerks. It features four skeletons dancing around and playing makeshift instruments in a spooky graveyard. This was the first animated cartoon to use non-post-sync sound.

The next example is Disney’s “Mickey Mouse-Haunted House” (1929). Mickey is caught in an old haunted house to weather a bad storm where a group of skeletons demand that he play the organ. Delightful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUIxZ8Dqymg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Next is “Scrappy’s Ghost Story”, from 1935, produced by Charles Mintz. In this vintage Halloween cartoon, Scrappy is telling his little brother a ghost story as they sit in the dark by the glowing fireplace. He then encounters a real ghost. This leads into a musical sequence where other apparitions frighten him and his little brother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIahjOa4RLk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Next is a wonderful old classic Max Fleischer cartoon from 1933, called “Betty Boop’s Halloween Party.” It’s Halloween, and with a little help from a scarecrow, Betty has decided to throw a party! Trouble ensues when a gorilla threatens to reek havoc and disrupt the whole thing.  Please watch and see for yourself how Betty’s Halloween party turns out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjrIa5b3hdE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I hope you have enjoyed this selection of some of the many vintage Halloween cartoons that were produced. I always enjoy watching these. As the old saying goes, “They just don’t make ’em like that anymore!” Happy Halloween, everybody!

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