Silly Symphony
Silly Symphony was a series of 75 animated musical short films produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939. As their name implies, the "Silly Symphonies" were originally intended as whimsical accompaniments to pieces of music. As such, the films usually had independent continuity and did not feature continuing characters, unlike the "Mickey Mouse" shorts produced by Disney at the same time (exceptions to this include "Three Little Pigs", "The Tortoise and the Hare", and "Three Orphan Kittens", which all had sequels). The series is notable for its innovation with Technicolor and the multiplane motion picture camera, as well as its introduction of the character Donald Duck making his first appearance in the Silly Symphony cartoon "The Wise Little Hen" in 1934. Seven shorts won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

The series also spawned a Disney media franchise that included the "Silly Symphony" newspaper comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicate, the Dell comic book series "Silly Symphonies", as well as several children's books, many of which were based on "Silly Symphony" cartoons.

The "Silly Symphonies" returned to theatres with its re-issues and re-releases, and eventually tied with Joseph Barbera and William Hanna's "Tom and Jerry"'s record for most Oscar wins for a cartoon series in the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film category. 
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