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The Skeleton Dance is a 1929 Silly Symphony animated short subject with a comedy horror theme. It was produced and directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks. [1] In the film, [2] four human skeletons dance and make music around a spooky graveyard—a modern film example of medieval European "danse macabre" imagery.
Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are now open to all in the U.S. This means all books, films, songs and art published throughout the Roaring 20s are without copyright protection ...
The Skeleton Dance: August 22, 1929: Walt Disney: Carl Stalling: First entry in the Silly Symphony series. The soundtrack was recorded in February 1929 in New York. This short entered the public domain on January 1, 2025; 5:31 2 El Terrible Toreador: September 26, 1929: The first Silly Symphony to have its soundtrack recorded in Los Angeles.
The system helped synchronize music and sound effects to the visuals. An early example of a click track was used in the production of The Skeleton Dance (1929). The method used in this film involved a reel of unexposed film with holes punched out to make clicks and pops when run on the sound head.
The same happens for the first Tarzan strips illustrated by Hal Foster that were launched in 1929. [7] Notable musical works entering the public domain include George Gershwin's composition An American in Paris and the first recordings of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Among the popular songs that entered the public domain in 2025 are the following:
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Skeleton Dance; Sleigh Bells (film) Springtime (1929 film) Steamboat Willie; T. Tall Timber (1928 film) ...
The Skeleton Dance (1929) The Haunted House (1929) Donald's Lucky Day (1939) Lonesome Ghosts (1937) Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944) Pluto's Judgement Day (1935) "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) Duck Pimples (1945) Mickey's Parrot (1938) Trick or Treat (1952) [4]
Before there were ghosts, vampires, werewolves and witches, there was the original Halloween horror: the skeleton. Why does it still frighten? Skeletons are everywhere on Halloween.