Once Maggie was satisfied of Derann’s integrity it wasn’t always necessary to make the journey to the Disney offices in order to agree on the next feature release. It was only natural that we had enquired whether there was any chance of releasing any of their shorts and this opened up a fantastic range of animated masterpieces that in some case outsold the features. I put this down to the sole fact that they were so affordable. After all this time it’s impossible for me to list them in release order, so here’s a just a simple listing of the featurettes and shorts. [* indicates Academy award winner, † indicates an Academy award nomination]. Featurettes. Once Upon a Mouse; †Mickey’s Christmas Carol; The Prince and the Pauper; The Small One; *Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. Shorts…There were already numerous shorts that had been made available via Disney when it had it’s own distribution arm, so here I list only ones released by Derann from 1989 onwards… The Skeleton Dance; Steamboat Willie; *The Ugly Duckling; *Flowers and Trees; Santa’s Workshop; The Mad Doctor; Mail Pilot; Mickey’s Gala Premier; Lullaby Land; The Grasshopper and the Ants; The Flying Mouse; The Band Concert; Mickey’s Service Station; The Cookie Carnival; Peter and the Wolf; Willie the Operatic Whale; Music Land; Broken Toys; Seven Wise Dwarfs; †Toy Tinkers; Mickey’s Grand Opera; Elmer Elephant; Figaro and Frankie; Thru the Mirror; *Ferdinand the Bull; Alpine Climbers; Magician Mickey; Little Hiawatha; *The Old Mill; Donald’s Ostrich; Lonesome Ghosts; The Fox Hunt; †The Brave Little Tailor; Wynken, Blynken and Nod; Boat Builders: †Chip an’ Dale; Clock Cleaners; Crazy Over Daisy; Farmyard Symphony; Mickey’s Fire Brigade; Mickey’s Trailer; The Night Before Christmas; No Sail; On Ice; Pluto’s Christmas Tree; Donald Applecore; *Three Little Pigs; *The Tortoise and the Hair; Three Little Wolves; Three Blind Mousketeers; †Mother Goose Goes Hollywood; Symphony Hour; Donald’s Snow Fight; Goofy’s Glider; Little Toot; Merbabies; Mickey’s Delayed Date; Mickey’s Polo Team; Pluto’s Purchase; *Three Orphan Kittens; Timber; Working for Peanuts; The Autograph Hound; Bone Trouble; Tugboat Mickey; Window Cleaners: Figaro and Cleo; †Donald’s Crime; Morris the Midget Moose; †Lambert the Sheepish Lion; Susie the Little Blue Coupe; The Little House; The Simple Things, Trick or Treat; †Who Killed Cock Robin; Woodland Cafe; Motor Mania; *Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom; †No Hunting; Bearly Asleep; Vincent; Tummy Trouble; Roller Coaster Rabbit; Trail Mix-Up; †Runaway Brain; *Geri’s Game; *For the Birds; †Boundin’: plus numerous trailers and promos. There may be others, time has again dimmed my memory. (I’m unsure about the following titles: Der Fuehrer’s Face and First Aiders). Please feel free to let me know
…. to be continued.
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