Shorts

Alice's Day at Sea

Alice's Spooky Adventure

Alice's Wild West Show

Alice's Fishy Story

Alice and the Dog Catcher

Alice the Peacemaker

Alice Gets in Dutch

Alice Hunting in Africa

Alice and the Three Bears

Alice the Piper

Upon arriving in Hollywood, Disney found a willing distributor in Margaret Winkler who was already the distributor of the "Felix the Cat" series. They signed a contract calling for twelve more films, whose option could be dropped after the first six if they proved unsatisfactory. However, Disney now found himself in a quandary: he had a contract but no studio, no artists and no actors. And the contract had been contingent on their new star, Virginia Davis, appearing in the series.

Disney moved into a small space at 4651 Kingswell Avenue. (Later that year, they would move into more spacious studios next door at 4649 Kingswell.) For the first few shorts, Walt did all of the animation and his brother Roy did all of the live-camera work On the basis of his enthusiasm for the new series, he also convinced the entire Davis family to move out to Hollywood. He also recruited child actors from neighborhood children to provide Alice with others to play against in the live-action scenes.

The year also found Disney creating his first continuing animated character. In "Alice's Spooky Adventure" Alice comes across a black cartoon cat. He was missing in the next short, as Disney never intended for him to be a regular character, but at Margaret Winkler's suggestion, another cat was added in "Alice's Fishy Story." Eventually, this cat was to metamorphize into Julius, the cat who was to be Alice's companion throughout the series.

As the year went on, more artists were added to the staff. One of the more important additions was a girl who was hired to ink and paint cels, Lillian Bounds, who was eventually to become Mrs. Walt Disney.