- March 11
- The Silly Symphony film Birds in the Spring is released to theaters. [16] [23] [1378.80]
- March 18
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Mellerdrammer is released to theaters. Goofy and Horace Horsecollar also appear. [16] [23] [228.327]
- April 8
- The Mickey Mouse film Ye Olden Days is released to theaters. Dippy Dog (Goofy) and Minnie Mouse also appear. [16] [23] [501.625] (Ye Golden Days [15])
- The Silly Symphony film Father Noah's Ark is released to theaters. [16] [23] [229.49] [228.176]
- May 13
- The Mickey Mouse film The Mail Pilot is released to theaters. [16] [23] [15] [228.306]
- May 27
- Radio City Music Hall in New York premieres the Silly Symphony film Three Little Pigs. The film cost US$60,000 to produce, but with revenue from merchandising, represents the studio's first profit-making film. [7] [13] [16] [15] [22] [229.49] [34.76] [40.139] [62] [23] [49.240] [90.29] [97.55] [113.109] [209.31] [321.26] [501.553] [1102.185]
- June 9
- Disney cancels William Levy's merchandising contract in England. [113.82]
- June
- Wolfgang Reitherman joins the Disney company. [228.411] [1102.227] (1934 [1371.34])
- Disney signs a contract with the Ingersoll Watch Company to produce Mickey Mouse watches, and the company sells the first Mickey Mouse watch, for US$3.25. [416.19] [501.599] (Ingersoll-Waterbury [96.75] [228.255])
- June 17
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Mechanical Man is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [228.327]
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- A contract is signed between Disney and Whitman Books for a series of childrens books. [228.64]
- The first Mickey Mouse Club in Britain is formed, at Darlington's Arcade Cinema. [96.81]
- Hall Brothers Incorporated publishes their first Disney-themed "Happy Birthday" greeting card, featuring Mickey Mouse. [1257.47]
- July 1
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Gala Premiere is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse and Pluto also appear. [16] [23] [228.326] (Mickey's Gala Premier [15])
- Kay Kamen signs his first big merchandising contract with Walt Disney Enterprises. Kamen would receive 40% of receipts on the first US$100,000, and 50% of receipts above that. [113.109]
- July
- Walt Disney takes a business trip to New York, stopping on the way back in Chicago to see the Century of Progress Fair. [1102.192]
- July 29
- The Silly Symphony film Old King Cole is released to theaters. [16] [23]
- August 19
- The Silly Symphony film Lullaby Land is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.298]
- September 2
- The Mickey Mouse film Puppy Love is released to theaters. Pluto and Minnie Mouse also appear. Fifi the dog makes her first appearance. [16] [23] [15] [97.60] [228.403]
- September
- The ninth and last issue of Kay Kamen's original Mickey Mouse Magazine is published. [113.142,328]
- September 16
- The Silly Symphony film The Pied Piper is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.387]
- September 30
- The Mickey Mouse film The Steeplechase is released to theaters. [16] [23] [501.523]
- October 28
- The Mickey Mouse film The Pet Store is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [15] [228.384]
- November 10
- The Fox Film Corporation releases the film My Lips Betray to theaters. The first scene shows a portion of the Mickey Mouse film Ye Olden Days on a TV in a car. Disney provided the 10 foot clip for free. [42.1457] [97.29]
- November
- The second Mickey Mouse Magazine is first published, on behalf of a chain of dairies, to advertise milk products. (The magazine is produced for two years.) [96.78] [113.142,328] [228.323] [650.50]
- November 25
- The Mickey Mouse film Giantland is released to theaters. [15] [228.205] (Giant Land [16])
- December 2
- Clarence Nash joins the Disney studio, as employee number 125. [434.37]
- December 9
- The Silly Symphony film The Night Before Christmas is released to theaters. The film is a sequel to the film Santa's Workshop. [16] [23] [228.357]
- December 18
- Walt Disney receives an award from Parents magazine for the creation of Mickey Mouse. [1102.194]
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