- March 2
- Disney releases the Donald Duck film Dude Duck to theaters. [16] [23] [228.153]
- March 23
- The Goofy film Home Made Home is released. [16] [23] [228.239]
- The Donald Duck film Corn Chips is released. Chip 'n' Dale also appear. [16] [15] [23] [1378.154]
- March 29
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Two Reels) for the film In Beaver Valley. [13] [23] [38.207] [39.450]
- April 27
- The Goofy film Cold War is released. [16] [23] [1378.145]
- May 18
- The Pluto film Plutopia is released. Mickey Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [15] [228.393]
- June 8
- The Donald Duck film Test Pilot Donald is released. Chip 'n' Dale also appear. [16] [23] [501.546]
- June 29
- The Goofy film Tomorrow We Diet is released. [16] [23] [501.563]
- (month unknown)
- General Mills features a cut-out Pinocchio mask on its Wheaties cereal box. [245.47]
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- The animated short film Talking Dog is developed, with Pluto and Mickey Mouse. [176.40]
- Walt assigns Ward Kimball to direct the first Cinemascope animated film, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom. [40.264]
- Dell Publishing Company produces Dell Color Comics comic book #353, "Duck Album". [113.333]
- July 20
- The Donald Duck film Lucky Number is released. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear. [16] [23] [228.297]
- July 26
- Disney premieres the animated feature film Alice in Wonderland in England at London's Leicester Square Theatre. [23] [40.214] [246.92] [245.34] [322.26] [1378.20]
- July 28
- RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's True-Life Adventure film Nature's Half Acre to theaters in the US. [13] [23] [228.352]
- RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's film Alice in Wonderland to theaters in the US. The film cost US$3 million to make. (Gross theater receipts: US$2 million.) [6] [7] [8] [11] [13] [15] [16] [17] [25] [97.218] [113.250] [191] [370.101] [395.64] [1102.487] [1378.20] (cost almost US$4 million [23])
- August 1
- Disney delivers the animated short film How to Catch a Cold to International Cellucotton Productions. [23] [97.116] [228.244]
- August 10
- The Mickey Mouse film R'coon Dawg is released. Pluto also appears. [15] [16] [23] [228.407]
- August 31
- Disney releases the Goofy film Get Rich Quick to theaters. [16] [23] [228.204]
- September 2
- The first color comic strip of "Alice in Wonderland" is published in Sunday editions of newspapers. [113.326]
- September
- The comic book Micky Maus is first published in Germany. [326.86]
- September 21
- The Pluto film Cold Turkey is released. [16] [23] [15] [1378.145]
- October 21
- Disney releases the Goofy film Fathers are People to theaters. Goofy Junior and Mrs. Goofy appear for the first time. [16] [23] [97.51] [228.176]
- November 2
- The Donald Duck film Out of Scale is released. Chip 'n' Dale also appear. [16] [15] [23] [228.376]
- November
- The Beagle Boys characters make their debut in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories number 134. [1378.63]
- November 23
- The Goofy film No Smoking is released. [16] [23] [228.360]
- December 14
- The Donald Duck film Bee on Guard is released. [16] [23] [1378.68]
- (month unknown)
- In London, England, Walt Disney discusses plans for "Walt Disney's America" with illustrator Harper Goff. [328.192]
- December 25
- The CBS TV network airs the special, The Walt Disney Christmas Show, sponsored by the Johnson and Johnson Company. [24] [113.288] [386.425] [501.592] [911.94]
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