Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
These early 1950s non-theatrical titles – a design commonly referred to as “burlap” or “burlap note swirl” – to Mickey in Arabia (1932) interestingly keeps the MPPDA (here MPAA) logo from the original Columbia titles. This and Musical Farmer (1932) were likely the only Disney shorts distributed by Columbia to feature the MPPDA logo in their original titles. Scanned from a 16mm Kodak UK print dated 1955.
These early 1950s non-theatrical titles – a design commonly referred to as “burlap” or “burlap note swirl” – to Mickey in Arabia (1932) interestingly keeps the MPPDA (here MPAA) logo from the original Columbia titles. This and Musical Farmer (1932) were likely the only Disney shorts distributed by Columbia to feature the MPPDA logo in their original titles. Scanned from a 16mm Kodak UK print dated 1955.










