A Chaotic Attempt At Being the 1st Narrative-Driven Sound Cartoon | Dinner Time (1928) [Toon Chest] 

00:00 Intro
01:40 Copyright Status (Or Lack Thereof) Of Van Beuren Cartoons
04:09 Walt Disney's Viewing of Dinner Time
05:57 Dinner Time (1928)
10:40 Closing Thoughts/Rating
Despite a somewhat murky history regarding Dinner Time's production and release date, this short did predate Steamboat Willie production-wise AND gave a limited audience 2 months beforehand a showcase of what creating sound cartoons was like.....And Walt Disney himself walked out of said screening more confident than ever that day.
Director: Paul Terry and John Foster
Release Date: December 17, 1928 (or October 14, 1928, source-depending)
Source-vimeo.com/15279937
Appendix (Additional Findings and Corrections):
-There are sources that state Dinner Time was released in October 1928 per Gijs Grob's Mickey Mouse book and a thread on TTTP In Exile (which was backed up research-wise). So while I state the December release date in the video, the release date in the video description here will say both dates (for now, feel free to let me know or comment if you have more concrete info on this). Needless to say, the outcome doesn't change much either way in the grand scheme of things, but it goes to show that even Graham Webb's book (for all its good, especially in being the basis for the randomizer I use on Toon Chest) can't be the sole source for such information, especially for pre-1930 cartoons.
-I was speculating throughout my watching of Dinner Time, but didn't quite piece it together as you can tell. The sound was indeed recorded AFTER the animation was fully completed, which of course largely was why it resulted in Dinner Time turning out the way it did. There is a rumor, in fact, that this was released as just another silent short period, but a source is still needed to confirm that fully.
-Per Grobs's book, it was confirmed what I speculated in this video was right, in that Dinner Time indeed provided a confidence booster for Disney's own ongoing work!
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