
Four cartoons drawn in Kansas City, back on a screen in the West Bottoms.
Free Movie Night: Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram Studios KC Night comes to the American Royal Hall at Rock Island Bridge on Wednesday, November 18th, from 6:30 to 9:30 PM. Kansas City was once home to Walt Disney’s earliest studio, Laugh-O-Gram, at 1127 E 31st Street. Mickey Mouse was said to have been inspired by a real mouse that lived on Walt’s desk there. Thank You, Walt Disney is working to preserve and restore that historic site. Now in the public domain, four animated shorts drawn and produced here in Kansas City play on repeat.
Here’s What to Expect:
- Four Laugh-O-Gram shorts: The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922), Jack the Giant Killer (1922), Cinderella (1922), and Alice’s Wonderland (1923)
- Films start at 6:30 PM and run on repeat until 9:30 PM
- Free admission
- Food and drinks available on the bridge
- A night of early Kansas City animation above the Kansas River
This event is free and open to the public. Just show up and enjoy.







