Whoever came up with the story on this cartoon created a few interesting transformation idea, including a steam shovel that Quixote believes is a fire-breathing dragon. There’s also the cliché of the beautiful princess who turns out to be an ugly, man-crazy crone, with the design you see in countless Iwerks shorts. (I guess you could count them, but who wants to?)
Carl Stalling is credited with the score in this 1934 cartoon. No animators are mentioned.
Individual jokes and gags aren't hard to come up with (baby's been doing it for years and look where it's got me); creating appealing characters and focused narratives is a little trickier, and that's why Ub Iwerks' studio didn't last.
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