On this day in 1932, Mickey Mouse and a wild assortment of his pals, have an uproarious bash in the cartoon short The Whoopee Party. There’s not much of a storyline other than a grand time being had by all, with food, music, and dancing. The mood is so irresistible that even the food and …
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King Neptune splashed onto movies screens a couple years before Pinocchio took to the sea in search of Geppetto, decades before Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson were bobbing along, singing a song on the bottom of the beautiful briny sea in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and long before Sebastian led a hot crustacean band under the …
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Deep in the African jungles, amidst dangerous hippos, killer crocodiles, and deadly cannibals, come a brave trader and his trusty dog . . . Mickey Mouse and Pluto, in 1932’s cartoon short Trader Mickey! Despite the fact that the trusty trader is touting vitally important goods such as clothing and musical instruments, he is met …
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It was on this day in 1932 that Mickey Mouse and his sweetheart Minnie were married—in his dreams. In the 44th Mickey Mouse cartoon and the first Disney film distributed by United Artists, our beloved mouse goes to sleep only to have Pluto lick his face, which causes Mickey to dream of kissing Minnie. The …
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In 1916, The color process for Technicolor was developed by Kalmus, Comstock & Westcott, Inc., but it wasn’t until 1932 that the fourth color process gave the ability to produce true and realistic colors in film. Dr. Herbert Kalmus was faced with the challenge of convincing the studios that Technicolor was a good idea. Knowing …
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The 1932 Mickey’s Revue animated short kicks off with Mickey Mouse conducting the overture and a bespectacled geezer of a human-type dog in the audience particularly enjoying the show. Throughout the variety show, his distinctive “a-hyuck, a-hyuck” laugh—voiced by Pinto Colvig—continues to annoy the other spectators. That character and that laugh were so appealing to …
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If you ask your average Disney fan who their favorite Disney character is, more than likely the answer will not be Bucky Bug. In late 1931, Walt Disney wanted to ramp up promotion for the Silly Symphonies cartoon series, but the series had no recurring characters, which bugged Walt since he needed an ad mascot. …
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The 1931 short The Moose Hunt has very little dialogue, although one spoken word in particular plays an important part in Disney history. After Mickey Mouse thinks he’s accidentally shot his canine companion, he cries out through his tears the name Pluto for the first time. Unaware that his pal Pluto is feigning death, Mickey …
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In 1965, when Walt Disney was looking for the lead in That Darn Cat, he happened to notice the actor who starred in the TV show that preceded Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. The actor turned out to be Dean Jones, who was born on this day in 1931. Over the next decade and …
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In the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons, you never knew in what role the main mouse would be cast. In 1930, he was a prisoner in The Chain Gang. While we can’t imagine what crime Mickey has done other than steal a scene, he is nonetheless locked up and tries to escape. During his flight, he …
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