Mickey's Orphans

Mickey's Orphans
Mickey's Orphans
Mickey Mouse series

"Aw, isn't it adorable?"
Directed by Burt Gillett
Produced by Walt Disney
Voices by Walt Disney
Marcellite Garner
Animation by Johnny Cannon, Joe D'Igalo, Norm Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Hardie Gramatky, David Hand, Jack King, Dick Lundy, , Tom Palmer, Ben Sharpsteen[1]
Studio Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) December 9, 1931 (1931-12-09) (USA)
Color process Black-and-white
Running time 7 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by Mickey Cuts Up
Followed by The Duck Hunt

Mickey's Orphans is a 1931 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The cartoon takes place during Christmas time and stars Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Pluto who taken in a group of disruptive kittens. It was directed by Burt Gillett and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie.[1]

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Academy Awards in 1932, the award's inaugural year. It ultimately lost to another Disney film, Flowers and Trees, which was Disney's first color film.[2] Mickey's Orphans would be the first of nine such nominations received by Mickey Mouse.

The film was also Mickey's first Christmas-themed film. It was followed by other Christmas films such as Mickey's Good Deed (1932), Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952), and Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983).

Contents

Plot

A hooded figure walks past a church on a snowy night carrying a covered basket. The Christmas carol "Silent Night" is heard coming from the church, setting the time of year. The figure then approaches Mickey Mouse's house and peeks in the window: Minnie is playing "Silent Night" on an organ, Mickey is decorating a Christmas tree, and Pluto is peaceful sleeping by the fire. The figure then leaves the basket on Mickey's doorstep, rings the bell, and walks away.

Pluto caries the basket inside and discovers it is loaded with kittens, evidentially orphaned. Mickey and Minnie are at first charmed by the kittens, but the kittens soon prove to be a nuisance. Nevertheless, Mickey and Minnie are determined to make the kittens welcome. Mickey leaves the room momentarily and soon returns dressed as Santa Clause with a bag full of toys. The kittens remove the contents, the majority of which are various implements of destruction such as saws, hammers, and toy weapons. The kittens go to work and destroy the piano and other furniture. Finally Mickey and Minnie reveal their Christmas tree, but the kittens remove all the decorations and foliage.

Releases

Notes

  1. ^ a b Mickey's Orphans at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
  2. ^ Academy Awards Database
  3. ^ Disney's Best of 1931-1948 at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
  4. ^ Mickey's Orphans at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ^ Vintage Mickey at Amazon.com

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