Clock Cleaners
1937 Mickey Mouse short directed by Ben Sharpsteen
Clock Cleaners is a 1937 American animated short movie. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon follows Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy working as janitors in a tall clock tower. The movie was directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The music was written by Paul Smith and Oliver Wallace. The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald, and Pinto Colvig as Goofy.[2][3][4] It was the 97th short in the Mickey Mouse movie series to be released.[5]
| Clock Cleaners | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ben Sharpsteen |
| Story by | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Walt Disney Clarence Nash Pinto Colvig |
| Music by | Paul J. Smith Oliver Wallace |
| Animation by | Chuck Couch Frenchy DeTremaudan Al Eugster Wolfgang Reitherman Bill Roberts |
| Layouts by | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Backgrounds by | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast
change- Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse
- Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
- Pinto Colvig as Goofy
Releases
change- 1937 – theatrical release
- 1950 – One Hour in Wonderland (TV)
- 1972 – The Mouse Factory, episode #15: "Back to Nature" (TV)[2]
- c. 1983 – Good Morning, Mickey!, episode #56 (TV)
- 1986 – theatrical re-release with The Great Mouse Detective
- 1990 – "Goofy's Guide to Success" (TV)
- c. 1992 – Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #77 (TV)
- c. 1992 – Donald's Quack Attack, episode #60 (TV)
- 1997 – The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.22: "Classic Mickey" (TV)[6]
- 2010 – Have a Laugh!, episode #7 (TV)
Home media
changeThe short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color.[7]
Additional releases include:
- 1984 – "Cartoon Classics: Mickey's Crazy Careers" (VHS)[8]
- 1992 – "Cartoon Classics - Special Edition: Fun on the Job!" (VHS)
- 2002 – Bonus on DVD of The Great Mouse Detective (DVD)[9]
- 2006 – "Funny Factory with Goofy" (DVD)
- 2010 – "Have a Laugh! Volume Two" (DVD)
- 2019 – Disney+
References
change- ↑ Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clock Cleaners on IMDb
- ↑ Clock Cleaners Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine at The Encyclopedia of Animated Disney Shorts
- ↑ Clock Cleaners Archived 2012-09-03 at Archive.today at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 107–109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Clock Cleaners on IMDb
- ↑ "Mickey Mouse in Living Color DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ↑ "Mickey's Crazy Careers" Archived 2012-08-01 at Archive.today at The Encyclopedia of Animated Disney Shorts
- ↑ The Great Mouse Detective (1986) at Amazon.com
