Lonesome Ghosts
Lonesome Ghosts is a 1937 Disney animated cartoon. It was released through RKO Radio Pictures. It was released on December 24, 1937, three days after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). It was directed by Burt Gillett and animated by Izzy Klein, Ed Love, Milt Kahl, Marvin Woodward, Bob Wickersham, Clyde Geronimi, Dick Huemer, Dick Williams, Art Babbitt and Rex Cox.[2] The short features Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy as members of The Ajax Ghost Exterminators. It was the 98th short in the Mickey Mouse film series to be released, and the ninth for that year.[3]
| Lonesome Ghosts | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Burt Gillett |
| Story by | Dick Friel |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Walt Disney Clarence Nash Pinto Colvig Billy Bletcher |
| Music by | Albert Hay Malotte |
| Animation by | Character animation: Art Babbitt Rex Cox Clyde Geronimi Dick Huemer Milt Kahl Isadore Klein Ed Love Bob Wickersham Dick Williams Marvin Woodward (all uncredited) Additional character animation: Don Williams (uncredited) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | December 24, 1937 (Christmas Eve)[1] |
Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
This short is the first time Goofy uses the catchphrase "Somethin' wrong here!".
Voice cast change
- Mickey Mouse: Walt Disney
- Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
- Goofy: Pinto Colvig
- Short Ghost: Billy Bletcher
- Other ghosts: unknown
Releases change
- 1937 – theatrical release
- 1954 – Disneyland, episode #1.1: "The Disneyland Story" (TV)
- 1963 – theatrical re-release with The Sword in The Stone
- 1968 – Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, episode #15.11: "The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show" (TV)
- c. 1972 – The Mouse Factory, episode #5: "Spooks and Magic" (TV)
- c. 1977 – The Wonderful World of Disney episode #5: "Halloween Hall o' Fame" (TV)
- c. 1983 – Good Morning, Mickey!, episode #79 (TV)
- 1983 – A Disney Halloween (TV)
- c. 1997 – The Ink and Paint Club, episode #22: "Classic Mickey" (TV)
- c. 1998 – The Ink and Paint Club, episode #55: "Oooh! Scary!" (TV)
- 2009 – Have a Laugh!, episode #1 (TV)
- 2010 – 13 Nights of Halloween
Home media change
The short was released on December 4, 2001 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color.[4]
Additional releases include:
- 1982 – Bonus on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (VHS)
- 1989 – Cartoon Classics: Halloween Haunts (VHS)
- 2000 – Bonus on The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (DVD)
- 2002 – Mickey's House of Villains (DVD)
- 2010 – Have a Laugh! Volume One" (DVD)
- 2019 – Disney+ release
References change
- ↑ Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
- ↑ "Lonesome Ghosts Archived 2013-01-17 at Archive.today". www.bcdb.com, April 12, 2012
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 107-109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ "Mickey Mouse in Living Color DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
Other websites change
- Lonesome Ghosts Archived 2015-05-27 at the Wayback Machine at The Internet Animation Database
- Lonesome Ghosts at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Lonesome Ghosts on IMDb
- Lonesome Ghosts at the TCM Movie Database