Mickey's Birthday Party
Mickey's Birthday Party is a 1942 American animated short film directed by Riley Thomson, produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The 114th short to feature Mickey Mouse, it was released on February 7, 1942. The animated film was directed by Riley Thomson and animated by Les Clark, James Moore, Ken Muse, Armin Shaffair, Riley Thompson, Bernie Wolf, and Marvin Woodward.[2] It was the 116th short in the Mickey Mouse film series to be released, and the first for that year.[3]
| Mickey's Birthday Party | |
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| Directed by | Riley Thomson |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Walt Disney Thelma Boardman Pinto Colvig Clarence Nash Florence Gill |
| Animation by | Character animation: Marvin Woodward J. Moore Bernie Wolf Kenneth Muse Riley Thomson Les Clark |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes, 58 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Production change
This short is an update of the 1931 black and white short The Birthday Party. The 1931 version only had Mickey, Minnie, Clarabelle and Horace, since none of the other characters existed at the time.
It also has some marks of 1932's The Whoopee Party.
Some of the animation of Mickey's wild dance was actually originally done by Ward Kimball for The Reluctant Dragon, not only used in the film.
Voice cast change
- Mickey Mouse: Walt Disney
- Minnie Mouse: Thelma Boardman
- Goofy: Pinto Colvig
- Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
- Clara Cluck: Florence Gill
- Horace Horsecollar: Pinto Colvig
- Clarabelle Cow: Elvia Allman
Home media change
The short was released on May 18, 2004, on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume Two: 1939-Today.[4]
References change
- ↑ Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
- ↑ "Mayerson on Animation: Mickey's Birthday Party". 25 July 2006.
- ↑ 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 Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 19 February 2021.[permanent dead link]
Other websites change
- Mickey's Birthday Party at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Mickey's Birthday Party on IMDb
- The Birthday Party at YouTube
