The Little Whirlwind

1941 Mickey Mouse short by Riley Thompson

The Little Whirlwind is a 1941 animated short movie. It is part of the Mickey Mouse series. It was produced by Walt Disney for Walt Disney Productions. The short was released by RKO Radio Pictures on February 14, 1941. The film was directed by Riley Thomson, and animated by Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Ken Muse, Jim Armstrong, Les Clark, John Elliotte, Fred Jones, Walt Kelly, and Frank Follmer. Art Fitzpatrick did the animation effects.[2] It was the 110th short in the Mickey Mouse film series to be released, and the first for that year.[3]

The Little Whirlwind
Directed byRiley Thomson
Produced byJohn Sutherland
Walt Disney (executive)
StarringWalt Disney
Thelma Boardman
Music byOliver Wallace
Animation byWard Kimball
Walt Kelly
Kenneth Muse
Fred Moore
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
February 14, 1941[1]
Running time
8 min (one reel)
LanguageEnglish

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The short was released on May 18, 2004 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume Two: 1939-Today.[4]

Additional releases include Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites Starring Mickey Volume 1, and the 2018 Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Celebrating Mickey compilation.[source?]

References change

  1. Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
  2. "The Little Whirlwind Archived 2013-01-18 at Archive.today". www.bcdb.com
  3. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 107–109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. "Mickey Mouse in Living Color Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 19 February 2021.[permanent dead link]

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