Release Date July 30, 1942

Synopsis

Minnie is taught the importance of conservation and recycling of bacon grease, which can be turned into glycerine for the war effort.

Characters

Minnie Mouse

Credits

Director : Ben Sharpsteen

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : On the Front Lines

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Comments

From Jerry Edwards : The Conservation Division of the War Production Board ordered this film to illustrate how necessary it was to the war effort for housewives to save kitchen fats and grease. Minnie Mouse stars in the short as the representative American housewife. She offers some bacon drippings to Pluto but is interrupted by a radio voice which tells her that kitchen fat can be converted into glycerin, which is needed to make cannon shells. Pluto, now convinced his sacrifice will help the boys at the front, spurns Minnie's offer and brings her a can in which to store the fats. Pluto takes the can to a local meat market - and gets weiners in return.

A nicely done short - gets the message across in an entertaining manner. Mickey is shown in a photo in fighting uniform as an example of one of "our boys at the front."

From Ryan : This short did not have much for entertainment value, but I like it historicalwise. As Minnie is about to give some bacon grease to Pluto (which is not a wise decision as it is very unhealthy), she hears an announcement on the radio. The announcer tells housewives of America to preserve their bacon grease so that it can be made into nitro-glycerin for the war effort. I enjoyed the part where Pluto takes the pound of bacon grease to the meat market. Instead of being paid in cash, Pluto would rather have weiners.

From Dino Cencia : I loved this short! I give it a 905 out of 905.

From Baruch Weiss : Like Ryan, I enjoyed this cartoon historicalwise seeing that it was released during World War 2 and thus more educational then entertaining. Miinnie is about to give Pluto some bacon grease, but is stopped by the announcer on the radio not to do so and to save the grease which Pluto takes to the butcher and ends up getting weenies instead of money. Reminds me of my dogs, all they think about is food, if it is not food then it is food!

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