"A Mickey Mouse Cartoon"

Release Date March 7, 1936

Running Time 7:38

Synopsis

An opera starring Donald Duck and Clara Cluck? Mickey conducts and Pluto steals the show.

Characters

Mickey Mouse

Pluto

Clarabelle Cow (cameo in orchestra)

Horace Horsecollar (cameo in orchestra)

Clara Cluck

Donald Duck

Goofy (cameo in orchestra)

Credits

Director : Wilfred Jackson

Animation

Dick Lundy

Les Clark

Paul Hopkins

Norm Ferguson

"Frenchy" De Tremaudan

Title sign : Cy Young

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Mickey

Germany

Goofy und Pluto Total Verrückt

Mit Mir Nicht

Micky und Company

France

Disney Parade 3

Italy

Topolino

Video Parade 8

Laserdiscs

Japan

Mickey Mouse : A Star is Born

Mickey and Company

Donald Duck and His Duckling Gang

Mickey : Limited Gold Edition

Disney Cartoon Festival 3

DVD

Disney Treasures : Mickey Mouse in Living Color

Region 1 : United States

Region 2 : France

Region 2 : Germany

Region 2 : Italy

Region 2 : Sweden

Region 2 : United Kingdom

Region 1 : United States

Cartoon Classic Favorites : Extreme Music Fun

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #59 : Clarabelle and Horace

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

Released by United Artists Pictures

Comments

From Jerry Edwards : An entertaining, fun short. Clarence "Ducky" Nash (as Donald Duck) and Florence Gill (Clara Cluck) are shown rehearsing their parts in the 1941 "The Reluctant Dragon" ... five years after the short was released!

From Ryan : This short is quite similar to other shorts such as "Mickey's Amateurs" and "Orphan's Benefit (only the orphans don't appear in it thank God)." I liked the scene where Pluto kept going after the magic hat and his encounter with the rabbit.

From Kjersti : This one is just amazing! I love the finale with Donald with the frog inside and how everything falls down and that last note they all sing so "beautifully" together. Great entertainment!

From Baruch Weiss : I own this classic cartoon on the Limited Gold Edition video Mickey (a gem that's very hard to find nowadays) without it's original title cards. One viewing this short on that video for the first time would think the cartoon is "Symphony Hour" which I think would have been better off being titled Silly Symphony Hour. I also have this cartoon fully restored with its original title cards on two DVD's; Mickey Mouse in Living Color: Volume 1 and Extreme Music Fun. It's a fun cartoon and I enjoyed the "Grand Finale" with Clara Cluck, Donald Duck, Pluto and the frog singing one final note. I wonder if that frog was the inspiration for Michigan J. Frog who is best known today as the mascot for Warner Brother's Television. I doubt he's still used today!

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