Disney Shorts - Mother Pluto

Mother Pluto

"A Silly Symphony"

Release Date November 14, 1936

Running Time 8:35

Synopsis

Pluto plays mother hen to a handful of chicks who have just hatched in his doghouse.

Characters

Pluto

Mother Chicken

Father Chicken

Credits

Director : Wilfred Jackson

Animation : Seamus Culhane

Videos

Germany

Donald Total Verliebt

Pluto Präsentiert

Italy

Paperino Pippo Pluto e ...

Laserdiscs

Japan

Disney Cartoon Festival 7

DVD

Disney Treasures : Silly Symphonies

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #33 : In the Nursery with the Silly Symphonies

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #33

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #52

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

A Silly Symphony.

From Rod Bennett : One might guess that Walt had a contract to deliver seven Silly Symphonies this year and only came up with six. Otherwise, how did this pleasant but unremarkable little Pluto short get the prestigious "Symphony" title attached to it?

From Jerry Edwards : Although there is no way it should be called a Silly Symphony, I find this an enjoyable short. But I do find it rather unsatifying because of the unresolved ending. The supposedly happy ending has the chicks appearing from under the straw in Pluto's dog house, but you know the hen and rooster are going to arrive soon to continue the fight. This short sticks in my memory for an entirely different reason. The Mickey Mouse Club showed a short titled Pluto and the Baby, which wasn't listed anywhere as a short. I wrote Disney about this and their "official" information was that it was a shortened version of "Mother Pluto." But, of course, it wasn't. Later I found the original short - the 1934 Mickey Plays Papa. All scenes of Mickey were cut so that only scenes of Pluto and the baby were kept. Many scenes of the baby reacting to Pluto were originally the baby reacting to Mickey.