"A Mickey Mouse Cartoon"

Release Date February 15, 1936

Running Time 7:57

Synopsis

Donald is supervising the ill-behaved orphans at Mickey's picnic and sticks to his task, even when the brats steal the food and give the duck a bee sandwich.

Characters

Mickey Mouse

Donald Duck

The Orphans

Credits

Director : Ben Sharpsteen

Animation

Les Clark

Seamus Culhane

Dick Lundy

Al Eugster

Paul Allen

Milestones

The first use of a fully mature Donald Duck.

Videos

United States

The Spirit of Mickey

Italy

Video Parade 11

Laserdiscs

United States

The Sprit of Mickey

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 Classics Favorites: Starring Mickey

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #14 : Early Donald

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 37

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode 9

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 : I find little interesting in a bunch of kids being bratty. Just a continuation of the 1934 "Orphan's Benefit."

From Ryan : This short was kind of funny, but it did get a bit out of hand when the orphans kept giving Donald a hard time. How come they didn't do any of that stuff to Mickey? They were so sweet and gentle with Mickey, yet were bratty little creeps with Donald.

From Baruch Weiss : This isn't one of my favorite Mickey cartoons but I like watching it from time to time. The music is nicely done though. Like 'Orphans Benefit' it says in the opening titles "A Walt Disney Mickey Mouse" but the film focuses on Donald while Mickey is hardly in it. There is a scene where Mickey bumps into a tree causing all the orphans to fall on him. After that mickey does not appear in the rest of the short; the cartoon focuses on Donald and the orphans.

From Dino Cencia : This short is really funny! My favorite part is when the bees were chasing Donald into a log and one orphan pushed a big rock to the end of the log to trap Donald and the bees and Donald is getting stung in the log. It would be funny if Huey, Dewey and Louie were in this short with the orphans, and then they be playing more tricks with Donald. I give this a 80.

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