"A Mickey Mouse Cartoon"

Release Date February 3, 1939

Running Time 8:09

Synopsis

Mickey enters Pluto in a ritzy dog show where they are hopelessly outclassed and have little chance of winning until the building catches on fire and Pluto saves the day.

Characters

Mickey Mouse

Pluto

Fifi

Credits

Director : Bill Roberts

Animation

Shamus Culhane

Al Eugster

Videos

United States

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume 2

Cartoon Classics : Second Series : Volume 10 : Starring Pluto and Fifi

Mickey Loves Minnie

Germany

Pluto Präsentiert

Käpt'n Donald

Italy

Cartoons Disney 2

Sono Io ... Pluto

France

Les Aventures de Mickey et Minnie

Laserdiscs

United States

Starring Donald and Daisy / Starring Pluto and Fifi

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume 1

Japan

Mickey and All Stars

DVD

United States

Mickey and Minnie's Sweetheart Stories

Disney Treasures : Mickey Mouse in Living Color : Volume 2

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #37 : Mickey's Pal, Pluto

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 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Ryan : While watching this short, I noticed that all of the "people" at the dog show were actually dogs themselves (except for Mickey). That seems quite ironic. This is one of those shorts where a character is rejected by the group until they save someone's life. In this case, Pluto saves Fifi who is trapped in the building while it is burning. Pluto certainly deserved that big medal labeled PUBLIC HERO NO. 1(rather than the usual PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1). The short itself was full of humor and the animation was wonderful, especially the burning building scene.

From Baruch Weiss : I like this short a lot but I hated when the building got on fire thanks to that stupid photographer who used to much flash powder, but Boruch Hashem (that means Thank G-D in Hebrew) that no dogs were killed.

From Michelle I. : Being a dog show fan myself, I quite like this short. As someone pointed out, it is very ironic that most of the handlers and judges at this show seem to be dogs themselves. A few pretty show dogs are seen, and out of them Pluto chooses the future wife, Fifi the pekeingese. Other than that, his luck isn't so hot at the show, until he winds up saving Fifi from the burning building.

From Jeff Wiener : This short displays a very good example of the sympathetic relationship between Mickey and Pluto. I think that this is the last cartoon where Mickey's eyes took the form of two big black ovals. After this short was produced, the Disney artists altered Mickey's design. Mickey had pupils in his eyes in all of the subsequent shorts. Like all of of the other Disney cartoons of this period, the technical quality of the animation is superb.

Sketches of Pluto and the Judge courtesy Animation Art Gallery

Mickey peeks out from under the bunting Animation sketch courtesy of Gallery C

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