"A Mickey Mouse Cartoon"

Release Date April 26, 1940

Running Time 7:17

Synopsis

Tugboat captain Mickey is cleaning his boat when he receives an SOS! Only Mickey, Donald and Goofy can save the day.

Characters

Mickey Mouse

Donald Duck

Goofy

Credits

Director : Clyde Geronomi

Animation

Ed Love

Jim Armstrong

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : First Series : Volume 10 : Mickey's Crazy Careers

Germany

Donald Duck Geht in die Luft

Mickeys Größte Show

Happy Birthday Mickey

France

Captain Mickey

Italy

Buon Compleanno Topolino

Laserdisc

Japan

Mickey's Golden Jubilee

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : Mickey Mouse in Living Color : Volume 2

Walt Disney's Funny Factory with Mickey

Television

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #56

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #34

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 : This short was okay, but I would not call it one of my favorites. The plot seemed all too similar to the 1938 cartoon "The Whalers" (only without the whale.)

From Nikki : A good short. Only full of a couple main gags, such as the stork and the paintbrush, Goofy trying to get the fire stocked and Donald trying to get the whole thing turning. The best part about this was how the S.O.S was just a radio play which they though was real like War of the Worlds

From Baruch Weiss : This, I belive, is the last cartoon to feature the classic trio. It would have been nice to have all of the faces of them on the title card and to open the cartoon as A Walt Disney Classic Trio! Ok cartoon; It's kind of like those "It was all a dream cartoons" except it wasan't a dream, it was only a radio show!

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