Lend a Paw

Lend a Paw is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released to theaters on October 3, 1941. Lend a Paw was directed by Clyde Geronimi and features original music by Leigh Harline. George Nicholas, Kenneth Muse, Nick Nichols, Bill Sturm, Eric Gurney, Norman Tate, Chick Otterstrom, Morey Reden, and Emery Hawkins animated the film. The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey and Pinto Colvig as Pluto.

In the cartoon, which was largely a remake of Disney's 1933 film Mickey's Pal Pluto, Pluto saves the life of a kitten, and later feels jealous towards the kitten after Mickey Mouse takes the kitten in. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 14th Academy Awards in 1942.

Releases

1941 – theatrical release

1954 – Disneyland, episode #1.6: "A Story of Dogs" (TV)

c. 1972 – The Mouse Factory, episode #29: "Consciences" (TV)

1981 – "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume Three" (VHS)

c. 1992 – Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #67 (TV)

c. 1992 – Donald's Quack Attack, episode #15 (TV)

1993 – The Adventures of Mickey and Donald, episode #1 (TV)

1998 – "The Spirit of Mickey" (VHS)

c. 2002 – Bonus on Oliver and Company (DVD/VHS)

2004 – "The Complete Pluto" (DVD)

2005 – "Classic Cartoon Favorites: Holiday Celebration with Mickey and Pals" (DVD)

2006 – Bonus on The Fox and the Hound (25th anniversary edition DVD)

2009 – Bonus on Oliver and Company (20th anniversary edition DVD)

2013 – Bonus on Oliver and Company (25th anniversary edition Blu-ray)