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Director
  
Burt Gillett

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Family, Comedy, Animation

Country
  
United States

Mickeys Orphans movie poster
Release date
  
December 9, 1931 (1931-12-09) (USA)

Mickeys Orphans is a 1931 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The cartoon takes place during Christmas time and stars Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Pluto who take in a group of disruptive kittens. It was directed by Burt Gillett and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie.

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Mickeys Orphans movie scenes Mickey Plays Papa reuses the concept of Mickey receiving orphans from Mickey s Orphans from 1931 But this time he has to deal with only one orphan mouse

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Academy Awards in 1932, the awards inaugural year. It ultimately lost to another Disney film, Flowers and Trees, Disneys first color film.

Mickeys Orphans is a remake of the 1927 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon Empty Socks, the two shorts being the oldest Disney cartoons with a Christmas theme. The latter was considered lost, but an almost complete copy, missing about one minute was found in National Library of Norway in December 2014.

At Christmastime, Mickey Mouse, Minnie and Pluto are beset by an enormous litter of bratty orphan cats.

Plot

A hooded figure walks past a church on a snowy night carrying a covered basket. The Christmas carol "Silent Night" is heard coming from the church, setting the time of year. The figure then approaches Mickey Mouses house and peeks in the window: Minnie is playing "Silent Night" on an organ, Mickey is decorating a Christmas tree, and Pluto is peaceful sleeping by the fire. The figure then leaves the basket on Mickeys doorstep, rings the bell, and walks away.

Pluto carries the basket inside and discovers it is loaded with kittens, evidentially orphaned. Mickey and Minnie are at first charmed by the kittens, but the kittens soon prove to be a nuisance. Nevertheless, Mickey and Minnie are determined to make the kittens welcome. Mickey leaves the room momentarily and soon returns dressed as Santa Claus with a bag full of toys. The kittens remove the contents, the majority of which are various implements of destruction such as saws, hammers, and toy weapons. The kittens go to work and destroy the piano and other furniture. Finally Mickey and Minnie reveal their Christmas tree, but the kittens remove all the decorations and foliage.

Releases

  • 1931 – Original theatrical release
  • 1983 – "Cartoon Classics: Volume 5: Disneys Best of 1931-1948" (VHS)
  • 1997 – Ink & Paint Club, episode #1.2 "Mickeys Landmarks" (TV)
  • 2002 – "Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White" (DVD)
  • 2005 – "Vintage Mickey" (DVD)

    • References

    Mickeys Orphans Wikipedia
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    Mickeys Orphans IMDb Mickeys Orphans themoviedb.org