tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post5762542659642625181..comments2023-11-03T09:20:52.837-04:00Comments on Disney Film Project: The Wayward CanaryRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126059549015204825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-3441948991758594042009-09-26T07:06:05.145-04:002009-09-26T07:06:05.145-04:00Another fun Mickey short, but, for me, not quite i...Another fun Mickey short, but, for me, not quite in the same league as "Touchdown Mickey" or "Whoopee Party". I guess Mickey bought the canaries from "Ye Olde Bird Store", featured in the earlier Silly Symphony, and it looks like the cat followed him home!<br /><br />I do wish the sound could be restored on some of these early cartoons. Some of them sound a little too shrill and this one suffers from it. Also the exploding Mickey head is back – I guess the only way to know when this opening stopped being used for certain is to see the real, original title cards.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701967442508380462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-16934031768773346742009-09-24T14:26:13.499-04:002009-09-24T14:26:13.499-04:00The pictures are indeed of Douglas Fairbanks and M...The pictures are indeed of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. But there's a reason for them specifically as well. Fairbanks and Pickford, along with Charlie Chaplin and D. W. Griffith, had just formed United Artists who were now Disney's distributor. So I'm sure it was just a little "thank you" from Disney to his new business associates.Patrick Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14781179028678966600noreply@blogger.com