tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post9125002640981614668..comments2023-11-03T09:20:52.837-04:00Comments on Disney Film Project: Mickey Plays PapaRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126059549015204825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-39141996582767053322009-12-21T01:26:03.840-05:002009-12-21T01:26:03.840-05:00The little Mickey look-alike kids are so cute!The little Mickey look-alike kids are so cute!411314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-5522981162835307442009-11-21T09:42:18.053-05:002009-11-21T09:42:18.053-05:00The Mickey cartoons will soon be turning to colour...The Mickey cartoons will soon be turning to colour, but on the basis of the early scenes in this short, it's a shame Disney didn't continue to use black and white every now and then. The opening minutes of this cartoon look fantastic and even better than the colour cartoons of this era.<br /><br />Although I like the early scenes and, as Ryan says, there's wonderful animation throughout the short, this isn't one I re-watch too often. Post "Playful Pluto" there's an awful lot of 'stuck humour' in this one that gets a bit tiresome for me. Pluto gets a rabbit toy stuck inside him and tangled round his leg, Mickey gets the rubber nipple stuck on his nose, Pluto gets a fishbowl stuck on his bum... The cartoon does make up for it a little bit with the funny outcomes. Mickey getting pinned to the wall by knives, the fish turning nasty and biting Pluto and what Mickey looks like after he's got the nipple off are all funny. Also, if you're immature enough, you can step-frame through some of the rubber-nipple moments and it looks like Mickey's got a condom on his nose!<br /><br />In the film Hollywood Party, also released in 1934, there's a scene of the animated Mickey Mouse playing around with the live action Jimmy Durante in which Mickey does his impression again. For good measure, Donald has already done his own Durante impression this year in 'Orphan's Benefit'. Must have been something the animators enjoyed doing!<br /><br />Brian, you've asked some good questions, which hopefully some one can answer. I do know that the UA Disney cartoons didn't have to be exclusively attached to UA feature films. Merrit and Kaufman's Silly Symphony book lists where each SS cartoon first opened and with what feature. Sometimes it's a UA film, but it could RKO, MGM, Fox or whoever. I know the cinema-going experience in this era offered feature films, shorts, cartoons and newsreels, but I don't know how it worked out or what it cost.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701967442508380462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-44222737664254455922009-11-20T20:02:43.023-05:002009-11-20T20:02:43.023-05:00Whew, finally caught up. I came to this party late...Whew, finally caught up. I came to this party late and it's taken a while! ^_^<br /><br />A few questions for the historians out there: What would the movie theater experience have been like for a kid back in September 1934 when this short came out? Does this show’s release at the end of September indicate that it was Disney’s “Halloween” cartoon for 1934? I'm wondering how these shows would have been presented back then. Since we're in the depths of the Great Depression, what would admission have cost? And what would you get for your money? This is a UA distributed short, would it only have been attached to other UA properties?<br /><br />This short has some interesting "culture cues." Mickey’s reading a thriller / mystery novel out loud. Mickey keeps a shotgun under the pillow! ^_^;;; (Mickey has never been much for the safe handling of firearms. Maybe that’s the cause of all the damage to the walls we see in these shows. ^_^ ) The often repeated "abandoned baby" / “Orphan” plot is presented once again. Mickey does Charlie Chaplin and Jimmy Durante impressions. ^_^<br /><br />I’ve also been trying to watch contemporary shorts as we go along here. It seems to me that only the Max Fleischer Cartoon Studio can really complete on a quality basis with Disney at this time, everybody else seems to be playing catch-up.<br /><br />-BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com