Mickey generally appears alongside his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, his pet dog Pluto, his friends Horace Horsecollar, Donald Duck, and Goofy, and his nemesis Pete, among others (see Mickey Mouse universe). He also appears in other media such as video games as well as merchandising, and is a meetable character at the Disney parks.
#The mail pilot 1933 original titles series#
Mickey has also appeared in comic books and in television series such as The Mickey Mouse Club (1955–1996) and others. His self-titled newspaper strip, drawn primarily by Floyd Gottfredson, ran for 45 years. In 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.īeginning in 1930, Mickey has also been featured extensively as a comic strip character. Nine of Mickey's cartoons were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, one of which, Lend a Paw, won the award in 1942. Mickey appeared primarily in short films, but also occasionally in feature-length films. He went on to appear in over 130 films including The Band Concert (1935), Brave Little Tailor (1938), and Fantasia (1940). Mickey officially debuted in November 1928 in Steamboat Willie, one of the first sound cartoons. Mickey first was seen in a single test screening ( Plane Crazy).
As the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves. Disney found a formula that works with Mickey in the 1932-33 era, and it makes me pretty happy just to be watching the greatness.Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios. Considering I’ve said that about three times now, it shows you how high the quality of these shorts is. I think The Mail Pilot might be my new favorite of 1933. There’s also some great gags like Pete being dragged through a church steeple and then to the ground, having the church bells wrapped around him as he clanks his way into a mail bag to be captured. The gags here are pretty darn good as well, including the ways Mickey makes his plane keep going that I mentioned before. Here, it’s a simple gag, but Minnie’s picture gives Mickey the strength to push forward. It’s a bit of a prescient piece, as this is still 6 years before World War II, when many American men would be in planes with pictures of their sweethearts. There’s also a bit of the romantic, as Mickey has a picture of Minnie with him in the plane. Certainly, he gets menaced and is the underdog, but he resorts to quick thinking, trying to make his downed plane into a helicopter with a jury-rigged clothesline or taking the propeller off a windmill to power his plane. This features Mickey as the dashing hero, a role he has not played since his earliest appearances. This is probably the most dynamic of the Mickey shorts in quite some time, for that reason.
#The mail pilot 1933 original titles full#
The animation in The Mail Pilot is outstanding, not just getting us from point A to point B, or plodding along from side to side, but taking dynamic angles, shooting the camera straight on at Mickey flying in the rain, looking up or down at the planes in flight and making sure to keep the action in full focus. Our hero ends up winning, and delivers the package as required as well as turning Pete over to the authorities. Of course, that doesn’t happen, and the two battle it out in the skies, using their planes to fight high and low. This one features Mickey as a pilot carrying an important package, looking to avoid the mail bandit Pete.
The Mail Pilot is no exception, featuring some fantastic animation to compliment a simple but fun plot. From Ryan Kilpatrick at The Disney Film Project : I know I’ve said it a million times already, but Disney hit its stride with Mickey Mouse in late 1932, and all of the 1933 shorts have kept that going.
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