Alpine Climbers

1936 Mickey Mouse cartoon
  • July 25, 1936 (1936-07-25)[3]
Running time
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Alpine Climbers is a 1936 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon follows Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Pluto climb the side of a mountain. The film was directed by David Hand and includes the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald, and Lee Millar as Pluto. It was the 9th Mickey Mouse short to be released that year. As a work published in 1936 and a proper renewal notice filed within 28 years, the short will enter the American public domain in 2032.[4][a]

Synopsis

Up in the Swiss Alps, Mickey Mouse tangles with a mother eagle, Donald Duck scraps with an edelweiss-stealing goat and Pluto gets inebriated with a St. Bernard.

Voice cast

  • Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse
  • Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
  • Lee Millar as Pluto[5]
  • Pinto Colvig as Yodeling Dogs

Production

This is the only known Disney cartoon to feature animation by Carl Barks, an American cartoonist later known for his Donald Duck comics.[6] One scene involving an Eagle flying was reworked with Walt Disney's input after he suggested the Eagle looked too human.[7]

Home media

The short was released on December 4, 2001 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color.[8]

See also

  • Mickey Mouse (film series)

References

  1. ^ Mosley, Leonard (1990). Disney's World. p. 315.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. p. 81. ISBN 9781557836717.
  3. ^ "Alpine Climbers is Released". D23.
  4. ^ Copyright Office (1963). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1963 Motion Picture Renewals. Library of Congress. p. 119.
  5. ^ Scott, Keith. Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2.
  6. ^ Andrae, Tom (2006). Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity. University Press of Mississippi. p. 32. ISBN 9781578068586. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  7. ^ Crafton, David (2013). Shadow of a Mouse: Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation. p. 43. ISBN 9780520261037.
  8. ^ "Mickey Mouse in Living Color DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  1. ^ As governed by the laws of Title 17 of the United States Code.
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