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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Mickey's Orphans
| name = Mickey's Orphans
| image = Mickey's Orphans.jpg
| image = Mickey's Orphans.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = "Aw, isn't it adorable?"
| caption = "Aw, isn't it adorable?"
| director = [[Burt Gillett]]
| director = [[Burt Gillett]]
| producer = [[Walt Disney]]
| producer = [[Walt Disney]]
| story =
| story =
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = Walt Disney<br>[[Marcellite Garner]]
| starring = Walt Disney<br>[[Marcellite Garner]]
| music =
| music =
| animator = Johnny Cannon, Joe D'Igalo, [[Norm Ferguson (animator)|Norm Ferguson]], [[Clyde Geronimi]], [[Hardie Gramatky]], [[David Hand (animator)|David Hand]], [[Jack King (animator)|Jack King]], [[Dick Lundy (animator)|Dick Lundy]], [[Hamilton Luske]], [[Tom Palmer (animator)|Tom Palmer]], [[Ben Sharpsteen]]<ref name="E">[http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=154# ''Mickey's Orphans''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825230943/http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=154# |date=August 25, 2016 }} at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts</ref>
| animator = Johnny Cannon<br>Joe D'Igalo<br>[[Norm Ferguson (animator)|Norm Ferguson]]<br>[[Clyde Geronimi]]<br>[[Hardie Gramatky]]<br>[[David Hand (animator)|David Hand]]<br>[[Jack King (animator)|Jack King]]<br>[[Dick Lundy (animator)|Dick Lundy]]<br>[[Hamilton Luske]]<br>[[Tom Palmer (animator)|Tom Palmer]]<br>[[Ben Sharpsteen]]<ref name="E">[http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=154# ''Mickey's Orphans''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825230943/http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=154# |date=August 25, 2016}} at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts</ref>
| layout_artist =
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| background_artist =
| studio = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]
| studio = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1931|12|5}}<ref name=ultimate>{{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=J.B. |last2=Gerstein |first2=David |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History |date=2018 |publisher=Taschen |location=Cologne |isbn=978-3-8365-5284-4}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|1931|12|5}}<ref name=ultimate>{{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=J.B. |last2=Gerstein |first2=David |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History |date=2018 |publisher=Taschen |location=Cologne |isbn=978-3-8365-5284-4}}</ref>
| color_process = Black-and-white
| color_process = Black-and-white
| runtime = 7 minutes
| runtime = 7 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
}}
}}
'''''Mickey's Orphans''''' is a 1931 American animated [[short film]] produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]] and released by [[Columbia Pictures]]. The cartoon takes place during [[Christmas and holiday season|Christmas time]] and stars [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Minnie Mouse]], and [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]], who take in a group of disruptive and mischievous kittens. It is directed by [[Burt Gillett]] and features the voices of [[Walt Disney]] as Mickey and [[Marcellite Garner]] as Minnie.<ref name="E"/> It was the 36th Mickey Mouse film, the twelfth of that year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/108/mode/2up |pages=108–109}}</ref>
'''''Mickey's Orphans''''' is a 1931 American animated [[short film]] produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]] and released by [[Columbia Pictures]]. The cartoon takes place during [[Christmas and holiday season|Christmas time]] and stars [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Minnie Mouse]], and [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]], who take in a group of disruptive and mischievous kittens. It is directed by [[Burt Gillett]] and features the voices of [[Walt Disney]] as Mickey and [[Marcellite Garner]] as Minnie.<ref name="E"/> It was the 36th Mickey Mouse film and the twelfth of that year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/108/mode/2up |pages=108–109}}</ref>


The film was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] at the [[5th Academy Awards]] in 1932, the award's inaugural year. It lost to another Disney film, ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'', Disney's first color film.<ref>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1321717920518 Academy Awards Database]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The film was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] at the [[5th Academy Awards]] in 1932, the award's inaugural year. It lost to another Disney film, ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'', Disney's first color film.<ref>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1321717920518 Academy Awards Database]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>


''Mickey's Orphans'' is a remake of the 1927 [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] cartoon ''[[Empty Socks]]'', the oldest Disney cartoon with a Christmas theme. The latter was considered lost, but an almost complete copy, missing about one minute, was found in The [[National Library of Norway]] in December 2014.<ref>[http://www.nrk.no/nordland/denne-87-ar-gamle-disneyfilmen-trodde-man-var-tapt-for-alltid-1.12094942 Denne 87 år gamle Disneyfilmen trodde man var tapt for alltid], nrk.no, December 11, 2014 {{in lang|no}}</ref>
''Mickey's Orphans'' is a remake of the 1927 [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] cartoon ''[[Empty Socks]]'', the oldest Disney cartoon with a Christmas theme. The latter was considered lost, but an almost complete copy, missing about one minute, was found in The [[National Library of Norway]] in December 2014.<ref>[http://www.nrk.no/nordland/denne-87-ar-gamle-disneyfilmen-trodde-man-var-tapt-for-alltid-1.12094942 Denne 87 år gamle Disneyfilmen trodde man var tapt for alltid], nrk.no, December 11, 2014 {{in lang|no}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[File:036 - Mickey's Orphans.jpg|thumb|Title card.]]
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 Mouse's house and peeks in the window: Minnie is playing "Silent Night" on an organ, Mickey is decorating a Christmas tree, and Pluto is peacefully sleeping by the fire. The figure then leaves the basket on Mickey's doorstep, rings the bell, and walks away.
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 Mouse's house and peeks in the window: Minnie is playing "Silent Night" on an organ, Mickey is decorating a Christmas tree, and Pluto is peacefully sleeping by the fire. The figure then leaves the basket on Mickey's doorstep, rings the bell, and walks away.


Pluto carries the basket inside and discovers it is loaded with kittens, evidently 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.
Pluto carries the basket inside and discovers it is loaded with kittens, evidently 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.
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* Minnie Mouse: [[Marcellite Garner]]
* Minnie Mouse: [[Marcellite Garner]]
* Pluto: [[Pinto Colvig]]
* Pluto: [[Pinto Colvig]]
* Orphan Kittens: unknown
* Orphan Kittens: [[Marcellite Garner]]


==Reception==
==Reception==
''[[Motion Picture Herald]]'' (December 19, 1931): "Minnie and Mickey find a basket on the doorstep on Christmas Eve. Out jump innumerable miniature Mickies, who proceed to take the furniture apart with neatness and dispatch, to the tune of usual animated furniture music. When Mickey and Minnie expose the Christmas tree, the animated infants strip it with no loss of time. The youngsters will get a real kick out of this short, and the oldsters will extract a bit of enjoyment."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Shorts |journal=[[Motion Picture Herald]] |date=December 19, 1931 |page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher105unse/page/n1195/mode/2up |access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
''[[Motion Picture Herald]]'' (December 19, 1931): "Minnie and Mickey find a basket on the doorstep on Christmas Eve. Out jump innumerable miniature Mickies, who proceed to take the furniture apart with neatness and dispatch, to the tune of usual animated furniture music. When Mickey and Minnie expose the Christmas tree, the animated infants strip it with no loss of time. The youngsters will get a real kick out of this short, and the oldsters will extract a bit of enjoyment."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Shorts |journal=[[Motion Picture Herald]] |date=December 19, 1931 |page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher105unse/page/n1195/mode/2up |access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref> This incorrectly refers to the kittens as smaller versions of Mickey.
This incorrectly refers to the kittens as smaller versions of Mickey.


''[[The Film Daily]]'' (December 20, 1931): "Swell Holiday Cartoon: A Walt Disney Mickey Mouse production designed as a Christmas short and one that fills the bill. It will delight all children and get many a laugh from their elders... A Mickey Mouse short that is filled with many hilarious moments for children, and fun for adults who have ever staged a Christmas party for the youngsters."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Sound Shorts |journal=[[The Film Daily]] |date=December 20, 1931 |page=11 |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume55657newy/page/1300/mode/2up |access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
''[[The Film Daily]]'' (December 20, 1931): "Swell Holiday Cartoon: A Walt Disney Mickey Mouse production designed as a Christmas short and one that fills the bill. It will delight all children and get many a laugh from their elders... A Mickey Mouse short that is filled with many hilarious moments for children, and fun for adults who have ever staged a Christmas party for the youngsters."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Sound Shorts |journal=[[The Film Daily]] |date=December 20, 1931 |page=11 |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume55657newy/page/1300/mode/2up |access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>


==Releases==
==Releases==
*1931 &ndash; Original theatrical release
* 1931 - original theatrical release
*1997 &ndash; ''Ink & Paint Club'', episode #1.2 "Mickey's Landmarks" (TV)<ref>{{IMDb title|1233949}}</ref>
* 1997 - ''Ink & Paint Club'', episode #1.2 "Mickey's Landmarks" (TV)<ref>{{IMDb title|1233949}}</ref>


==Home media==
==Home media==
The short was released on December 2, 2002 on ''[[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Two#Mickey Mouse in Black and White|Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mickey Mouse in Black and White DVD Review|url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/mmblackwhite.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
The short was released on December 2, 2002, on ''[[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Two#Mickey Mouse in Black and White|Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mickey Mouse in Black and White DVD Review|url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/mmblackwhite.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>


Additional releases include:
Additional releases include:
*1983 &ndash; "[[Walt Disney Cartoon Classics|Cartoon Classics: Volume 5: Disney's Best of 1931-1948]]" (VHS)<ref>[http://www.disneyshorts.org/video.aspx?videoID=46 Disney's Best of 1931-1948]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts</ref>
* 1983 - "[[Walt Disney Cartoon Classics|Cartoon Classics: Volume 5: Disney's Best of 1931-1948]]" (VHS)<ref>[http://www.disneyshorts.org/video.aspx?videoID=46 Disney's Best of 1931-1948]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts</ref>
*2005 &ndash; "Vintage Mickey" (DVD)<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Mickey-Walt-Disney/dp/B0007Z9QWQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1321773441&sr=8-2 Vintage Mickey] at [[Amazon.com]]</ref>
* 2005 - "Vintage Mickey" (DVD)<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Mickey-Walt-Disney/dp/B0007Z9QWQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1321773441&sr=8-2 Vintage Mickey] at [[Amazon.com]]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Mickey Mouse (film series)]]
* [[Mickey Mouse (film series)]]
* [[List of Christmas films]]
* [[List of Christmas films]]


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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0022147}}
* {{IMDb title|0022147}}
*''[http://www.disneyfilmproject.com/2009/08/mickeys-orphans.html Mickey's Orphans]'' at the Disney Film Project
* ''[http://www.disneyfilmproject.com/2009/08/mickeys-orphans.html Mickey's Orphans]'' at the Disney Film Project
*''[http://animatedtoast.blogspot.com/2008/08/mickeys-orphans.html Mickey's Orphans]'' at Animated Toast
* ''[http://animatedtoast.blogspot.com/2008/08/mickeys-orphans.html Mickey's Orphans]'' at Animated Toast
*''[http://mmfolliesbw.blogspot.com/2008/11/mickeys-orphans-december-9-1931.html Mickey's Orphans]'' at Mickey Mouse Follies
* ''[http://mmfolliesbw.blogspot.com/2008/11/mickeys-orphans-december-9-1931.html Mickey's Orphans]'' at Mickey Mouse Follies
* {{YouTube|id=HDSLHffj7UM|title=''Mickey's Orphans''}}
* {{YouTube|id=HDSLHffj7UM|title=''Mickey's Orphans''}}


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Mickey's Orphans
"Aw, isn't it adorable?"
Directed byBurt Gillett
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringWalt Disney
Marcellite Garner
Animation byJohnny Cannon
Joe D'Igalo
Norm Ferguson
Clyde Geronimi
Hardie Gramatky
David Hand
Jack King
Dick Lundy
Hamilton Luske
Tom Palmer
Ben Sharpsteen[1]
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • December 5, 1931 (1931-12-05)
[2]
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mickey's 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 and mischievous kittens. It is directed by Burt Gillett and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie.[1] It was the 36th Mickey Mouse film and the twelfth of that year.[3]

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Academy Awards in 1932, the award's inaugural year. It lost to another Disney film, Flowers and Trees, Disney's first color film.[4]

Mickey's Orphans is a remake of the 1927 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon Empty Socks, the oldest Disney cartoon with a Christmas theme. The latter was considered lost, but an almost complete copy, missing about one minute, was found in The National Library of Norway in December 2014.[5]

Plot

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Title card.

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 Mouse's house and peeks in the window: Minnie is playing "Silent Night" on an organ, Mickey is decorating a Christmas tree, and Pluto is peacefully sleeping by the fire. The figure then leaves the basket on Mickey's doorstep, rings the bell, and walks away.

Pluto carries the basket inside and discovers it is loaded with kittens, evidently 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.

Voice cast

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Reception

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Motion Picture Herald (December 19, 1931): "Minnie and Mickey find a basket on the doorstep on Christmas Eve. Out jump innumerable miniature Mickies, who proceed to take the furniture apart with neatness and dispatch, to the tune of usual animated furniture music. When Mickey and Minnie expose the Christmas tree, the animated infants strip it with no loss of time. The youngsters will get a real kick out of this short, and the oldsters will extract a bit of enjoyment."[6] This incorrectly refers to the kittens as smaller versions of Mickey.

The Film Daily (December 20, 1931): "Swell Holiday Cartoon: A Walt Disney Mickey Mouse production designed as a Christmas short and one that fills the bill. It will delight all children and get many a laugh from their elders... A Mickey Mouse short that is filled with many hilarious moments for children, and fun for adults who have ever staged a Christmas party for the youngsters."[7]

Releases

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  • 1931 - original theatrical release
  • 1997 - Ink & Paint Club, episode #1.2 "Mickey's Landmarks" (TV)[8]

Home media

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The short was released on December 2, 2002, on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White.[9]

Additional releases include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Mickey's Orphans Archived August 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
  2. ^ Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Academy Awards Database[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Denne 87 år gamle Disneyfilmen trodde man var tapt for alltid, nrk.no, December 11, 2014 (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald: 52. December 19, 1931. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  7. ^ "Sound Shorts". The Film Daily: 11. December 20, 1931. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  8. ^ Mickey's Orphans at IMDb
  9. ^ "Mickey Mouse in Black and White DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  10. ^ Disney's Best of 1931-1948[permanent dead link] at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
  11. ^ Vintage Mickey at Amazon.com
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