Mickey's Revue (1932)

Please don't spend money on this.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Mickey Mouse is the conductor, Horace Horsecollar is the stage manager and Pluto comes there continuously with his nose.Naturally Clarabelle Cow is also seen there.Wilfred Jackson's Mickey's Revue (1932) guarantees you the laughs.It's always hilarious when Pluto comes sniffing on stage and that audience member starts laughing and irritating the other spectators.That audience member happens to be Dippy Dawg, who was later known as Goofy.This is his first appearance.He sure does steal the show.Pinto Colvig is heard as his voice.Marcellite Garner is the voice of Minnie Mouse and Walt Disney himself is the voice of Mickey.This animated movie from 75 years back is great fun for the whole family.This isn't dated in any way.Mickey Mouse and the gang don't age.

A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.The local community gathers to see MICKEY'S REVUE, a collection of madcap musical moments.This early black & white film is driven almost entirely by the lively soundtrack - music mavens will recognize 'The Skater's Waltz,' 'Swanee River,' 'Goodnight Ladies,' 'Merrily We Roll Along,' & 'Mendelssohn's Spring Song.' More importantly, it was the cartoon debut of Goofy, seen here in his (mercifully brief) early incarnation as Dippy Dawg. Incidentally, Clarabelle Cow is not one of the three dancing bovines on stage; she can be plainly seen in the audience applauding their performance.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.

In this black and white short, Mickey and Minnie put on a show. In the audience is a loud, obnoxious dog laughing as loud as he can. This character would eventually become Goofy. He looks quite a bit different here, sporting a beard. Goofy's bit is the highlight of the short, it's easy to see why the character was a hit with audiences. A particularly well animated sequence features a bunch of kittens helping Mickey and Minnie out with their musical presentation.

The first appearance of Goofy under his original name, Dippy Dawg.Mickey, Minnie, Horace, and Clarabelle put on another big show, with Goofy as the running gag - eating peanuts and laughing to the annoyance of the audience.