| Hawaiian Holiday | |
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| Directed by | Ben Sharpsteen |
| Produced by | Walt Disney John Sutherland |
| Starring | Walt Disney Marcellite Garner Clarence Nash Pinto Colvig |
| Music by | Paul J. Smith |
| Animation by | Shamus Culhane Nick DeTolly Frenchy de Tremaudan Al Eugster Nick George Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Layouts by | Robert Dranko |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hawaiian Holiday is a 1937 American animated short film produced byWalt Disney Productions and released byRKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon stars an ensemble cast of The Fabulous Five (Mickey Mouse,Minnie Mouse,Donald Duck,Goofy andPluto) while vacationing inHawaii (at the time was anorganized incorporated territory of the United States). The film was directed by Ben Sharpsteen, produced by John Sutherland and features the voices ofWalt Disney as Mickey,Marcellite Garner as Minnie,Clarence Nash as Donald, andPinto Colvig as Goofy and Pluto. It was Disney's first film to be released by RKO, ending a five-year distributing partnership withUnited Artists.[2]
Hawaiian Holiday was the 96th short in theMickey Mouse film series to be released, and the seventh for the year.[3] The cartoon features the music of "On the Beach at Waikiki", performed by Hawaiian musicianFrank Ferera, and "Aloha ʻOe", written by Hawaii's former queen,Liliʻuokalani.
The main premise is that the vacationers encounter separate problems. Goofy is practicingsurfing, but he meets seemingly sentientwaves who torment him. He suffers comical injuries, such as hitting his head on rocks. Donald'sgrass skirt catches fire, and he has to put the blaze out. Pluto is attacked first by astarfish and secondly by acrab. Goofy is eventuallyburied alive in a makeshiftgrave, causing his friends to laugh.
Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto are on holiday inHawaii. Minnie dances in a grass skirt while Mickey plays aslide guitar, Donald plays aukulele, and Pluto chases the waves. Meanwhile, Goofy decides to go surfing, but when he rushes toward the wave it seems to have a mind of its own, running backwards as soon as Goofy starts running toward it, causing Goofy to hit his head on a rock. The wave then comes back in and washes Goofy around, eventually leaving his head stuck in the sand.
Mickey begins to have a problem with his guitar, while Minnie and Donald trade places. However, when Donald takes his turn with the skirt, he dances too close to the fire and accidentally sets the skirt on fire. He rapidly goes to a pool to put the blaze out, but in the process, he pulls up a starfish. Donald throws the starfish off his bottom and it lands right in front of Pluto. After Pluto sniffs at it, it begins to rapidly run away. Pluto chases it right up to the waves where he gets buried in the sand. The starfish hops right over him, hits him on the nose, and escapes while Pluto looks on in frustration.
Goofy tries his luck with the waves again and is actually able to get a swell, but it breaks beneath him and washes his board away. As Goofy searches underwater for his board, another wave comes it and drives his board into his pants, leaving him struggling to get it out.
Meanwhile, Pluto is sniffing at a seashell. A wave comes in and knocks him off his feet, which also leaves the shell stuck to his nose. Pluto tries to shake the shell off, but it gets stuck on his bottom instead. He tries and tries to get it off, but can't seem to. It is later revealed that there is a crab living in the shell, which clamps onto Pluto's tail. Although he can feel something on his tail, Pluto does not fully notice the crab until it pinches him, which makes him yelp in pain. The crab begins walking in a certain pattern which Pluto follows until they reach the surf, where a wave comes in and buries Pluto. As with the starfish, the crab tortures him by hitting him on the nose before departing.
Meanwhile, Goofy tries one last time to catch a wave successfully, but the wave throws him off his board, hits him with it, and catapults him into the sand where he is stopped by his board, making it look as if it was his grave. Mickey, Minnie and Donald laugh at him, and when he pops out unharmed and happy, they continue enjoying their holiday.
The short was released on December 4, 2001 onWalt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color.[4]
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