| Mickey's Birthday Party | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Riley Thomson |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Walt Disney Thelma Boardman Pinto Colvig Clarence Nash Florence Gill |
| Animation by | Character animation: Marvin Woodward J. Moore Bernie Wolf Kenneth Muse Riley Thomson Les Clark |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 7:58 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mickey's Birthday Party is an American animated short film directed byRiley Thomson, produced byWalt Disney Productions and distributed byRKO Radio Pictures. The 114th short to featureMickey Mouse, it was released on February 7, 1942. The animated film was directed by Riley Thomson and animated by Les Clark, James Moore, Ken Muse, Armin Shaffair, Riley Thompson, Bernie Wolf, and Marvin Woodward.[2] It was the 116th short in theMickey Mouse film series to be released, and the first for that year.[3]
Minnie Mouse,Donald Duck,Goofy,Clarabelle Cow,Horace Horsecollar, andClara Cluck throw a big birthday party for Mickey. He is given an electric organ as a gift, and he dances a wild rhumba while Minnie plays. Meanwhile, Goofy tries baking a cake, but keeps messing it up. When Minnie comes in to check on his progress, Goofy covers his tracks and tells her that the bake is going fine. Meanwhile, Donald, dressed in a sombrero and a scarf, dances with Clara, whose wild, exuberant dancing exhaust Donald. Eventually, Goofy buys a cake from the bakery. Clara in her exuberance, shakes the tired Donald so much, she inadvertently flings him out of his shirt onto the chandelier. Goofy accidentally throws the cake on Mickey as everyone sings "Happy Birthday to You", but Mickey smiles regardless.
This short is an update of the 1931 black and white shortThe Birthday Party. The 1931 version only had Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar, since none of the other characters existed at the time.
It also has some marks of 1932'sThe Whoopee Party.
Some of the animation of Mickey's wild dance was actually originally done byWard Kimball forThe Reluctant Dragon, not only used in the film.
The short was released on May 18, 2004, onWalt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume Two: 1939-Today.[4]
Goofy wears the same clothes from this short in theHow to Stay at Home short, "Learning to Cook" (2021).
Mickey's outfit and birthday cake are on display as props from the short in the queue of theMickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway attraction atDisneyland.[5]
The characters present in the story wear the same clothes from the short in the 2023 short filmOnce Upon a Studio.[6]
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