| Mickey's Steam Roller | |
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 Theatrical release poster rough draft, showing the working titleThe Steamroller. | |
| Directed by | David Hand |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Walt Disney Marcellite Garner |
| Music by | Bert Lewis |
| Animation by | Jack Bailey Norm Ferguson Bob Kuwahara Fred Moore Bob Wickersham[1] |
| Color process | Black and white, latercolorized |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mickey's Steam Roller is a 1934 animated short film produced byWalt Disney Productions and released byUnited Artists. In the cartoon,Mickey Mouse is the driver of asteamroller which is hijacked by his two nephews. It was directed byDavid Hand and features the voices ofWalt Disney as Mickey andMarcellite Garner asMinnie Mouse and Mickey's nephews.[3] It was the 67th Mickey Mouse short film to be released, and the fifth of that year.[4]
Although this is the third animated appearance of Mickey's nephews, it is the first to show only two of them. The film is therefore considered the first identifiable and most significant animated appearance ofMorty and Ferdie Fieldmouse, Mickey's twin nephews from theMickey Mouse comic strip.[5]
The film was also calledThe Steamroller during production, andMickey's Steamroller upon its re-release. Disney archivistDave Smith has also stylized the title asMickey's Steam-Roller which also appeared in the original United Artists titles.[3]
Mickey Mouse drives ananthropomorphicsteamroller while a group ofdogface workmen perform road maintenance. Meanwhile, Minnie Mouse appears as the nanny of a young Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse, pushing them in astroller and singing "Pease Porridge Hot". Mickey drives by and they wave at him. Mickey stops and gives the boys a ride with the steamroller by attaching the vehicle's towrope to their stroller.
After this, Mickey flirts with Minnie by giving her someSweethearts candy and tries to steal a kiss. While they are distracted, Morty and Ferdie climb onto Mickey's steamroller and drive it away. Mickey frantically runs after the nephews, but when he attempts to cut them off, he finds himself being chased instead.
The nephews go on to cause extensive damage with the steamroller. Finally they chase Mickey into a multistory hotel, destroying the entire building except for the bathtub on each floor, each with a current bather. Unhurt in the rubble, Mickey laughs as Morty and Ferdie see-saw on a board balanced on his head.
The short was released on December 7, 2004, onWalt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two: 1929-1935.[6] It was released toDisney+ on August 11, 2023.[7]
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