The Barnyard Broadcast
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| The Barnyard Broadcast | |
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| Directed by | Burt Gillett |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 7:49 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Barnyard Broadcast is a 1931 Mickey Mouse animated short film directed by Burt Gillett, produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures.[1] It was the thirty-third short in the Mickey Mouse film series, and the ninth produced that year.[2]
Plot[edit]
In a studio constructed in a barn, Mickey Mouse and his friends, Minnie Mouse, Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow, perform music for a radio broadcast. The listeners are all animals in the barnyard. The program goes smoothly, until a cat enters the barn and disrupts the music with his yowling. Mickey chases the cat out of the barn, but it returns through a hole in the door, followed by four unruly kittens. Mickey's attempts to get rid of the felines lead to the destruction of the instruments and the radio station.
Voice cast[edit]
- Mickey Mouse: Walt Disney
- Kittens: Marcellite Garner
- Pluto/Cat: Lee Millar[3]
Reception[edit]
In a contemporary review, Motion Picture Herald said: "It is all delightful, nonsensical and amusing."[4]
In Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse, Gijs Grob writes: "The studio uses the cats to a great effect in a second attempt, after Mickey Steps Out, to build a finale from a string of gags. The film is not entirely successful in this, and only gains momentum when Mickey picks up the broom."[2]
Home media[edit]
The short was released on December 7, 2004 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two: 1929-1935.[5]
Television[edit]
The Barnyard Broadcast was included in the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club (season 1, episode 76).[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
- ^ a b Grob, Gijs (2018). "The Barnyard Broadcast". Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse. Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-1683901235.
- ^ Scott, Keith (2022). "The Walt Disney Cartoon Voices, 1928-70". Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. Bear Manor Media.
- ^ "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald. 106 (10): 67. March 5, 1932. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ^ "Mickey Mouse in Black & White Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "The Barnyard Broadcast". Internet Animation Database. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
