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The Moose Hunt is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on April 30, 1931, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the twenty-eighth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, and the fourth of 1931.
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References
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 3 Dramatic Compositions Motion Pictures, 1931, volume 4, Number 1
- ↑ The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931 by Edwin M. Bradley, 2005
- ↑ Motion Picture Herald, December 5, 1931
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