The Beach Party

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The Beach Party
Directed by Burt Gillett
Produced by Walt Disney
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 28, 1931 (1931-10-28) [1]
Running time
7:40 [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Beach Party 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-fourth short in the Mickey Mouse film series, and the tenth produced that year. [3]

Contents

Plot

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow set out for a pleasant day by the sea, with Pluto in tow. Horace has some trouble diving, and Clarabelle loses part of her bathing costume. Pluto tangles with a crab. The gang happily eats lunch. Mickey throws Pluto some sausages, which he follows into the surf. The dog accidentally munches on the tentacle of an octopus, who takes umbrage. The angry octopus destroys the picnic, and the group has to fight it off using dishes and leftovers as weapons. They manage to fend off the octopus' attack, and send it back to the sea.

Production

The Beach Party shows the foursome of Mickey, Minnie, Horace and Clarabelle spending time together as friends: one of only two times that this happened, the other being Camping Out in 1934. [3]

Voice cast

Reception

In a contemporary review, Motion Picture Herald said: "This one runs ahead, in cleverness, entertainment and amusement, of the usual Walt Disney output... An octopus comes up out of the sea and chases the dog, with results that will make any audience anywhere sit up, laugh and be vastly entertained." [5]

In Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse, Gijs Grob writes: "The Beach Party shows that the studio was more capable than any other studio in telling a good gag-filled story leading to a great finale. These were a welcome replacement to the tiring song-and-dance routines." [3]

Home media

The short was released on December 7, 2004 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two . [6]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. p. 68. ISBN   978-3-8365-5284-4.
  2. ↑ "The Beach Party". Internet Animation Database. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Grob, Gijs (2018). "The Barnyard Broadcast". Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse. Theme Park Press. ISBN   978-1683901235.
  4. ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). "The Walt Disney Cartoon Voices, 1928-70". Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. Bear Manor Media.
  5. ↑ "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald. 106 (7): 38. February 13, 1932. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Mickey Mouse in Black & White Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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