''Magician Mickey'' is a 1937
Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...
Mickey Mouse cartoon, originally released to theaters on February 6, 1937. This was the 92nd Mickey Mouse short to be released, and the third for that year.
Mickey puts on a magic show, but is interrupted by
Donald Duck. Mickey gets his revenge on Donald through his tricks.
Plot
At a local theater,
Mickey Mouse performs as a magician, with
Goofy as a stagehand. When a jealous
Donald Duck tries sabotaging Mickey's act, he becomes the victim of many of his magic tricks. Eventually, Donald shoots the
fireworks
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from Mickey's
flare gun
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Types
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but accidentally causes the stage to collapse in on them. Mickey and Goofy pop up, unharmed, but Donald is burned from the fire and angrily rambles famously.
Voice cast
* Mickey Mouse:
Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...
* Donald Duck:
Clarence Nash
Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor. He was best known as the original voice of the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck. He was born in the rural community of Watonga, Oklahoma, and ...
* Goofy:
Pinto Colvig
Vance DeBar Colvig Sr. (September 11, 1892 – October 3, 1967), professionally Pinto Colvig, was an American voice actor, newspaper cartoonist, and circus and vaudeville performer whose schtick was playing the clarinet off-key while mugging. C ...
Releases
* 1937 – theatrical release
* 1957 – ''
Disneyland
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'', episode #3.15: "All About Magic" (TV)
* c. 1983 – ''
Good Morning, Mickey!
''Good Morning, Mickey!'' is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It was first aired on April 18, 1983 when Disney Channel was launched. It was one of the Disney Channel's first original programs, a ...
'', episode #38 (TV)
* c. 1992 – ''
Mickey's Mouse Tracks
''Mickey's Mouse Tracks'' is an American animated television series on The Disney Channel which ran from 1992 to 1995, and featured Disney cartoons and animated short films, dating from before the advent of The Disney Channel. A similar show was ...
'', episode #18 (TV)
* c. 1992 – ''
Donald's Quack Attack
''Donald's Quack Attack'' is an American animated television series which ran on The Disney Channel and was later rerun on Toon Disney. It premiered on November 2, 1992,''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 10, no. 5, October/November 1992: p ...
'', episode #28 (TV)
* 2011 – ''
Have a Laugh!
''Have a Laugh!'' is an American animated comedy series produced by the Walt Disney Company for the Disney Channel. The series is a set of interstitials, presenting edited versions of classic ''Mickey Mouse'' cartoons that lasted from 2009 to 201 ...
'', episode #24 (TV)
Home media
The short was released on December 4, 2001, on ''
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color''.
Additional releases include:
* 1984 – "Cartoon Classics: Mickey's Crazy Careers" (VHS)
* 2006 – "
Funny Factory with Mickey" (DVD)
See also
*
Mickey Mouse (film series)
''Mickey Mouse'' (originally known as ''Mickey Mouse Sound Cartoons'') is a series of American animated comedy short films produced by Walt Disney Productions. The series started in 1928 with Steamboat Willie and ended in 1953 with '' The Simp ...
References
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1937 films
1930s color films
1937 animated films
Mickey Mouse short films
Donald Duck short films
Films about magic and magicians
Films directed by David Hand
Films produced by Walt Disney
1930s Disney animated short films
1930s American films