''Mickey's Steam Roller'' is a 1934 animated short film produced by
Walt Disney Productions
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and released by
United Artists
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. In the cartoon,
Mickey Mouse is the driver of a
steamroller which is hijacked by his two nephews. It was directed by
David Hand and features the voices of
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 ...
as Mickey and
Marcellite Garner
Edna Marcellite Garner ( ; July 3, 1910 – July 26, 1993) was an American artist and voice actress. She is most remembered as the first regular voice of Minnie Mouse during her time working at Walt Disney Productions and has been partially c ...
as
Minnie Mouse
Minnie Mouse is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. As the longtime sweetheart of Mickey Mouse, she is an anthropomorphic mouse with white gloves, a bow, polka-dotted dress, white bloomers, and low-heeled shoes occasiona ...
and Mickey's nephews.
It was the 67th Mickey Mouse short film to be released, and the fifth of that year.
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 of
Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse
The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, and many other characters. The universe originated from the ''Mickey Mouse'' an ...
, Mickey's twin nephews from the ''
Mickey Mouse'' comic strip.
The film was also called ''The Steamroller'' during production, and ''Mickey's Steamroller'' upon its re-release. Disney archivist
Dave Smith has also stylized the title as ''Mickey's Steam-Roller''.
Plot
Mickey Mouse drives an
anthropomorphic steamroller while a group of
dogface workmen perform road maintenance. Meanwhile, Minnie Mouse appears as the nanny of a young Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse, pushing them in a stroller and singing "
Pease Porridge Hot
"Pease Porridge Hot" or "Pease Pudding Hot" is a children's singing game and nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19631.
Lyrics
The lyrics to the rhyme are:
:Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
:Pease porridge in the pot ...
". Mickey drives by and they wave at him. Mickey stops and gives the boys a ride with the steamroller by attaching the vehicle's tow rope to their stroller.
After this, Mickey flirts with Minnie by giving her some
Sweethearts 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.
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 ...
* Minnie Mouse:
Marcellite Garner
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* Mickey's Nephews: Beatrice Hagen And Jayne Shadduck
Releases
*1934 Theatrical release
*1955 ''
The Mickey Mouse Club
''The Mickey Mouse Club'' is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned to social media in 2017. Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first televised ...
'' (TV)
*1997 ''Ink & Paint Club'', episode 23 "The 'Other' Mice" (TV)
Home media
The short was released on December 7, 2004 on ''
Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two: 1929-1935''. It will be released to
Disney+
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on August 11, 2023.
Additional releases include:
*2007 "Vintage Mickey" (DVD)
See also
*''
Mickey's Choo-Choo
''Mickey's Choo-Choo'' is a 1929 Mickey Mouse short animated film released by Celebrity Pictures, as part of the '' Mickey Mouse'' film series. Ub Iwerks was the animator. It was the eleventh Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the eighth of th ...
''
*
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
External links
*
*
Mickey's Steamroller' at the
Big Cartoon DataBase
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The BCDB proj ...
*
Mickey's Steamroller' at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
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1930s Disney animated short films
1934 films
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Films directed by David Hand
Films produced by Walt Disney
Films about hijackings
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1930s American films