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Mickey's Steamroller
''Mickey's Steam Roller'' is a 1934 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. In the cartoon, Mickey Mouse is the driver of a steamroller which is hijacked by his two nephews. It was directed by David Hand (animator), David Hand and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie Mouse 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 Mickey Mouse universe#Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse, Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse, Mickey's twin nephews from the ''Mickey Mouse (comic strip), Mickey Mouse'' comic strip. The film was also called ''The Steamroller'' during production, and ''Mickey's Steamroller'' upon its re-release. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hand (animator)
David Dodd Hand (January 23, 1900 – October 11, 1986) was an American animator and animation filmmaker known for his work at Walt Disney Productions. He worked on numerous Disney shorts during the 1930s and eventually became supervising director on the animated features ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' and ''Bambi''. Biography Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Hand began his animation career working on Max Fleischer's '' Out of the Inkwell'' cartoons throughout the 1920s. He joined the Disney studio in 1930 during a major drive by Disney to recruit from the best of animating talent. Hand immediately made his mark as an animator. By 1932 he was regarded as one of the studio's top animators (despite some complaints that his work was "too mechanical") and had become a close friend of Disney himself. Hand's organizational skills made Disney select him to be the studio's third director after Burt Gillett and Wilfred Jackson. He made his directorial debut for the company with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |