The Barnyard Broadcast

The Barnyard Broadcast
The Barnyard Broadcast
Directed by	Burt Gillett
Produced by	Walt Disney
Production; company	Walt Disney Studios
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 1, 1931;
Running time	7:49
Country	United States
Language	English

The Barnyard Broadcast 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-third short in the Mickey Mouse film series, and the ninth produced that year.^[2]

Plot

In a studio constructed in a barn, Mickey Mouse and his friends, Minnie Mouse, Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow, perform music for a radio broadcast. The listeners are all animals in the barnyard. The program goes smoothly, until a cat enters the barn and disrupts the music with his yowling. Mickey chases the cat out of the barn, but it returns through a hole in the door, followed by four unruly kittens. Mickey's attempts to get rid of the felines lead to the destruction of the instruments and the radio station.

Voice cast

Mickey Mouse: Walt Disney
Kittens: Marcellite Garner
Pluto/Cat: Lee Millar^[3]

Reception

In a contemporary review, Motion Picture Herald said: "It is all delightful, nonsensical and amusing."^[4]

In Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse, Gijs Grob writes: "The studio uses the cats to a great effect in a second attempt, after Mickey Steps Out, to build a finale from a string of gags. The film is not entirely successful in this, and only gains momentum when Mickey picks up the broom."^[2]

Home media

The short was released on December 7, 2004 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two: 1929-1935.^[5]

Television

The Barnyard Broadcast was included in the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club (season 1, episode 76).^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
^ ^a ^b Grob, Gijs (2018). "The Barnyard Broadcast". Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse. Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-1683901235.
^ Scott, Keith (2022). "The Walt Disney Cartoon Voices, 1928-70". Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. Bear Manor Media.
^ "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald. 106 (10): 67. March 5, 1932. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
^ "Mickey Mouse in Black & White Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
^ "The Barnyard Broadcast". Internet Animation Database. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

External links

The Barnyard Broadcast at IMDb

[ultimate-1] Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.

[movies-2] Grob, Gijs (2018). "The Barnyard Broadcast". Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse. Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-1683901235.

[3] Scott, Keith (2022). "The Walt Disney Cartoon Voices, 1928-70". Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. Bear Manor Media.

[4] "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald. 106 (10): 67. March 5, 1932. Retrieved January 27, 2024.

[5] "Mickey Mouse in Black & White Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

[iad-6] "The Barnyard Broadcast". Internet Animation Database. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

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