| Mickey's Steam Roller | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster rough draft, showing working title The Steamroller. | |
| Directed by | David Hand |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Walt Disney Marcellite Garner |
| Music by | Bert Lewis |
| Animation by | Jack Bailey Norm Ferguson Bob Kuwahara Fred Moore Bob Wickersham[1] |
| Color process | Black and white, later colorized |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mickey's Steam Roller is a 1934 animated short film produced by 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 and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie Mouse and Mickey's nephews.[3] It was the 67th Mickey Mouse short film to be released, and the fifth of that year.[4]
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, Mickey's twin nephews from the Mickey Mouse comic strip.[5]
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.[3]
- ^ "The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ^ Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
- ^ a b Smith, Dave (1996). Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Hyperion. p. 329. ISBN 0-7868-8149-6.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 108-109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Grant, John (1998). Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters (3rd ed.). New York: Hyperion. p. 71. ISBN 0-7868-6336-6.