The Mad Doctor (1933 film)

The Mad Doctor
Directed byDavid Hand[1]
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringWalt Disney
Allan Watson
Pinto Colvig
Music byBert Lewis[2]
Animation byArt Babbitt
Les Clark
Ben Sharpsteen
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists Pictures
Release date
  • January 20, 1933 (1933-01-20)[3]
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Mad Doctor is a Mickey Mouse cartoon released in 1933. It is known as the first appearance of the title character "The Mad Doctor", or "Dr. XXX". It was the 52nd Mickey Mouse short film, and the second of that year.[4]

This short is in the public domain, because Disney did not renew the copyright as was required at the time. However, elements of the short, including Pluto and aspects of Mickey's design, remain under copyright until 2027 at the latest.

  1. ^ Borowiec, Piotr (1998). Animated Short Films - A Critical Index to Theatrical Cartoons. Scarecrow Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-8108-3503-0.
  2. ^ Bohn, James (2017). Music in Disney's Animated Features - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Jungle Book. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-4968-1215-5.
  3. ^ Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
  4. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.