Pluto helps a baby bird learn how to fly.

Pluto helps a baby bird learn how to fly. less

Pluto gets an unexpected surprise while checking the mail.

Pluto gets an unexpected surprise while checking the mail. less

Mickey plans on building PLUTO'S DREAM HOUSE - with a big assist from a magic lamp. This is a wonderful little film and boasts a hilarious performance from... more

Mickey plans on building PLUTO'S DREAM HOUSE - with a big assist from a magic lamp. This is a wonderful little film and boasts a hilarious performance from the lamp itself. Things really get wild in the climax when it starts taking orders from Mickey's malfunctioning radio. There is no genii - the lamp is enchanted and speaks with a voice that will remind some viewers of Jack Benny's Rochester (Eddie Anderson). Mickey gets his unique voice from Walt Disney. Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off. Mickey Mouse - Pluto's Dream House (1940) © Copyright 1940 Walt Disney less

The word on the street is, Pluto got kicked in an unpleasant area. But pluto is a dog, and dogs don't like to be kicked.

The word on the street is, Pluto got kicked in an unpleasant area. But pluto is a dog, and dogs don't like to be kicked. less

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Pluto is playing with a ball on the beach. As ball goes into the water, a sea lion plays with it. Pluto does not want to share the ball, and tries to bury it,... more

Pluto is playing with a ball on the beach. As ball goes into the water, a sea lion plays with it. Pluto does not want to share the ball, and tries to bury it, but the sea lion outsmarts him. Pluto goes after the sea lion, but has to deal octopus. The sea lion ends up resuscitating Pluto, so Pluto agrees to play. less

Just in time for Christmas! This short is the 2nd to last "Mickey Mouse Cartoon" until the early 80s.

Just in time for Christmas! This short is the 2nd to last "Mickey Mouse Cartoon" until the early 80s. less

Minnie knits Pluto a ridiculous-looking sweater.

Minnie knits Pluto a ridiculous-looking sweater. less

Pluto looks after his five playful puppies; the puppies end up in the basement. They get into a number of things, like an air compressor, paint, and jug of moonshine. Fifi returns and finds a drunk Pluto and paint on everyone.

Pluto looks after his five playful puppies; the puppies end up in the basement. They get into a number of things, like an air compressor, paint, and jug of moonshine. Fifi returns and finds a drunk Pluto and paint on everyone. less

released in 1941

released in 1941 less