Original production animation drawing of Mickey Mouse from "Mickey's Circus," 1936, Walt Disney Studios; Graphite and red pencils on peg hole paper; Numbered 71 lower right; Size - Mickey Mouse: 3 1/2 x 3 3/4", Sheet 10 x 12"; Unframed.
"Mickey's Circus" (released on August 1, 1936) is an animated
short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and was directed by Ben
Sharpsteen. Walt Disney provides the voice of Mickey Mouse, Pinto
Colvig the voice of Salty the Seal, and Clarence Nash the voice of Donald Duck.
Close up of the original production animation drawing of Mickey Mouse.
The story of "Mickey's Circus" is that Mickey Mouse is the Ringmaster of a circus entertaining orphans. Donald Duck performs juggling and also has three trained seals. After Donald and the seals juggle balls, the seals demand to be fed fish. Before Donald finishes feeding the seals, a baby seal pup grabes the fish, resulting in a tug of war. The seal pup steals the show and the orphans cheer at the hilarious results. After a series of funny antics, Donald and Mickey are shot out through a cannon and find themselves balancing on the high wire. The orphans make the wire performance much more interesting by adding oil to the wire, throwing barrels at them, and electrifying the wire. This causes them to perform a high dive into the seal's water tank below. Mickey and Donald splash into the tank and are hit in the face by a fish thrown by the seal pup. The short ends when the seal lions dive into the tank with Mickey and Donald, and fight for the fish.
Close up of the production number.
This is a great drawing of Mickey Mouse wearing his Ringmaster outfit; complete with his signature shorts with buttons, large yellow shoes, white gloves, top hat, and red coat with tails. Mickey has his feet are on the high wire and he is holding a wooden pole that he is using for balance. He is eyes and mouth open, full figure, and in a great action pose. This is a large image of Mickey Mouse and certainly a great drawing from one of the Walt Disney cartoon shorts of the 1930's.
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