Original production animation drawing of Mickey Mouse sitting on his Donkey and twenty Crowd Members from "Ye Olden Days," 1933, Walt Disney Studios; Graphite pencil on peg hole paper; Numbered 11A lower right; Size - Mickey Mouse, Donkey, & Crowd: 7 3/4 x 2 3/4", Sheet 9 1/2 x 11"; Unframed.
"Ye
Olden Days" (released April 8, 1933) is a black and white Walt Disney
Company animated short film directed by Bert Gillett and animated
by Johnny Cannon, Les Clark, Art Babbitt, and Norm Ferguson. It
stars Pinto Colvig as the voice of Dippy Dawg (later renamed
Goofy), Walt Disney as the voice of Mickey Mouse, and Marcellite Garner
as the voice of Minnie Mouse.
The
story of "Ye Olden Days" takes place in the middle ages. Mickey Mouse,
the singing and lute playing wandering Minstrel, rides on his donkey and
stumbles upon a castle. Inside the castle, the King is holding court,
and Princess Minnie and Prince Dippy Dawg (later named Goofy) are about
to marry. But Princess Minnie has second thoughts and ends up slapping
the Prince. The King, angry over the incident, says to his Guards "Lock
her in the attic!" Palace Guards lock Princess Minnie and her hand
servant, Clarabelle Cow, in the attic. Minnie and Clarabelle start to
cry and are overheard by Mickey, who is outside the tower window.
Mickey
makes his way into the attic, through a window, and tells Minnie that
he will save her. Mickey grabs Minnie and glides down a rope that was
made from Clarabelle's clothing. As the pair make their way down the
rope past a window, the King spots them and has them immediately
arrested. The King threatens to chop Mickey's head off, but Minnie begs
her father for forgiveness; because she has fallen in love with Mickey.
The
King then announces, "Clear the hall, we'll have a duel. The Prince
shall battle this young fool!" Mickey and the Prince prepare themselves
and their faithful steads for the duel. The duel begins between Mickey
and the Prince and, when they both fall off their animals, a duel erupts
between Mickey's donkey and the Prince's horse. Mickey's donkey bites
the horse's bottom making him whinny and bump into a wall. A portrait of
the King falls onto the horse, rendering him unconscious. Minstrel
Mickey eventually wins his duel with the Prince, who ends up falling out
of a window. Then the Princess kisses her father the King, and goes off
with Mickey. Both Mickey and Minnie sit atop Mickey's donkey as the
crowd carries them outside. The film ends as Mickey and Minnie share a
kiss, shielded behind a hand held fan.
This
is an absolutely wonderful drawing of Mickey Mouse on his donkey surrounded by a crowd
from the black and white animated short "Ye Olden Days," 1933. It is
rare to have more than one character on a single sheet of animation
paper, and this is a fantastic image of twenty members of the cheering crowd that has hoisted Mickey Mouse sitting on his donkey into the air. This drawing is from the end of
the film, when Mickey is being hailed a hero by a cheering crowd. A great and rare image from one of the early
Walt Disney cartoon shorts.
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