November 12, 1932 – The Mickey Mouse Short Film The Klondike Kid is Released to Theaters
“Guess we’re both nobodys.”
On November 12, 1932, the Mickey Mouse short film The Klondike Kid was released to theaters. The short was directed by Wilfred Jackson, and stars Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse, Marcellite Garner as Minnie Mouse, Pinto Colvig as Goofy and Pluto, and Billy Bletcher as Pierre.
The short opens at the Klondike Bar in the middle of a blizzard, but inside, the atmosphere is merry with many people drinking and dancing. Mickey is playing the piano, and scrapes up the change people throw at him when he finishes. As he gathers the coins, he notices at the window a girl, who faints in the snow. He rescues her, bringing her into the warmth. She begins to cry, and when Mickey asks her name, she responds that she’s just “nobody.” She laughs at his jokes, and warms up to him when he offers her some food.
After Pierre kidnaps the girl, Mickey uses Pluto as his sled dog and pursue the villain
The door of the bar bursts open, and in storms Peg Leg Pierre, who attacks Mickey and pins him to the wall before he kidnaps the girl. As she screams in terror, many of the patrons try to help her, but are prevented by an ensuing gunfight. Pierre steals her away, but Mickey frees himself and chases after her. He harnesses Pluto as his sled dog, but Pluto gets the idea of running only after he spots a rabbit to chase. The sled breaks, and Mickey finds himself skiing down the hill into Pierre’s hideout.
Inside Pierre’s cabin, Mickey and Pierre fight and the two are caught in mattress springs. Meanwhile’s Pluto’s rabbit chase ends with him snowballing down the hill and knocking Pierre’s cabin from its foundation. As the short ends, Pierre is knocked out, and Mickey and the girl attempt to kiss, only to kiss Pluto, who pops out of the snow in between them.
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