April 10, 1930 – The Mickey Mouse Short Film The Barnyard Concert Premieres in Theaters
On April 10, 1930, the Mickey Mouse short film The Barnyard Concert premiered in theaters. This is one of several short where Mickey conducts an orchestra comprised of his friends, including 1935’s The Band Concert and 1942’s Symphony Hour. It was directed by Walt Disney
The barnyard animals start to play a piece while Mickey makes his way to the makeshift podium. The band starts to play with gusto, following Mickey’s directions carefully. Mickey and the others start using other animals to help them with the music, and when Mickey starts pulling on suckling piglets, one piglet takes off with Mickey attached, and dragging him around the barn until lets go and rolls back to the podium. The mood of the music soon changes from classical to something more modern. One pig starts playing at the wrong spot, annoying Mickey to no end, until they realize that the “musical note” on the pig’s page is nothing more than a fly and a speck of dirt. Things are ending well until a nearby cow accidentally wraps her tail around Mickey’s neck and nearly chokes him as she dances to the music. He solves this problem by tying her tail to a full basket of water, and she is unable to move. She is able to move the basket with a great deal of effort, and ends the musical piece by crashing it all over his head. The short ends with Mickey whimpering.
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