August 13, 1932 – The Mickey Mouse Short Film Mickey’s Nightmare is Released to Theaters
“God bless Minnie, God bless Pluto, God bless everybody. Amen.”
On August 13, 1932, the Mickey Mouse short film Mickey’s Nightmare was released to theaters. The short was directed by Burt Gillett, and stars Pinto Colvig as Pluto and Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse.
Mickey gets ready for bed, giving a kiss to the photo of Minnie on his nightstand before extinguishing his candle. While he snores away, Pluto sneaks onto his bed and begins licking Mickey’s face, which Mickey interprets as Minnie kissing him in his dreams. The dream begins with Mickey presenting Minnie with a rather large diamond engagement ring while wedding bells chime in the background. The happy couple are seen at their wedding, which is soon followed by married bliss at a house in the country with a “heart” motif.
Mickey enters his room in horror to see that he and Minnie have been presented 21 children by the stork
While Mickey is watering the lawn, the shadow of large bird passes overhead, and Mickey looks up in alarm. The bird is actually the stork, bringing a present for the happy couple. Mickey, proud to now be a father, shakes hands with Pluto. Suddenly, more storks appear with more bundles of joy, dropping them down the chimney of the house. Mickey, alarmed, runs inside to see Minnie and 21 children all tucked into one bed. The children greet him and begin to run around wildly. Mickey and Pluto try to escape, but are trapped.
The children begin to wreak havoc around the house, throwing kitchen knives and dressing Pluto in a corset and heels. Mickey tries to stop them, but to no avail: there are just too many children. At one point, the children grab buckets of paint and begin to paint the house, with one using the cat and another using the parrot as paintbrushes. Pluto finds himself painted with stripes; when he tries to hide in the washing machine, one of the children starts it up.
In his nightmare, Mickey is trapped by his children, with one of them painting his face with a mop
Mickey soon finds himself tied up and held hostage by the children as one paints his face with a mop. He awakes to find himself tied in his sheets, with Pluto happily licking his face. He rejoices in the fact that it was all just a nightmare, and gives out a shout of delight.
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