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"Mickey's Good Deed" - Mickey Mouse as Santa Claus Pencils - Released on December 1932

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Mickey's Good Deed - Mickey Mouse as Santa Claus Pencils - Released on December 1932 Comic Art

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Title:	"Mickey's Good Deed" - Mickey Mouse as Santa Claus Pencils - Released on December 1932
Artist:	Walt Disney (All)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	564
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	12/17/2022
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This is probably my final purchase of 2022. This was a "close your eyes and click the mouse (no pun intended) until you are the winner" type of purchase. Vintage Mickey Mouse pencils are important to me as they are the actual artwork in my eyes before they are shipped off to the ink and paint where the original art was traced and colored from behind on nitrate cels. The pencils have and will continue to hold up well over time and are important artifacts from this time period. As it is one f the earlier Disney Mickey Mouse shorts and the second Mickey Christmas cartoon, this was a fun one to pick up. My first exposure to cartoons and drawn art was with Disney. As Walt said, "It all started with a mouse."

About the actual piece the auction description:
Mickey's Good Deed Mickey Mouse as Santa Animation Drawing (Walt Disney, 1932). Mickey observes from the window as impoverished children enjoy their piles of Christmas toys, snuck into their house by the generous mouse himself. This is a wonderful original animation drawing featuring Mickey Mouse dressed as Santa Claus from the theatrical short Mickey's Good Deed. Released on 12/17/1932, this Burt Gillett-directed classic is an essential Great Depression-era cartoon. It tells the story of the poor street musician Mickey, who sells his dog Pluto so that he can provide a happy Christmas for an unfortunate family of many children. Mickey's Good Deed was Mickey's second Christmas-themed film after Mickey's Orphans (1931). This wonderful piece was created for the moment seen at the 5:39 mark, rendered in graphite on 12 field animation paper. Mickey measures 3" tall. The piece is matted with a window size of 11.25" x 7.75" and an overall mat size of 17.5" x 14". Minor studio handling with age-related toning, and the condition is Very Good.

Background of the Cartoon from Wikipedia
Mickey's Good Deed is a 1932 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Set during the Christmas season and the contemporary Great Depression, the cartoon centers on Mickey's act of charity to bring Christmas to a poor family. The film was directed by Burt Gillett and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Pinto Colvig as Pluto. It was the 50th Mickey Mouse short, and the 14th of that year. Mickey's Good Deed is the first "Mickey Mouse" titled cartoon to develop with RCA's Photophone synchronized early-in-film sound system.
Mickey's Good Deed was Mickey's second Christmas themed film after Mickey's Orphans (1931).

Plot (Yes Mickey gets Pluto back)
Mickey Mouse appears as a street performer playing "O Come, All Ye Faithful" on a cello while Pluto howls along. Several people appear to throw coins in Mickey's collection cup and Mickey wishes them a merry Christmas. But when Mickey goes to buy food, he discovers to his dismay that his cup is full of nails, nuts, and bolts.

Eventually, Mickey comes to the home of a rich family and begins to play outside. Inside the home, a boy named Adelbert keeps refusing different toys that his father and a butler show him. Adelbert throws a tantrum, saying he wants Pluto upon hearing the dog sing. The butler goes outside and persistently offers Mickey money for Pluto, but Mickey refuses and Pluto bites him. While running away, Mickey drops his cello and a horse-drawn sleigh runs it over destroying it. The apparently oblivious party in the sleigh call out a cheerful "Merry Christmas!" to Mickey.

Mickey and Pluto later come across the home of a poor cat family. A mother sits at the table crying and Mickey and Pluto see from a picture that the father is in jail and she has no money for food or toys. Emotionally moved by the scene, Mickey returns to the rich home and reluctantly sells Pluto. With the money, Mickey buys toys and food for the cat family and their mother, who is now snoring as he makes it back to their house and he delivers the goods dressed as Santa Claus. He barely manages to keep it quiet until he has snuck out of the house, just in time to see the children wake up to find all the toys he left. Mickey leaves satisfied that he helped the cat family have a happy Christmas.

Meanwhile, back at the rich home, Adelbert is tormenting Pluto and tying objects, including a roasted chicken, onto Pluto's tail while tossing objects at his father. The frustrated father finally has the butler throw the dog out when Adelbert treats the Christmas tree like a slingshot, with the star poking him from behind, before spanking Adelbert. Pluto then follows Mickey's tracks to where he finds the lonely mouse sitting in front of a fire along with a snow sculpture of Pluto. Pluto burrows through the snow and pops his head out the top of the sculpture surprising Mickey. The two friends happily share the pig family's roasted chicken for a Christmas dinner upon reuniting.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/17/2022

This is Mickey on the ascent in popularity in 1932. The animation drawings like this have always been treasured for fans and especially those steeped in Disney history as there were dealers at comic conventions back in the early days who set high values to them.

Wonderful World of Animation Gallery
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 7/5/2024

Wonderful vintage piece!

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