2 separate drawings
Society Dog Show Pair of Mickey Mouse and Pluto Production Drawings (Walt Disney, 1939). This fantastic pair of original production drawings from Society Dog Show (1939) captures Mickey Mouse and Pluto in a charming early moment from this classic Disney short. Released on February 3, 1939, and directed by Bill Roberts, this film features one of the most thrilling climaxes in Disney animation history. After Pluto is kicked out of the fancy dog show for his uncouth behavior, he finds himself in the position of a hero, forced to rescue Fifi the Peke from a burning building. This short is also historically significant as the last appearance of "pie-eyed" Mickey before his redesign by Fred Moore in Mickey's Surprise Party (1939). Seen around the 1:50 timestamp, this sequence shows Mickey dusting off Pluto's bottom as they prepare for judging. Both characters are illustrated in graphite and color pencil on 12-field, 5-peghole animation paper and numbered 23 (Mickey) and 100A (Pluto).
