Mickey's Good Deed

Mickey's Good Deed is just beautiful, with a beautiful message and lovely music. I also think it is a long forgotten treasure, that I am glad I have seen. The animation, in black and white is very good indeed. Yes I know, that by today's standards that Mickey looks odd, but in the 30s that's what he looked like. I didn't know Walt Disney voiced Mickey, he did it so wonderfully you would have never guessed it was him. The music is so beautiful, I cried at its beauty, especially in the more emotional scenes, and believe me, it was emotional at times. Actually seeing the mother crying, and the children sleeping in such poor housing conditions, not able to enjoy Christmas, broke my heart, as it reminded me that there are people in this world that aren't able to appreciate Christmas as much as we do, and I will admit that even I underestimate the true meaning of Christmas. The story is simple, Mickey and Pluto trying to earn money on Christmas eve, to have a proper Christmas. A family with a very spoilt son wants to buy Pluto for him, but Mickey refuses, but when he comes across the poor family, he decides until he's done the good deed, Pluto is to stay with them. Pluto is treated badly, and is thrown out of the house, and the two friends are reunited. Overall, a heart-warming gem, that I will watch again and again. 10/10 Bethany Cox.

This is a very touching cartoon and it was made during the depths of the Depression. The ending scene saves the cartoon but still leaves you with a tear in your eye.

Mickey Mouse and his dog, Pluto, are playing Christmas-carols. Nearby, a spoiled brat wants a dog for Christmas. Mickey sells Pluto to the spoiled brat, and uses the money to buy Christmas-presents for a poor family. These are the kind of movies that made Disney the leading cartoon-creating company in the world, and is worth seeing over and over again, and is a warmhearted classic that everybody will love. 10/10

SOME HAVE MADE the comparison between Charlie Chaplin's 'Little Tramp" character and Walt Disney's rodent creation 'Mickey Mouse. Where there would doubtless be at least some influences, no where is it more obvious than in this cartoon short, MICKEY'S GOOD DEED.

THE SETTING WAS the city, it is Christmas and a down on his lucky is trying desperately trying to eek out a meager existence by performing " Come All Ye Faithful" on his bull fiddle. Accompanied by Pluto, for moral support, things aren't going so well as the Depression Era crowds seem to lack the Spirit of the Season. After some time, his tin cup has been filled with old nuts & bolts; rather than the coin of the realm.

CHANCING UPON THE house of a rich anthropomorphic pig-man character, Mickey agrees to sell the man Pluto; enabling him to render aid to a destitute cat mother and her large and equally brood. The Mouse takes the ca$h from the man's butler and treats the family to a Merry Christmas, all quite anonymously. He leaves and sobs for the loss of Pluto in his life.

MEANEWHILE, BACK AT the Mansion, the wealthy Pig Daddy (done up in the best tradition of a Frank Capra rich man)rapidly tires of the bratty Pig Boy's rough and bratty behavior toward Pluto. After first casting the dog out into a snow pile, the father proceeds to give the bratty child a much needed spanking.

BEING DISPATCHED FROM the house in such rapidity, Pluto fails to notice that he has the Christmas turkey attached to his tail. When he meets up with the quite depressed Mickey, who is roasting a sole hot dog over a campfire, the two are joyfully reunited.

THIS PARTICULAR CARTOON Short manages to provide us with good portions of both the pathos and the belly laughs; both in proportional amounts. To this we have the added delight of a sort of Christmas Greeting from Walt and the whole crew.

NOTE: The shawl clad Mother Cat is the same feminine feline who abandons a basketful of kittens on Mickey's doorstep in MICKEY'S ORPHAN'S (1931) the previous year.

Mickey and Pluto are poverty stricken themselves. Mickey plays the cello while Pluto sings, but people only throw screws and nails in their bucket. At some point the cello is destroyed and they are truly destitute. Mickey is forced to sell Pluto to a rich family where their bratty child never has enough. During this time he comes to a house where the father is in prison and the little cat children have nothing. So he takes the Pluto money and buys them gifts anonymously. It's quite a touching film.