The Band Concert (1935)

Mickey and his band are determined to perform their music despite the interferance of Donald Duck and a powerful storm.

Director:

Wilfred Jackson

Stars:

Walt Disney, Clarence Nash

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Walt Disney	...	Mickey Mouse
Clarence Nash	...	Donald Duck (voice)

Storyline

Mickey is trying to lead a concert of The William Tell Overture, but he's continually disrupted by ice cream vendor Donald, who uses a seemingly endless supply of flutes to play Turkey in the Straw instead. After Donald gives up, a bee comes along and causes his own havoc. The band then reaches the Storm sequence, and the weather also starts to pick up; a tornado comes along, but they keep playing.

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Plot Keywords:

concert | duck | bee | tornado | conductor | 

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Genres:

Family | Comedy | Animation | Short | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 1935 (USA)

Also Known As:

Concerto Bandistico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

9 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini so loved this cartoon short that when he first saw it, he asked the theatre projectionist if he could run it again, and the projectionist did.

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Connections

Edited into The Walt Disney Christmas Show (1951)

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Soundtracks

"William Tell Overture"
(uncredited)
Music by Gioachino Rossini

User Reviews

The band concert

This short is about Mickey Mouse leading a band. The band plays the famous William Tell Overture when Donald is selling ice cream, hears the band and grabs a flute to play along. Mickey is not very pleased with this.

The first Mickey Mouse short in color is nice but I was not as pleased as I normally am with a short like this. Still very nice and perfectly done.