Squatter's Rights (1946)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Jack Hannah

Writer:

Harry Reeves (writer)

Release Date:

7 June 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Short

Plot:

Chip 'n Dale have set up house in the wood stove of Mickey's cabin. Pluto knows they are there, but Mickey only knows his matches keep going out when he tries to light a fire.

Plot Keywords:

Pluto | Stove | Mickey Mouse | Comb | Chip n Dale

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Pinto Colvig	...	Pluto (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney	...	Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Runtime:

7 min | Argentina:8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: The first time one of the chipmunks peeks out of the stove, there is a handle on the stove top lid he flips over. On the next shot the handle is gone.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mickey Mouse: Well, Pluto, here we are. Now for a swell vacation.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Disneyland: Adventures of Mickey Mouse (#2.5)" (1955)

Good, but not great, cartoon from Disney

This cartoon was nominated for an Oscar and, for the life of me, I don't understand why. It's an enjoyable short, but I don't see it s particularly noteworthy, apart from being one of the earliest Chip 'n Dale cartoons (if not the first) and I've always thought that Warner Brothers' The Goofy Gophers were better characters. Oh, well. To each their own. Well worth watching. Runs periodically on the Ink and Paint Club on the Disney Channel.