Boat Builders (film)

Boat Builders
Boat Builders
Directed by	Ben Sharpsteen
Produced by	Walt Disney
Music by	Leigh Harline; Oliver Wallace
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	February 25, 1938;
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Boat Builders is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released on February 25, 1938. The film was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and animated by Frenchy de Trémaudan, Louie Schmittt, Chuck Couch, Eddie Strickland, Clyde Geronimi, Paul Satterfield, Archie Robin, Don Patterson.^[2] It was the 99th short in the Mickey Mouse film series to be released, and the first for that year.^[3]

Plot[]

In this short, Mickey Mouse and his friends Donald Duck and Goofy attempt to build a boat (which they name Queen Minnie^[2]), which is made from fold-out parts (the instructions simply say "All You Do Is Put It Together" and "Even A Child Can Do It"), though they encounter problems as they go (such as Donald painting the rudder which keeps being turned by Mickey, and Goofy idiotically thinking the Figurehead is an actual woman). Their maiden voyage turns out to be their last, as the boat collapses as she sets sail, thanks to Minnie Mouse hitting the champagne bottle to christen the boat just a little too hard.^[4]

Voice cast[]

Mickey Mouse: Walt Disney
Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
Goofy: Pinto Colvig
Minnie Mouse: Marcellite Garner

Releases[]

1938 – Original theatrical release
1957 – The Mickey Mouse Club, episode #3.24 (TV)
c. 1972 – The Mouse Factory, episode #1.7: "Water Sports" (TV)
c. 1983 – Good Morning, Mickey!, episode #1 (TV)
1989 – The Magical World of Disney, episode #33.15: "Mickey's Happy Valentine Special" (TV)
c. 1992 – Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #16 (TV)
c. 1992 – Donald's Quack Attack, episode #34 (TV)
1998 – The Ink and Paint Club, episode #39: "Minnie Mouse" (TV)
2007 – Reissued with 2D version of Meet the Robinsons (theatrical)
2011 – Have a Laugh!, episode #25 (TV)

Home media[]

The short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color.^[5]

Additional releases include:

1981 – "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume Three" (VHS)
1989 – "Cartoon Classics: Mickey and the Gang" (VHS)
2018 – Celebrating Mickey (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital)

References[]

^ Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
^ ^a ^b "Boat Builders". www.bcdb.com, April 12, 2012
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 107–109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Grant, John (1998). Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters (2nd ed.). Hyperion. p. 33. ISBN 978-0786863365.
^ "Mickey Mouse in Living Color DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

External links[]

Boat Builders at The Big Cartoon DataBase
Boat Builders at IMDb
Boat Builders at the TCM Movie Database

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[ultimate-1] Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.

[bcdb-2] "Boat Builders". www.bcdb.com, April 12, 2012

[3] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 107–109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[4] Grant, John (1998). Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters (2nd ed.). Hyperion. p. 33. ISBN 978-0786863365.

[5] "Mickey Mouse in Living Color DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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