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Once Upon a Mouse
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Wikipedia article
'Once Upon a Mouse' is a 1981 American theatrical featurette directed by Jerry Kramer and Gary Rocklen of Kramer/Rocklen Studios, produced in association with Walt Disney Productions. It was released on July 10, 1981 on a double bill with 'The Fox and the Hound.[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b750458eb 'Once Upon a Mouse'] at bfi.org.uk.
Dedication
Plot
A documentary featurette produced in celebration of the studio's 20th (soon to be 24th) feature-length animated film 'The Fox and the Hound' which highlights sixty years of Walt Disney's legacy beginning with 'Steamboat Willie' in 1928 followed by a kaleidoscopic magic carpet ride through the world of Disney animation, including segments from hundreds of films shown through the use of montages, collages, computerized optical effects, behind-the-scenes footage, and special tributes to Disney and Mickey Mouse.[https://d23.com/a-to-z/once-upon-a-mouse-film/ Once Upon a Mouse (film)-D23]
The featured clips include 'Mickey Mouse' shorts, 'The Jungle Book', 'Bambi', 'Fantasia', 'The Rescuers', 'Song of the South', 'One Hundred and One Dalmatians', 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', 'The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad', 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Lady and the Tramp', 'Pinocchio', 'Dumbo', 'Peter Pan', 'Sleeping Beauty', 'The Aristocats', 'The Sword in the Stone' and 'Robin Hood'.[https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/36628-Once-Upon-A-Mouse 'Once Upon a Mouse'] at The Big Cartoon DataBase.
'Once Upon a Mouse' began airing on The Disney Channel in the mid-1980s and would be shown again in reruns, the last time being in 2002 as part of the Vault Disney block of programming.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1VgLX-qxUA Once Upon A Mouse (Disney 1981)-YouTube]
Cast
*Walt Disney as Himself / Mickey Mouse (archive footage)
*Clarence Nash as Donald Duck (archive footage)
*Aurora Miranda as Herself
*Betty Lou Gerson as Cruella De Vil
*Hans Conried as Slave in the Magic Mirror (archive footage)
*Jim Jordan as Orville
*Bob Newhart as Bernard
*Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket (archive footage)
Home media
The short was released in Japan on August 25, 1986 on VHS and LaserDisc as part of a compilation of Disney shorts called 'Once Upon a Mouse and Other Mousetime Stories'. This compilation also features 'The Flying Mouse' (1934), 'Three Blind Mouseketeers' (1936), 'Brave Little Tailor' (1938) and 'Ben and Me' (1953).[http://www.geocities.ws/disney_laserdiscs/1126.html 'Once Upon a Mouse' VHS and Laserdisc].
See also
*List of American films of 1981
*List of Disney live-action shorts
*List of Walt Disney Pictures films
References
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