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The Barn Dance (1929)

The Barn Dance poster
Directed by
Walt Disney
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rated
0
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 68 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Mickey Mouse tries to take Minnie to a barn dance, but his attempts to be a good date keep going comically wrong. The short focuses on his clumsy efforts and the mishaps that follow.

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What happens

The Barn Dance is a 1929 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks. It is the third short film in the Mickey Mouse film series. It was released on March 14, 1929 by Celebrity Productions. Columbia Pictures reissued the film after Walt Disney Productions switched distributors. The short's copyright was renewed on December 10, 1956, so it entered the US public domain on January 1, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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