Thru the Mirror (1936)

Directed by

David Hand

Genre

animation, comedy, fantasy

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rated

0

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 182 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Mickey Mouse falls asleep and dreams he goes through his mirror into a world where objects come to life. He dances with a pair of gloves and a deck of cards, then gets chased by the cards until he wakes up.

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What happens

Thru the Mirror is a 1936 American animated short film directed by David Hand from a story by William Cottrell and Joe Grant. In this cartoon short, Mickey Mouse has a Through the Looking-Glass-parody-like dream that he travels through his mirror and enters a topsy-turvy world where everything is alive. While there, he engages in a Fred Astaire dance number with a pair of gloves and a pack of cards, until the cards chase him out of the bizarre world. Produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists, it was the 83rd Mickey Mouse short film to be released, the fourth of that year. The title is written as Thru the Mirror on the title card, but the alternative spelling Through the Mirror is used on the poster for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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