The Nifty Nineties (1941)

Directed by

Riley Thomson

Genre

animation, family, comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

6 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Mickey and Minnie Mouse enjoy a series of activities and songs that celebrate the 1890s era. The short presents a romanticized look at that decade through their experiences.

nostalgiclightheartedwhimsicalupbeatsweetromanticplayfulold-fashioned

What happens

The Nifty Nineties is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on June 20, 1941, by RKO Radio Pictures. The animated short was directed by Riley Thomson and animated by Ward Kimball, Walt Kelly, Fred Moore, Claude Smith, David Swift, and Les Clark with effects animation by Art Fitzpatrick. It was the 113th short in the Mickey Mouse film series to be released, and the fourth in that year. The film stars Mickey and Minnie Mouse and romanticizes the decade of the 1890s. The film features original and adapted music by Charles Wolcott. The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie. Animators Ward Kimball and Fred Moore have cameos where they each voice a caricatured version of themselves. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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