This is an early Disney short featuring Mickey Mouse. There will be spoilers ahead:
The dynamic in this one reminded me of the Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto dynamic from the early Popeye Flieschers, where Olive was just as likely to pick Bluto as she was Popeye. Minnie is rather fickle in this one, often for tolerably obvious reasons. Mickey openly displays jealousy and it colors his behavior.
The visual gags are quite good here and Mickey's personality is quite different from the one he's best known for to most people. He's a self-absorbed and inattentive clod at points here and it's hardly surprising that he loses out to Pete (who's no prize himself here, but better behaved than Mickey for a change).
Pete has his own moments of crude and obnoxious behavior, but they aren't as obvious and pronounced as Mickey's. Minnie, for her part, isn't above petty choices, as she first chooses Pete because he has a car versus Mickey's horse-drawn cart, only to abandon Pete rather rudely when his car falls apart. Not exactly an example of charm and consideration herself in that regard. Mickey winds up on the short end of the stick here.
This short is available on the Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume 2 Disney Treasures DVD release and is well worth tracking down. Recommended.
The dynamic in this one reminded me of the Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto dynamic from the early Popeye Flieschers, where Olive was just as likely to pick Bluto as she was Popeye. Minnie is rather fickle in this one, often for tolerably obvious reasons. Mickey openly displays jealousy and it colors his behavior.
The visual gags are quite good here and Mickey's personality is quite different from the one he's best known for to most people. He's a self-absorbed and inattentive clod at points here and it's hardly surprising that he loses out to Pete (who's no prize himself here, but better behaved than Mickey for a change).
Pete has his own moments of crude and obnoxious behavior, but they aren't as obvious and pronounced as Mickey's. Minnie, for her part, isn't above petty choices, as she first chooses Pete because he has a car versus Mickey's horse-drawn cart, only to abandon Pete rather rudely when his car falls apart. Not exactly an example of charm and consideration herself in that regard. Mickey winds up on the short end of the stick here.
This short is available on the Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume 2 Disney Treasures DVD release and is well worth tracking down. Recommended.