The Opry House (1929)
*** (out of 4)
Another winner has Mickey Mouse running his own opry house where he has a hand in everything that goes on. As I make my way through all of these early Mickey Mouse shorts the one thing that comes to my mind is the fact that they really play better to adults rather than children. Now that's not to say that a child isn't going to enjoy the lovable mouse but there's no question that these are rather clever and smartly written films that adults are going to get a kick out of. What I've also noticed is how important the music was to these early films and we get some great use of the Yankee Doodle Dandy theme and once the band and Mickey start playing things get even more fun. There's certainly nothing ground-breaking here but it's a pleasant film.
*** (out of 4)
Another winner has Mickey Mouse running his own opry house where he has a hand in everything that goes on. As I make my way through all of these early Mickey Mouse shorts the one thing that comes to my mind is the fact that they really play better to adults rather than children. Now that's not to say that a child isn't going to enjoy the lovable mouse but there's no question that these are rather clever and smartly written films that adults are going to get a kick out of. What I've also noticed is how important the music was to these early films and we get some great use of the Yankee Doodle Dandy theme and once the band and Mickey start playing things get even more fun. There's certainly nothing ground-breaking here but it's a pleasant film.