User Reviews

This is one of those cartoons where one of the main characters, in this case Pluto, let's his inner angel and devil battle it out. Mickey and Minnie just retrieved a litter of kittens to adopt, and they seem to get all the attention over Pluto. Therefore, Pluto needs to get along with them or make them go away.

Not much laughs if any in this one, and it's a tad boring. It has its heroic moments though, and this cartoon will remind you of a later cartoon starring Pluto and a kitten who seemed to be getting all the attention as well.

An OK cartoon - I've seen more entertaining ones though.

Grade C

At the beginning of this cartoon, Pluto rescues a bag of kittens some jerk threw into the river. However, once Minnie and Mickey get home with the kittens, they let the little things steal Pluto's food and make a mess. And, Mickey blames Pluto for the mess and throws him outside into the snow! Later, however, when these curious kittens fall into a well, it's up to good 'ol Pluto to save them--and nearly drown doing it.

All in all, a decent little Mickey Mouse cartoon. I enjoyed seeing the cliché of the devil and anger (i.e., his conscience) battling it out with Pluto. However, I also found it a bit odd how nasty Mickey was through the cartoon--taking his old best friend for granted. Still, all is well in the Disney universe at the conclusion of the cartoon--even if it lacks the comedic edge of most of their cartoons from this period.

A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.

MICKEY'S PAL PLUTO rescues several tiny kittens from drowning and then becomes jealous of the way they are welcomed into Mickey's home.

This black & white cartoon is another enjoyable example of letting the Pup deal with small cuddly animals invading his turf. Mickey & Minnie have supporting roles only, letting most of the action be carried by Pluto and the furry felines.

Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Bambi, Peter Pan and Mr. Toad. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.