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| image = Horace Horsecollar Plow boy 1929.jpg
| image = 8 - The Plowboy.jpg
| caption = The first appearance of [[Horace Horsecollar]].
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| director = [[Walt Disney]]
| director = [[Walt Disney]]
| producer = [[Walt Disney]]
| producer = [[Walt Disney]]
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| studio = [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]]<br>[[Pat Powers (businessman)|Celebrity Productions]]
| studio = [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]]<br>[[Pat Powers (businessman)|Celebrity Productions]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = June 28, 1929<ref name=ultimate/>
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'''''The Plowboy''''' is a [[Mickey Mouse]] short animated film first released on June 28, 1929, as part of the ''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' film series.<ref name=movies>{{cite book |last1=Grob |first1=Gijs |title=Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse |date=2018 |publisher=Theme Park Press |chapter=The Plowboy |isbn=978-1683901235}}</ref> It was the eighth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the fifth of that year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/108/mode/2up |pages=108–109}}</ref>
'''''The Plowboy''''' is a [[Mickey Mouse]] short animated film first released on June 28, 1929, as part of the ''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' film series.<ref name=movies>{{cite book |last1=Grob |first1=Gijs |title=Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse |date=2018 |publisher=Theme Park Press |chapter=The Plowboy |isbn=978-1683901235}}</ref> It was the eighth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the fifth of that year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/108/mode/2up |pages=108–109}}</ref>

Due to being published in 1929, it will enter the [[2025 in public domain|public domain on January 1, 2025]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[File:Horace Horsecollar Plow boy 1929.jpg|thumb|left|The first appearance of [[Horace Horsecollar]].]]
As the title implies, Mickey is depicted as a farmer alongside [[Minnie Mouse]]. He is first seen with his horse while plowing a field. Then Minnie comes along with her cow. She has Mickey milk the cow for her. As he does, the cow starts licking him in an apparent sign of affection. Mickey doesn't seem pleased and replies by rolling up its muzzle with its own tongue.
As the title implies, Mickey is depicted as a farmer alongside [[Minnie Mouse]]. He is first seen with his horse while plowing a field. Then Minnie comes along with her cow. She has Mickey milk the cow for her. As he does, the cow starts licking him in an apparent sign of affection. Mickey doesn't seem pleased and replies by rolling up its muzzle with its own tongue.


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==Reception==
==Reception==
''[[The Film Daily]]'' (July 28, 1929): "Splendid. The Disney studio is clicking right along on with its Mickey Mouse cartoon series. The animation is not only clever but packs an idea as well. The adventures of Mickey are not particularly important, but they are funny. A fine subject, replete with fun and laughs".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Short Subjects |journal=[[The Film Daily]] |date=July 28, 1929 |page=9 |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdaily4950newy/page/222/mode/2up |accessdate=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
''[[The Film Daily]]'' (July 28, 1929): "Splendid. The Disney studio is clicking right along on with its Mickey Mouse cartoon series. The animation is not only clever but packs an idea as well. The adventures of Mickey are not particularly important, but they are funny. A fine subject, replete with fun and laughs."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Short Subjects |journal=[[The Film Daily]] |date=July 28, 1929 |page=9 |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdaily4950newy/page/222/mode/2up |accessdate=February 23, 2020}}</ref>


''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' (November 27, 1929): "Clever as to conception and sound effects, but as heard here faulty and well nigh inaudible. That it got laughs despite this is a testimonial. What was wrong can only be guessed. Before and after shorts played on Western Electric discs came through well. Needless to emphasize that if this was a matter of servicing Cinephone should give it prompt attention, even in a daily change grind. After the success of the first of this sound series at the Colony and Strand on Broadway, the distributors got an unusually big break. There is probably no cartoonist who personally or through assistants consistently has gotten so much originality into his stuff as Walter Disney. At this advanced stage of sound, mediocre reproduction calls for investigations, not alibis".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Talking Shorts |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 27, 1929 |page=21 |url=https://archive.org/details/variety97-1929-11/page/n243/mode/2up |accessdate=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' (November 27, 1929): "Clever as to conception and sound effects, but as heard here faulty and well nigh inaudible. That it got laughs despite this is a testimonial. What was wrong can only be guessed. Before and after shorts played on Western Electric discs came through well. Needless to emphasize that if this was a matter of servicing Cinephone should give it prompt attention, even in a daily change grind. After the success of the first of this sound series at the Colony and Strand on Broadway, the distributors got an unusually big break. There is probably no cartoonist who personally or through assistants consistently has gotten so much originality into his stuff as Walter Disney. At this advanced stage of sound, mediocre reproduction calls for investigations, not alibis."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Talking Shorts |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 27, 1929 |page=21 |url=https://archive.org/details/variety97-1929-11/page/n243/mode/2up |accessdate=February 23, 2020}}</ref>


==Home media==
==Home media==
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Mickey Mouse (film series)]]
* [[Mickey Mouse (film series)]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://mmfolliesbw.blogspot.com/search/label/Plowboy%20%28The%29 ''The Plowboy'' at Mickey Mouse Follies: Black and White]
* [http://mmfolliesbw.blogspot.com/search/label/Plowboy%20%28The%29 ''The Plowboy'' at Mickey Mouse Follies: Black and White]
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Latest revision as of 18:24, 3 December 2024

The Plowboy
Directed byWalt Disney
Story byWalt Disney
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringWalt Disney
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byLes Clark
Burt Gillett
Wilfred Jackson
Ben Sharpsteen
Ub Iwerks
Jack King
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 28, 1929 (1929-06-28)[1]
Running time
7:04
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Plowboy is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on June 28, 1929, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series.[2] It was the eighth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the fifth of that year.[3]

Plot

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The first appearance of Horace Horsecollar.

As the title implies, Mickey is depicted as a farmer alongside Minnie Mouse. He is first seen with his horse while plowing a field. Then Minnie comes along with her cow. She has Mickey milk the cow for her. As he does, the cow starts licking him in an apparent sign of affection. Mickey doesn't seem pleased and replies by rolling up its muzzle with its own tongue.

Mickey eventually manages to present Minnie with a full bucket of milk and proceeds forcefully to kiss her. Minnie's reply to this sign of affection is knocking his head with the bucket. At some point, the horse is stung by a bee, panics and starts galloping. By the time the horse calms down again, the plow has just broken. In the finale, Mickey resorts to using a pig as a plow.

Impact

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Curiously, the short is considered mainly notable for the livestock it featured. Minnie's cow is considered to be Clarabelle Cow making her second appearance, and Mickey's plow horse is considered to be Horace Horsecollar making his debut.[2] Both characters became fully anthropomorphic in the 1930 short The Shindig, where they were treated as Mickey and Minnie's friends rather than farm animals.[2] By 1933, Disney Studio publicity referred to The Plowboy as Horace's first film.[1]

This short is also the first time Minnie Mouse is seen wearing her gloves.[1]

Reception

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The Film Daily (July 28, 1929): "Splendid. The Disney studio is clicking right along on with its Mickey Mouse cartoon series. The animation is not only clever but packs an idea as well. The adventures of Mickey are not particularly important, but they are funny. A fine subject, replete with fun and laughs."[4]

Variety (November 27, 1929): "Clever as to conception and sound effects, but as heard here faulty and well nigh inaudible. That it got laughs despite this is a testimonial. What was wrong can only be guessed. Before and after shorts played on Western Electric discs came through well. Needless to emphasize that if this was a matter of servicing Cinephone should give it prompt attention, even in a daily change grind. After the success of the first of this sound series at the Colony and Strand on Broadway, the distributors got an unusually big break. There is probably no cartoonist who personally or through assistants consistently has gotten so much originality into his stuff as Walter Disney. At this advanced stage of sound, mediocre reproduction calls for investigations, not alibis."[5]

Home media

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The short was released on December 7, 2004, on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two: 1929-1935.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. p. 40. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
  2. ^ a b c Grob, Gijs (2018). "The Plowboy". Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse. Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-1683901235.
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "Short Subjects". The Film Daily: 9. July 28, 1929. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Talking Shorts". Variety: 21. November 27, 1929. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "Mickey Mouse in Black & White Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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