The Karnival Kid
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| Original title | The Karnival Kid |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1929 |
| length | 7:41 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Ub Iwerks , Walt Disney |
| script | Walt Disney , Ub Iwerks |
| production | Walt Disney |
| music | Wilfred Jackson , Carl W. Stalling |
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The Karnival Kid is a black and white cartoon from 1929. It was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios under the direction of Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks . The famous cartoon character Mickey Mouse plays the leading role in this short film , together with Minnie Mouse . The Karnival Kid was the first Walt Disney cartoon in which Mickey could sing and speak.
action
Mickey tries on a fun fair as hot dog sellers. He's trained his hot dogs to really behave like little dogs. But right next to Micky, a seedy dance stage operator has opened his business and is disturbing Mickey's "Hotdogs!" - shouts with brazen vocals. Kat Nipp wants to lure the audience into a hoochie-coochie dance, which Minnie will later perform, according to the announcement. When Micky yells back and Kat sticks out her tongue, the latter wants to beat the mouse, but falls off the stage and is overrun by Micky. Because Kat hit the hot dog grill stand when he fell and it rolled away, Micky has to get it out from under a carousel that plays the melody to My Bonnie . Micky is finally called to Minnie's trailer and offers her a hot dog. But when Minnie wants to take a hearty bite, the sausage hops off the bun and runs away. Micky runs after the sausage, catches up with her and spanks her bum. The next night, Micky appears with a guitar under the window of Minnie's trailer to serenade her. He is accompanied by two tomcats who are supposed to perform the song Sweet Adeline while playing the guitar . However, the two do not seem to be completely green and argue with each other. Nevertheless they continue to sing skillfully. That goes well until Kat Nipp wakes up and throws all kinds of dishes at the three "musicians". Finally Mickey is hit in the head by a bed frame and counts asterisks. The film ends here.
Production and background
The Karnival Kid premiered and released on June 30, 1929 and was copyrighted on September 1 of the same year . The production costs for the film amounted to approximately 5357 US dollars .
The Karnival Kid is a milestone in cartoon history in many ways: it is the first Disney cartoon in which Mickey Mouse has its own voice and speaks the first, clearly understandable words ("Hotdogs! Hotdogs!"). Micky had already been able to utter sounds in previous animated films, but these were limited to melodic whistling songs and wordless screams (for example in Steamboat Willie ). Micky was spoken by Carl W. Stalling . Walt Disney was concerned that dubbing would make his film fail , but The Karnival Kid was very well received by audiences.
The way in which Mickey's character is portrayed is also remarkable: While Mickey is mostly charming and courteous today, he was rebellious and disrespectful in the first animated films. In Steamboat Willie, for example, he sticks his tongue out to his captain and boss, Kater Karlo , and abuses farm animals as "musical instruments". In The Karnival Kid he provokes the operator of a neighboring dance stage. Another special feature are two minor characters from the Disney world who have a cameo appearance in The Karnival Kid , one of them for the third and last time. The first character is Klarabella Kuh , who, thanks to the growing popularity of the audience, became a permanent supporting character in the Mickey Mouse universe. The second character is Kat Nipp , the dance stage operator. Kat Nipp was introduced to the public in the Mickey Mouse cartoon The Opry House (1929) and never appeared again in Disney cartoons after When the Cat's Away and The Karnival Kid .
literature
- Edwin M. Bradley: The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931 . McFarland, Jefferson 2005, ISBN 1476606846 .
- John Cawley, Jim Korkis: cartoon superstars . Pioneer Books, Las Vegas 1990, ISBN 1556982690 .
- Neal Gabler: Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination . Knopf / Random House u. a., New York 2006, ISBN 067943822X .
Web links
- The Karnival Kid in the Internet Movie Database (English)