1946 Mickey Mouse cartoon
Squatter's Rights
is a 1946
animated
short film
produced in
Technicolor
by
Walt Disney Productions
. The cartoon is about a confrontation between
Pluto
and
Chip and Dale
who have
taken up residence
in
Mickey Mouse
's hunting shack.
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It was the 119th short in the
Mickey Mouse
film series to be released, and the only one produced that year.
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The film was directed by
Jack Hannah
and features the voices of Dessie Flynn as Chip and Dale, and
Pinto Colvig
as Pluto.
[5]
Mickey Mouse was voiced by both
Walt Disney
and
Jimmy MacDonald
, the latter making his debut as Mickey, and would go on to provide Mickey's voice for over 30 years.
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It was also Mickey's first post-war appearance.
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Some scenes featured recycled Mickey Mouse animation from the 1939 short
The Pointer
, with new animation for Mickey almost entirely provided by
Paul Murry
, who is now largely known for his time as a Disney comic book artist.
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Squatter's Rights
was released to theaters on June 7, 1946 by
RKO Radio Pictures
. In 1947, it was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
at the
19th Academy Awards
, but ultimately lost to
The Cat Concerto
, an
MGM
Tom and Jerry
cartoon, which shared one of 7 Oscars for the
Tom and Jerry
series.
Plot
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The chipmunks
Chip 'n' Dale
wake up one winter morning inside the wood stove they have made their home. The stove is located in
Mickey Mouse
's hunting shack (called "Mickey's Hydout") which appears to have been unoccupied for a while. Soon after, Mickey and Pluto arrive for the hunting season.
Pluto soon discovers that the stove is occupied by the chipmunks and helps Mickey build a fire to smoke them out. Chip and Dale realize what is happening and manage to blow out Mickey's matches and roll of newspaper before they can ignite the wood. Finally, Pluto gives Mickey a can of kerosene to use, which the chipmunks wouldn't be able to blow out. From a hiding place underneath the stove, the chipmunks take a match and burns Mickey's foot with it. Mickey assumes that Pluto is to blame (when the chipmunks shove the used match into Pluto's mouth) and scolds him (Mickey remains unaware of the chipmunks throughout the short), but immediately forgives him.
After Mickey leaves to get more wood, Pluto chases Chip and Dale across the room, with Chip hiding in Pluto's milk bowl and Pluto sucking up the milk, blowing Chip's cover. They lead Pluto across a table and mantle above the fireplace. Pluto accidentally gets his nose stuck in the muzzle of Mickey's rifle which is hanging over the fireplace. As Pluto tries to pull his nose free, he finds one of the hooks on which the rifle is mounted, is directly in front of the trigger, the more Pluto pulls, the closer the rifle gets to going off in his face. Gradually the table which Pluto is standing on with his hind paws starts to slide back. Pluto falls and therefore causes the rifle to fire, which luckily misses him. He lands on the floor, with the rifle landing on his head and arm, momentarily knocking him unconscious. Chip and Dale then come and pour ketchup on him so that it would look like he is bleeding.
Suddenly, Mickey returns having heard the gunshot, and when he sees Pluto, he's given the shocking impression that the latter is dead. Pluto wakes up however and at first starts to comfort Mickey, but when he sees the ketchup, he starts to panic thinking it is his blood. Mickey hurriedly carries him off to find help, thus Chip and Dale regain working ownership over the property, rejoicing this fact.
Voice actors
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Production
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Production for
Squatter's Rights
began in the spring of 1944, and finished by January 1946 upon the completion of the short film's Technicolor photography.
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Releases
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Home media
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The short was released on December 7, 2004 on
Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto: 1930-1947
.
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Additional releases include:
- 1984 - "Cartoon Classics: More of Disney's Best 1932-1946" (VHS)
- 2010 -
iTunes
(digital download)
See also
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References
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a
b
c
d
Kaufman, J.B.
(November 24, 2018).
"The Other Disney Cartoons: "Squatter's Rights" (1946)"
.
Cartoon Research
. Retrieved
September 26,
2020
.
The new Mickey animation in this film is notable in itself: it's almost entirely the work of Paul Murry, who is remembered today for his work on Disney comic books.
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Kaufman, J.B.
; Gerstein, David (2018).
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History
. Cologne:
Taschen
.
ISBN
978-3-8365-5284-4
.
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Grant, John (1998).
Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters
(2nd ed.). Hyperion. p. 41.
ISBN
978-0786863365
.
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Lenburg, Jeff (1999).
The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
. Checkmark Books. pp. 107?109.
ISBN
0-8160-3831-7
. Retrieved
June 6,
2020
.
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In
Squatter's Rights
Colvig provides a very rare case of Pluto actually speaking. When Mickey asks "You wanna build a fire, don't ya?" Pluto responds "Yeah!"
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It was not, however, the last time Mickey was voiced by Walt Disney, as he again partly voiced Mickey in
Fun and Fancy Free
and later in
The Mickey Mouse Club
.
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Squatter's Rights
at the
Big Cartoon DataBase
- ^
Squatter's Rights
Archived
February 6, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine
at The Encyclopedia of Animated Disney Shorts
- ^
"The Complete Pluto Volume 1 DVD Review"
.
DVD Dizzy
. Retrieved
19 February
2021
.
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