The Castaway (film)
Mickey survives a deserted island with recycled gags.
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The Castaway is a Mickey Mouse animated short released on March 27, 1931, as the twenty-seventh entry in the series and the third of that year. It was the first cartoon directed by Wilfred Jackson, who later directed several Disney feature films. The short was produced under time constraints using recycled animation from earlier films.
Plot
Mickey Mouse, stranded on a raft, reaches an island with help from a swordfish. After shaking a banana tree, he is frightened by a spider.
A piano washes ashore, and Mickey plays for dancing seals. A young tiger bangs the keys, and a giant ape appears, plays the piano, then smashes it. Mickey is chased by a lion that jumps into a crocodile's mouth, then rides away on a turtle.
Reception
Gijs Grob wrote that the short was built around reused, inferior material, with inconsistent looks for Mickey and no story, feeling like a throwback to 1929. Ryan Kilpatrick found it fun, with a tone of happiness and cheerful optimism that makes Mickey appealing, though lacking the best gags of other shorts.
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- Wikipedia: The Castaway (film) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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