Mickey's Polo Team
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Mickey's Polo Team is a short animated film, directed by David Hand and first released on January 4, 1936. The short featured a game of polo between four of Disney's animated characters and four animated caricatures of noted film actors. Spectators include regular characters of the Mickey Mouse series, notable characters of the Silly Symphonies series and several film actor caricatures. The short is considered notable for featuring a large number of 1930s entertainment figures.
In detail the characters were:
- The "Mickey Mousers" team.
- The "Movie Stars" team.
- Referee Jack Holt
- Spectators.
- Eddie Cantor
- W. C. Fields
- Clark Gable
- Greta Garbo
- Charles Laughton
- Harold Lloyd
- Edna May Oliver
- Shirley Temple
- Clarabelle Cow
- Pluto
- Fiddler, Fifer and Practical Pig, the Three Little Pigs
- Fifi the Peke (Minnie Mouse's pet Peking dog)
- Two Easter Bunnies, from Funny Little Bunnies
- The Wise Little Hen, from The Wise Little Hen
- The Flying Mouse and his mother, from The Flying Mouse
- Peter and Polly Penguin, from Peculiar Penguins
- Max Hare, from The Tortoise and the Hare
- King Midas and Goldie the Elf, from The Golden Touch
- Ambrose Cat and Dirty Bill Dog the Robber,from The Robber Kitten
- Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, from Who Killed Cock Robin