Mickey's Polo Team (1936)

The Mickey Mouse Cartoon Mickey's Polo Team was generally released in theaters on January 4, 1936. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by United Artists. The short film was inspired by Walt Disney's personal love of polo which he would play until mid-1938 when an accident crushed four of his cervical vertebrae. 

Mickey Mouse and his friends take part in a chaotic polo match against a team made up of cartoon versions of famous Hollywood stars of the era. The Mickey Mousers consisted of Mickey Mouse, Goof, Big Bad Wolf and Donald Duck going up against the Movie Stars, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harpo Marx, and Charlie Chaplin and refereed by Jack Holt. Filled with slapstick action, lively polo antics, and fun caricatures of Disney characters and movie stars. 

Spectators of the polo match include Shirley Temple, The Three Little Pigs, Charles Laughton (dressed as Henry VIII), Eddie Cantor, W.C. Fields, Harold Lloyd, Greta Garbo, Edna May Oliver, Max Hare (from The Tortoise and the Hare), Clark Gable, Clarabelle, Pluto, Fifi the Peke, two Easter Bunnies (from Funny Little Bunnies), Wise Little Hen (from The Wise Little Hen), Flying Mouse and his mother (from The Flying Mouse), Peter and Polly Penguin (from Peculiar Penguins), King Midas and Goldie the Elf (from The Golden Touch), Ambrose Puss the Cat and Dirty Bill the Dog Robber (from The Robber Kitten), and Cock Robin and Jenny Wren (from Who Killed Cock Robin?). 

Released on home media on December 4, 2001, as part of the Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color. Also on December 2, 2002, on Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Sports Volume 5. 

CAST & CREW

Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Producer: Walt Disney | Writers: Otto Englander, Frank Priest, Ralph Wright | Composer: Albert Hay Malotte | Sound Department: George Lowerre (Sound Engineer) | Animators: Art Babbitt, Preston Blair, Johnny Cannon, Bob Carlson, Al Dempster (Background Artist), Art Elliott, Norman Ferguson, Paul Fitzpatrick (Effect Animator), Bernard Garbutt, Paul Hopkins, Dick Huemer, Bill Justice, Don Lusk, Grim Natwick, Kendall O'Connor (Layout Artist), Don Patterson, Hawley Pratt, Bill Roberts, Louie Schmitt | Voice Cast: Walt Disney (voice of Mickey Mouse), Clarence Nash (voice of Donald Duck), Ned Norton (voice of Max Hare)

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
MPAA Rating: N/A | Runtime: 8 minutes and 47 seconds | Sound Mix: R.C.A Victor "High Fidelity" Sound System | Format: Technicolor | Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 | Genres: Animation, Short

RATINGS
My Rating: 80.00

Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10

The Movie DB: 69% (User Score)

Combined Rating: 73.00