Schulson Autographs, Ltd., offers two signed sketches by animator Bill Justice, whom the Millburn dealer correctly identifies. But can the same be said for the two Disney characters Justice has drawn?
Bill Justice AbeBooks listing accessed February 19, 2022
A production cel from the animated short "Squatter's Rights" (1946) signed by Walt Disney depicts a wintry scene that did not actually appear on screen, at least not in this manner. The characters Mickey Mouse and Chip did not appear together in the actual shot. The non-production background is meant to show off the two character cels to best advantage, but it has nothing to do with the action of the movie.
Signed production cel from "Squatter's Rights" (1946) on a non-production background
Walt Disney Productions
Walt Disney AbeBooks Listing Accessed January 17, 2020
Note: I am unable to locate the movie still that corresponds to the cel of Chip—or is it Dale?—in this animated short. Does it indeed come from "Squatter's Rights" or is it possibly from some other production?
The production cel is still available for sale at the time of this posting.
Anyone who has seen Walt Disney's1933 animated short "Puppy Love" can tell you that Pluto's girlfriend is Minnie's dog Fifi. Here that great canine couple grace the cover of Mickey Mouse Magazine, Pluto, of course, being Mickey's dog. You can see that Pluto and Fifi remain an item in February of 1939. So far as I know, it's still going strong.
Walt Disney Studios, Mickey Mouse Magazine,February 1939
Mickey Mouse Magazine,February 1939 Heritage Auctions, May 6, 2012
Mickey Mouse and the gang don ice skates for some surprisingly perilous winter fun in the 1935 Disney short "On Ice." The cover to the Holiday Number of Mickey Mouse Magazine from December 1935proves a convenient tie-in to the beautiful new cartoon. Five years later, the magazine cover featured another character from the short, Minnie Mouse.As we have seen before,what is today some rather old-fashioned sex role stereotyping seems to be in play here. Where the dashing Mickey is confident and cheerful, Minnie is awkward and fearful, looking very much the damsel in distress. Now who do you suppose will come to her aid?
Mickey Mouse Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, December 1935 Holiday Number
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