Mickey's Polo Team
Mickey's Polo Team is a short
animated film, directed by David Dodd 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 (Charles John Holt May 31, 1888 - January 18, 1951).
- Spectators.
- Eddie Cantor (Edward Israel Iskovitz January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964).
- W. C. Fields (William Claude Dukenfield January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946).
- Clark Gable (William Clark Gable February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960).
- Greta Garbo (Greta Lovisa Gustafsson September 18, 1905 - April 15, 1990).
- Charles Laughton (July 1, 1899 - December 15, 1962).
- Harold Lloyd (Harold Clayton Lloyd April 20, 1893 - March 8, 1971).
- Edna May Oliver (Edna May Nutter November 9, 1883 - November 9, 1942)
- Shirley Temple (Shirley Jane Temple, born April 23, 1928).
- Clarabelle Cow, debuted in Plane Crazy (May 15, 1928).
- Pluto, debuted in The Chain Gang (August 18, 1930).
- Fiddler, Fifer and Practical Pig, debuted in Three Little Pigs (May 27, 1933).
- Fifi the Peke, Minnie Mouse's pet Peking dog and Pluto's main love interest along with Dinah the Dachshund. Debuted in Puppy Love (September 2, 1933).
- Two Easter Bunnies, debuted in Funny Little Bunnies (March 24, 1934).
- The Wise Little Hen, debuted in The Wise Little Hen (June 9, 1934).
- The Flying Mouse and his mother, debuted in The Flying Mouse (July 14, 1934).
- Peter and Polly Penguin, debuted in Peculiar Penguins (September 1, 1934).
- Max Hare, debuted in The Tortoise and the Hare (January 5, 1935.
- King Midas and Goldie the Elf, debuted in The Golden Touch (March 22, 1935).
- Ambrose Cat and Dirty Bill Dog the Robber, debuted in The Robber Kitten (April 13, 1935).
- Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, debuted in Who Killed Cock Robin (June 29, 1935).