The Spirit of Mickey

The Spirit of Mickey
The Spirit of Mickey
Written by	Bonnie Peterson
Produced by	Harry Arends ; Phil Savenick ; Darryl Harris
Starring	Andrew Belling
Distributed by	Walt Disney Home Video
Release date	14 July 1998;
Running time	83 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

The Spirit of Mickey is an American

The Wonderful World of Disney, and A Goofy Movie, in the introductory scene, and some of the namesake character's shorts, including The Band Concert, Lend a Paw, Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip and Steamboat Willie.^[2]^[3]

Summary

The framing devices are centered on

Disney's Wonderful World of Color, A Goofy Movie

, and various Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck shorts. None of the shorts were shown with their original title cards, instead, the titles were shown on the corner of the screen, disappearing after a few seconds, with an exception for the final short, Steamboat Willie.

Overview

Cartoons

#	Title	Release date	Director
1	The Band Concert	February 23, 1935 (1935-02-23)	Walt Disney/Wilfred Jackson
2	Thru the Mirror	May 30, 1936 (1936-05-30)	David Hand
3	Lend a Paw	October 3, 1941 (1941-10-03)	Clyde Geronimi
4	Orphan's Picnic	February 15, 1936 (1936-02-15)	Ben Sharpsteen
5	The Worm Turns	January 2, 1937 (1937-01-02)	Ben Sharpsteen
6	Mickey's Surprise Party	February 18, 1939 (1939-02-18)/July 14, 1998; redubbed version	Hamilton Luske
7	Mickey and the Seal	December 3, 1948 (1948-12-03)	Charles August Nichols
8	Mickey's Trailer	May 6, 1938 (1938-05-06)	Ben Sharpsteen
9	Canine Caddy	May 30, 1941 (1941-05-30)	Clyde Geronimi
10	Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip	November 1, 1940 (1940-11-01)	Clyde Geronimi
11	Steamboat Willie	November 18, 1928 (1928-11-18)	Walt Disney/Ub Iwerks

Sources:[4]

Voice cast

Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
- Walt Disney and Jimmy MacDonald as Mickey Mouse (via archival audio, uncredited)
Bill Farmer as Goofy and Pluto
- Pinto Colvig as Goofy, Pluto, additional voices (via archival audio, uncredited)
Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
- Clarence Nash as Donald Duck, additional voices (via archival audio, uncredited)
Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake
Diane Michelle as Daisy Duck
Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
- Marcellite Garner as Minnie Mouse, additional voices (via archival audio, uncredited)
Jeannie Elias as Max

Sources:^[5]

Production

The compilation was produced in celebration of the 70th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.^[6] Stan Deneroff, then Director of Programming and Product Development for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment selected older cartoons from the Disney archives which would then be presented together with new interstitial segments of rotoscoped Disney characters setting up and introducing each short.^[6] While Mickey was not the primary focus in all the cartoons, with some of the included shorts including Mickey as part of an ensemble or a supporting capacity, Deneroff felt it was important to show Mickey in various positions throughout his run including in relation to his co-stars.^[6]