Plutos Überraschungspaket (Short 1949)

Plutos Überraschungspaket: Directed by Charles A. Nichols. With Pinto Colvig. Pluto tries to bring in the mail, which gets more difficult when a package sprouts legs and tries to go swimming. Between the wandering turtle and the wind blowing the other mail around, Pluto’s got quite a task ahead. And it’s not made easier when both the letters and the turtle go off a large cliff.

“A Walt Disney PLUTO Cartoon.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePLUTOu0026#39;S SURPRISE PACKAGE consists of a very stubborn little turtle, which makes the Pupu0026#39;s job of bringing in the mail rather difficult.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is an enjoyable cartoon, but the plot is certainly nothing new – Pluto meets yet another small critter with a mind of its own. Notice that the Pup is rather rusticated in this film, which makes one wonder if Mickey has moved to the woods, or if this is his vacation home.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWalt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by pictures u0026amp; drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew comic figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney u0026amp; Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Waltu0026#39;s older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager u0026amp; counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Waltu0026#39;s imagination, ensuring Disneyu0026#39;s immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickeyu0026#39;s screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Waltu0026#39;s growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Waltu0026#39;s genius was unbeatable. Mickeyu0026#39;s feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Waltu0026#39;s grandest dream – feature length animated films. Against a storm of naysayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi u0026amp; Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that childlike simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.”