The Barn Dance is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on March 15, 1929, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series; it was the first of twelve shorts released during that year..

United States

If you have seven minutes to kill and want to see Mickey Mouse before he became a billion-dollar logo, this is actually worth a look. It is for people who like the weird, stretchy logic of old cartoons where bones don't seem to exist. If you hate repetitive slapstick or silent-era pacing, you will probably find this an...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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Maurice Elvey
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"If you have seven minutes to kill and want to see Mickey Mouse before he became a billion-dollar logo, this is actually worth a look. It is for people who like the weird, stretchy logic of old cartoons where bones don't seem to exist. If you hate repetitive slapstick or silent-era pacing, you will probably find this annoying as hell. It’s 1929 and Mickey is still in that phase where he looks a bit like a rat. He’s trying to pick up Minnie for a dance, but Pete shows up in a car that looks like ..."

