Alice's Tin Pony
About Alice's Tin Pony
Alice and Julius are at the throttle of a train carrying a payroll. Bootleg Pete and his gang hear about the money and set out to rob the train.
Cast & crew
More about Alice's Tin Pony
Walt Disney directed, with Margie Gay as Alice and Bootleg Pete named on the Silent Era cast line. The Alice Comedies list gives 15 August 1925; Silent Era is sure of the year and marks the month uncertain. Animation is credited to Ub Iwerks, Rollin Hamilton, Thurston Harper, Hugh Harman, and Rudolf Ising.
Themes
Making
Alice is photographed in the cab. The train, the payroll, and Pete's gang are drawn around her.
Music
Silent at first. A sound version is dated 15 September 1930, early in the Raytone batch that used a Brunswick music-and-effects track.
Preservation
Silent Era records a surviving print in the Kit Parker holdings and public-domain status in the United States.
Notes
- The engine is the tin pony of the title.
- Bootleg Pete is the name on the Silent Era cast line for the bear who leads the gang.
- Kit Parker Films holds the Raytone sound reissue.
- The series filmography puts the short on Alice in Cartoonland – 35mm Collector's Set, the Kit Parker Films DVD.
Scenes
- Pete's gang closes in on the payroll train Alice and Julius are driving.
Also available
- Alice in Cartoonland – 35mm Collector's Set
