Pioneer Days
About Pioneer Days
Mickey and Minnie lead a wagon train west, playing a banjo and singing Oh! Susanna. Mickey tells Minnie he is not afraid of Indians. A war party that has already seen the wagons dances at a fire. The settlers circle the wagons. The attack comes. Arrows hit Mickey. He drives some of the attackers off with porcupine quills. One of them ties Minnie up. While Mickey fights him, she drops a hot coal down his pants.
Cast & crew
More about Pioneer Days
Burt Gillett directed. Walt Disney produced it. Bert Lewis wrote the music. Columbia Pictures released it on 20 November 1930. It is the 24th Mickey Mouse short and runs 7 minutes. Walt Disney speaks Mickey. Marcellite Garner speaks Minnie. The copyright was renewed on 16 December 1957. It entered the public domain on 1 January 2026.
Themes
Making
Gillett's short is one night on the trail: a song, a circled camp, and a raid that Minnie ends with a coal.
Music
Bert Lewis wrote the score. The settlers sing Oh! Susanna.
Preservation
A print survives. The short entered the public domain on 1 January 2026.
Notes
- Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow are in the wagon train.
- The war party is drawn with wolf faces, feathered headdresses, and tomahawks.
- A timed copy runs 8 minutes.
- Other tunes heard in the short include The Streets of Cairo, Li'l Liza Jane, and The Irish Washerwoman.
Scenes
- Mickey and Minnie sing Oh! Susanna from the lead wagon.
- Mickey shoots porcupine quills at the attackers.
- Minnie drops a hot coal down the pants of the man who tied her.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Pioneer Days (1930).webm)
