The Mad Doctor
About The Mad Doctor
On a stormy night a mad doctor drags Pluto to a castle and means to sew the dog's head onto a chicken. Mickey goes in after them. Skeletons, a giant spider, and trapdoors come at him. He reaches the laboratory as the operation is about to start. Then he wakes: Pluto is beside the bed, and the castle was a nightmare.
Cast & crew
More about The Mad Doctor
David Hand directed. It is the 52nd Mickey Mouse short and the second released in 1933. Bert Lewis wrote the music. United Artists distributed it. The copyright was not renewed.
Themes
In film history
One of the few early Mickey shorts refused a British certificate for being too frightening. The copyright lapsed, so the film is in the public domain.
Music
Bert Lewis wrote the score.
Preservation
Disney did not renew the copyright, and the short is in the public domain.
Notes
- It is the first cartoon with this Mad Doctor, sometimes billed as Doctor XXX.
- Billy Bletcher is the doctor's voice. Pinto Colvig makes Pluto's noises.
- The British Board of Film Censors would not pass it, on the grounds that it would frighten children.
Scenes
- The doctor straps Pluto down and prepares to graft the dog's head onto a chicken.
- Mickey wakes. Pluto is licking his face. The castle was a dream.
Also available
- Internet Archive (BillSpragueCollection-THEMADDOCTOR-A1933PublicDomainMickeyMouse)