OllieSuave-007 Mickey Mouse plays the piano in the Klondike Bar, with a bunch of characters dancing and drinking. He rescues Minnie from the freezing cold, only to see her kidnapped by Pegleg Pierre after he comes storming in for a comically staged gun battle. Mickey goes to the rescue to get Minnie back.Plenty of fun in this cartoon short as well, with a cameo by Goofy in one of his first cartoon appearances. Pluto is in this one as well, helping transport Mickey to Pierre's cabin. Overall, a good mixture of humor, music and action.Grade A-

MissSimonetta The Klondike Kid (1932) is not only my favorite Mickey Mouse short cartoon, but also my favorite animated short period. There are funnier cartoons and there are more inventive and aesthetically pleasing ones, but few have the warmth and feel-good factor of The Klondike Kid. obviously inspired by Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925), this short has the same feel of the best of the Little Tramp's adventures.Mickey and Minnie's relationship has never come across as sweetly as it does here. In the world of the short, they're both lonely souls who find comfort and companionship in each other. That their innocence is contrasted with the seedy atmosphere of the Klondike bar Mickey works in makes the relationship feel more poignant. It really reminds you of a time when Mickey and Minnie were more than merely brands on an overpriced Valentines Day T-shirt.Unlike his goofier modern incarnation, the Pegleg Pete in this cartoon serves an actual threat (don't get me wrong though, I do love today's sillier Pete as well). When he stalks into the bar with his pistols a-blazing, it makes for a striking effect. Pete shoots the lights out and as he fires at random in the darkness, the room is briefly illuminated by the flickering gunfire. It really stands out and still comes across as a cool effect even today.Of course, Pete takes a shining to Minnie and kidnaps her, leading to the obligatory climactic chase sequence. There are gags aplenty, all imaginative and funny. The ending shot manages to be emotional as well as amusing.Much attention is given to Steamboat Willie (1928) and The Brave Tailor (1938), but it is a shame that The Klondike Kid is not often ranked up there with those classics. It certainly deserves it.

TheLittleSongbird It is difficult to say what my favourite Disney cartoon of all time is, there are so many contenders for that honour, but if I were to compile a list of favourites The Klondike Kid would almost certainly be on there. It has everything you could possibly want for a Disney/Mickey cartoon and more. The animation is wonderful, crisp, clean and smooth, with great use of shadings and all the characters are drawn appealingly. A standout piece of animation was always Pete getting into a fire/gunfight with everyone in the bar and the lights go out, leaving only the flashes of light coming from the guns. The opening sequence is also very effective, the bar and the various groupings of people are done in a wide shot and there is so much to absorb and like in that one wide shot. The music has its usual character and the ability to enhance the action. The dialogue is sweet and fun, and is delivered more convincingly than most other Disney shorts of the time and before.Mickey and Minnie come across as very likable and affecting when he tries to warm her up, the bond is instant between them and you actually feel it. The gags are classic, there are plenty of them and they all work, the fight between Mickey and Pete that's hindered by spiral springs is especially well done. The opening sequence alone has much to smile and giggle at also, as well as the bit with the rabbit. The story is great, the bond between Mickey and Minnie really convinces here and while the Mickey-to-the-rescue device is not unfamiliar territory in hindsight what is done with it as fresh, making The Klondike Kid one of the finest cartoons to use it. The characters add much to the short. Mickey is appealing, sympathetic and brave and his facial expressions speak volumes. Pete is a great menacing villain, while Pluto provides some of the laughs just by causing chaos. Minnie is a damsel in distress sort of character, but her quieter and more vulnerable self suggests that she is more than that also.In conclusion, one of Disney's very finest. Don't miss this one. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Ron Oliver A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Klondike Bar's saloon, when Peg-leg Pete arrived out of the Arctic blast to kidnap poor waif Minnie from the arms of THE KLONDIKE KID.Inspired by Robert W. Service's famous poem - `The Shooting of Dan McGrew' - this is a splendid little black & white film full of humor and action. Mickey gets to show-off his talents as a ragtime pianist, while an early version of Goofy makes a brief appearance dancing with a piggy hostess & Pluto acts as Mickey's single sled dog. Typically, the animators subject helpless Minnie to a rather cruel panties gag. Walt Disney provides Mickey's squeaky voice.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by 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 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 & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt'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 Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey'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 Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.