Mickey Mouse stars in a "big vaudeville show" in Silo Center's Opry House. Sure, Mickey has to play almost all the parts himself (from concert pianist to belly dancer!), some of the music is literally produced by yowling cats, and the piano and piano stool somehow come alive and rebel against their player, but all in all, it's good fun for everyone and the crowd is pleased!
This story was the second, following The Barn Dance (1928), to seek to establish Mickey Mouse status-quo in his little country town, complete with the introduction of recurring townsfolk like the anthropomorphic goat sheriff later identified as Bill Goat.
Mickey would once again get in a fight with the Living Piano in The Jazz Fool (1929).
Behind the scenes[]
This cartoon was released in March of 1929. It is remembered as having been the most expensive and sophisticated Walt Disney cartoon to date upon its release, costing $2,500 more than Steamboat Willie had.
The program of the vaudeville show includes (bad) performances of several real-world pieces, including Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# Minor (Op. 2/3), Georges Bizet's Carmen, and Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. [1]
The cartoon is often referred to as the debut of Kat Nipp, including by INDUCKS. However, this is inaccurate; the Pipe-Smoking Cat identified by these sources as Kat's first role actually bears little to no resemblance to Kat Nipp as he later appeared, and is, to boot, featured as a friend of Mickey Mouse's.
The Opry House is also one of the unfortunate lot of early Disney cartoons to have contained mild offensive stereotypes; in this case, one of Mickey's acts, though mercifully the shortest, sees him putting on a derby and “squashing” his snout to perform a quick dance as a caricature of a Hasidic Jew.
• Fiddling Around • The Barnyard Concert • The Cactus Kid • The Fire Fighters • The Shindig • The Chain Gang • The Gorilla Mystery • The Picnic • Pioneer Days • Minnie's Yoo-Hoo • The Birthday Party • Traffic Troubles • The Castaway • The Moose Hunt • The Delivery Boy • Mickey Steps Out • Blue Rhythm • Fishin' Around • The Barnyard Broadcast • The Beach Party • Mickey Cuts Up • Mickey's Orphans • The Duck Hunt • The Grocery Boy • The Mad Dog • Barnyard Olympics • Mickey's Revue • Musical Farmer • Mickey in Arabia • Mickey's Nightmare • Trader Mickey • The Whoopee Party • Touchdown Mickey • The Wayward Canary • The Klondike Kid • Parade of the Award Nominees • Mickey's Good Deed • Building a Building • The Mad Doctor • Mickey's Pal Pluto • Mickey's Mellerdrammer • Ye Olden Days • The Mail Pilot • Mickey's Mechanical Man • Mickey's Gala Premier • Puppy Love • The Pet Store • The Steeple Chase • Giantland • Shanghaied • Camping Out • Playful Pluto • Gulliver Mickey • Mickey's Steam Roller • Orphan's Benefit • Mickey Plays Papa • The Dognapper • Two-Gun Mickey • Mickey's Man Friday • The Band Concert • Mickey's Service Station • Mickey's Kangaroo • Mickey's Garden • Mickey's Fire Brigade • Pluto's Judgement Day • On Ice • Mickey's Polo Team • Orphans' Picnic • Mickey's Grand Opera • Thru the Mirror • Mickey's Rival • Moving Day • Alpine Climbers • Mickey's Circus • Mickey's Elephant • The Worm Turns • Magician Mickey • Moose Hunters • Mickey's Amateurs • Hawaiian Holiday • Clock Cleaners • Lonesome Ghosts • Boat Builders • Mickey's Trailer • The Whalers • Mickey's Parrot • Brave Little Tailor • Society Dog Show • Mickey's Surprise Party • The Pointer • The Standard Parade •
1940's
• Tugboat Mickey • Pluto's Dream House • Mr Mouse Takes a Trip • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • The Little Whirlwind • A Gentleman's Gentleman • Canine Caddy • The Nifty Nineties • Orphans' Benefit • Lend a Paw • Mickey's Birthday Party • Symphony Hour • All Together • Pluto and the Armadillo • Squatter's Rights • Mickey and the Beanstalk • Mickey's Delayed Date • Mickey Down Under • Mickey and the Seal • Pueblo Pluto •
1950's
• R'coon Dawg • Pluto's Party • Pluto's Christmas Tree • The Simple Things •
• Mickey's New Car • Around the World in Eighty Days • Mickey's Airplane Kit • Mickey's Mistake • The Candy House • Mickey's Mechanical Man • Mickey's Piano Lesson • Mickey's Remedy • Mickey Tries To Cook • Topsy Turvy Town • The Nutcracker • Mickey's Rival Returns • Mickey and the Seagull • Mickey's Mixed Nuts • Mickey's Mountain • Mickey's Mix-Up • Mickey's Christmas Chaos • Mickey's Cabin • Mickey's Big Break • Big House Mickey • • Mickey's April Fools • Mickey and the Goat Man • Pinball Mickey •