Playful Pluto (1934)
★★½ — Playful Pluto (1934)
Playful Pluto is a Disney animated short from early 1934, arriving at a productive but transitional moment for the studio. Burt Gillett had already directed the landmark Three Little Pigs (1933), which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, so he was very much in favour at Disney at this point. Pinto Colvig, who voices Pluto here (and also originated Goofy), was by now a key part of the studio's vocal stable. The short is sometimes cited in animation history for a sequence involving flypaper, which later commentators, including Disney himself, pointed to as an early example of character-driven physical comedy built around believable animal psychology rather than pure slapstick timing.
Another Disney short. There's not much more to say to be honest. Nothing standout.
Rating: ★★½ | Year: 1934 | Watched: 2025-09-06
Where to watch (UK)
Stream: Disney Plus
Physical: Amazon UK
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