Thru the Mirror

Thru the Mirror is a color Mickey Mouse animated short. It was released in 1936.

The Story
When Mickey falls asleep reading Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, he dreams he travels through his own mirror into a backwards version of his house. After meeting some of its strange inhabitants, he eats a nut that shrinks him down to a size perfect for dancing with a telephone, a pair of gloves, and a deck of playing cards. However, when the King of Hearts sees Mickey dancing with his Queen, he becomes jealous and sends the cards after him. After an exciting chase, Mickey escapes back through the mirror and wakes up in the safety of his normal house.

Cast of Characters

 * Mickey Mouse

Facts and Trivia

 * The King of Hearts is a caricature of Charles Laughton’s Acadamy Award-Winning portrayal of King Henry VIII in the 1933 film The Private Life of Henry VIII.


 * The Queen of Hearts is a caricature of famous movie actress Greta Garbo.


 * There is a tribute to this film in the "Friend Like Me" scene of the 1992 Disney animated feature Aladdin when the Ginie briefly dances with two oversized Genie hands in a smililar manner to the way Mickey dances with the gloves in this cartoon.