The Flying Mouse is a Silly Symphony that was originally released on July 14, 1934.
Synopsis
A little mouse dreams to have his own set of wings. He saves a butterfly from a spider's web. The butterfly turns out to be a fairy who gives the mouse one wish: to be able to fly. But his wish turns out to be not quite what he bargained for.
Voice Cast
- Clarence Nash - Bat
Releases
Television
- The Mouse Factory, episode #2.7: "The Mouse Show"
- The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.23: "The 'Other' Mice"
- The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.53: "Silly Symphonies at the Zoo"
Home video
VHS
- Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions: Silly Symphonies
DVD
- Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition
- Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies
- Dumbo: Big Top Edition
Blu-ray
- Dumbo: 70th Anniversary Edition
Trivia
- The Butterfly Fairy is very similar to the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio.
- As revealed in the documentary Frank and Ollie, future Disney animator Frank Thomas saw this cartoon as one of the first times emotions and pathos were depicted by an animated character during the sequence where the mouse was tormented in being a "nothing", convincing him to join the Walt Disney studio.
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