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The Band Concert
1935 · Film · short · 9 min
Directed by Wilfred Jackson
Mickey is trying to lead a concert of The William Tell Overture, but he's continually disrupted by ice cream vendor Donald, who uses a seemingly endless supply of flutes to play Turkey in the Straw instead. After Donald gives up, a bee comes along and causes his own havoc. The band then reaches the Storm sequence, and the weather also starts to pick up; a tornado comes along, but they keep playing.
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It’s the older version where there’s no division between the sclera (white of eye) and the rest of the skull:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Mickey_-_The_Band_Concert.png
Compare to later versions, where the eyes are well defined:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Mickey_-_Fantasia.jpg
In recent years, Disney has been using the old version from Steamboat Willie at the start of movies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie
And even making new shorts with that style:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6qIbU1olyXQe1WOKt8UJ4hErx3D7qt8