Thru The Mirror

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Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive. He eats a walnut, which makes him briefly larger, then small. He dances around a lot, ultimately doing a major number with a deck of cards. He dances with the queen, making the king jealous. He comes after Mickey with swords, and Mickey defends himself with a sewing needle. Mickey gets the upper hand, and the king calls for reinforcements. Mickey finds himself chased by several decks, which throw their spots at him. He turns on a fan and blows them away, back through the mirror, where his alarm is ringing.

★★★★★ Curator’s rating Fan favourite

One of the finest and strangest Mickey shorts: he falls asleep over Alice Through the Looking-Glass and wakes in a world where every object dances. The whole film is a sustained piece of design invention — the telephone, the gloves, the deck of cards — and the dance with the glove is a small classic. It is Disney letting its animators simply invent for seven minutes, and it holds up completely.

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