Shanghaied (1934)

That was an excellent one.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

This is a fairly exciting Disney cartoon where Mickey and Minnie were kidnapped and tied up by Peg-Leg Pete and his crew on his ship. However, Mickey breaks free and what results is a semi-amusing sword fight between him and Pete. Nice black and white animation and a somewhat fast-paced story, but with lesser humor and a predictable climax.Grade B-

Here's one of my favorite Mickey cartoons from 1934. As I said a few times, I am quite terribly particular about that - a favorite cartoon short from a particular year. In the story, Mickey and Minnie were captured by Pete and his band of pirates. When Pete was making advance at Minnie, Mickey breaks free from his bonds and duels with the pirate captain. That's I'll tell you. Watch and see how it ends.I really love this cartoon. Though I did found it odd that Mickey and Minnie didn't have any dialogue, except for Pete and his pirate crew; Minnie did scream too. The funniest part is when a pirate repetitively sings "The captain's got a girl" in a falsetto voice.

This is a Mickey Mouse cartoon produced by the Disney studio. There will be spoilers ahead:This is a rousing short with pirates, kidnapping, a damsel in distress and heroism on the briny deep. The short begins with a pirate crew singing while they work. They move from singing about life on board ships to "The captain's got a girl!" repeated ad nauseam, with a caricature of a sailor prancing around waving a lace hankie and singing in a falsetto for good measure. It is during this that we learn that the captain is Pegleg Pete, who orders the crew to go below decks.We then see inside the cabin that Mickey and Minnie are captives, tied up and at Pete's "mercy". Pete only has eyes for (and designs on) Minnie, which allows Mickey time to get loose and come to her rescue. There are some really good animated sequences in here, with the best bit of business having to do with an unexpected and problematic addition to Pete's pegged leg. This creates all sorts of problems and situations for Pete and leads to some very good gags.The crew is drawn by the commotion and proves wholly inadequate to the task of subduing one mouse, but then, this is a Mickey Mouse short, after all, so it couldn't really be otherwise. Mickey wins the day and saves his lady fair, who actually acquits herself rather well in her own defense. The ending is rather sweet and charming.This short is available on the Disney Treasures Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume Two. Both the set and the short are well worth finding. Most recommended.

Disney has always been a big part of my childhood, and Shanghaied is no exception to that rule. In fact I simply love this short in every way imaginable. True, we don't see Mickey and Minnie were shanghaied in the first place or why, but it is something that we imagine to ourselves. What makes Shanghaied so repeatedly watchable is many things. The animation is really beautifully done, especially in the opening sequence with the ship on the ocean. The music and sound effects have always been a big part of the Disney shorts' success, and here they are as rousing and energetic as ever. The story may read of a Mickey and Minnie vs Pete sort of story, but it is buoyantly paced and done in a fresh way, being in a different setting and having a different kind of action. The sword-fighting/swashbuckling is exciting to watch, very well-animated and I also think very funny as well, especially when Mickey's swordfish goes limp. There are some imaginative and fun gags that include Pete being knocked over and having a rolling chair's bottom attached to his peg leg, launching pots out of a cannon that stick on their heads and heaving a stove at them that the pirates get stuck in and Mickey launching a harpoon that corrals all the pirates and Pete, sticking them in an arc over the ocean. Mickey has never been more heroic and Pete(in these shorts that is) never more vile. Minnie is also likable, though Mickey and Pete have the best moments. I also liked how the identical pirate crew were reminiscent of the Beagle Boys. All in all, wonderful. 10/10 Bethany Cox