Clock Cleaners
| Clock Cleaners | |
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| Mickey Mouse series | |
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| Directed by | Ben Sharpsteen |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Voices by |
Walt Disney Clarence Nash Pinto Colvig |
| Music by |
Paul J. Smith Oliver Wallace |
| Animation by | Chuck Couch Frenchy DeTremaudan Al Eugster Wolfgang Reitherman Bill Roberts |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Hawaiian Holiday |
| Followed by | Lonesome Ghosts |
Clock Cleaners is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon follows Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy working as janitors in a tall clock tower. The film was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and features original music by Paul Smith and Oliver Wallace. The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald, and Pinto Colvig as Goofy.
Clock Cleaners is one of Disney's most critically acclaimed short films. In 1994, 1000 members of the animation field voted Clock Cleaners as the 27th greatest cartoon of all time. This cartoon was released two months before Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are assigned to clean a tall clock tower in New York City. Mickey is outside cleaning the face with a mop by riding on the second hand. Goofy is inside the building cleaning gear teeth with a large toothbrush. Donald (singing "Hickory Dickory Dock") starts to mop the mainspring, ignoring several warning signs. He gets the mop caught and springs it loose.
Meanwhile, Mickey, now cleaning inside the clock, comes across a sleeping stork which he tries unsuccessfully to remove. Mickey is left hanging on a rope outside the tower.
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