Squatter's rights
| Squatter's Rights | |
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| Pluto series | |
Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Jack Hannah |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Story by |
Rex Cox Harry Reeves |
| Voices by |
Pinto Colvig Walt Disney Dessie Flynn Jimmy MacDonald |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
| Animation by |
Bob Carlson Rex Cox Hugh Fraser Blaine Gibson Murray McClellan |
| Layouts by | Yale Gracey |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | In Dutch (1946) |
| Followed by | The Purloined Pup (1946) |
Squatter's Rights is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on June 7, 1946 by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon is about a confrontation between Pluto and Chip and Dale who have taken up residence in Mickey Mouse's hunting shack. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1947, but ultimately lost to The Cat Concerto, an MGM Tom and Jerry film, which shared one of 7 Oscars for the Tom and Jerry series.
The film was directed by Jack Hannah and features the voices of Dessie Flynn as Chip and Dale, and Pinto Colvig as Pluto. Mickey Mouse was voiced by both Walt Disney and Jimmy MacDonald making this the debut of MacDonald as Mickey. He would go on to provide Mickey's voice for over 30 years. It was also Mickey's first post-war appearance. With the exception of a very brief cameo in The Three Caballeros (1944), Mickey had not appeared in a theatrical film since Pluto and the Armadillo in 1943.
The chipmunks Chip and Dale wake up one winter morning inside the wood stove they have made their home. The stove is located in Mickey Mouse's hunting shack (called "Mickey's Hydout") which appears to have been unoccupied for a while. Soon Mickey and Pluto arrive for the hunting season.
Pluto soon discovers that the stove is occupied by the chipmunks and helps Mickey build a fire to smoke them out. Chip and Dale realize what is happening and blow out Mickey's matches and roll of newspaper before they can catch the wood on fire. Finally Mickey is about to use a can of kerosene which the chipmunks can't blow out. From a hiding place underneath the stove, the chipmunks burn a hole in Mickey's boot with a match. Mickey assumes that Pluto is to blame and scolds him. Mickey remains unaware of the chipmunks throughout the film.
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