The Mail Pilot (1933)

The Mail Pilot Review

The Mail Pilot is a 1933 Mickey Mouse cartoon. It is such a good flick.

In this cartoon, Mickey is a mail pilot and he has to deliver the mail by plane. But on his way, he encounters Pete who is a mail thief and it’s up to the mouse to stop him. This film has too much action and not enough Minnie and other characters, but Mickey himself is excellent here and certainly 1933 might prove out to be his most famous year, the one in which he truly was a hero and the most important character. But Pete is also very good as the villain per usual.

I just loved the animation in this film as it is so well animated with excellent backgrounds, greatly designed planes and the atmosphere is conveyed so well thanks to well animated snowy weather. The score is also quite good. I actually also really like this singing approach to telling the story as what happens in the film is all sung and definitely this period in Mickey Mouse history suits me quite a bit.

The Mail Pilot is so well animated while also having a terrific use of Mickey and Pete. It’s one of the better shorts in the series so far.