Mickey's Polo Team

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Mickey's Polo Team is a short animated film, directed by David Hand and first released on January 4, 1936. The short featured a game of polo between four of Disney's animated characters and four animated caricatures of noted film actors. Spectators included regular characters of the Mickey Mouse series, notable characters of the Silly Symphonies series and several film actor caricatures. The short is considered notable for featuring a large number of 1930s entertainment figures.

In detail the characters were:

• Referee Jack Holt

• The "Mickey Mousers" team:
  • Mickey Mouse
  • Goofy
  • Big Bad Wolf
  • Donald Duck

• The "Movie Stars" team.
  • Stan Laurel
  • Oliver Hardy
  • Harpo Marx, riding an ostrich
  • Charlie Chaplin

• Spectators.
  • Shirley Temple, who is with the Three Little Pigs
  • Charles Laughton, who is dressed as Henry VIII
  • Eddie Cantor, who blows his trumpet at
  • W. C. Fields.
  • Harold Lloyd
  • Greta Garbo, waving a pompon
  • Edna May Oliver, who is seated next to Max Hare, from The Tortoise and the Hare
  • Clark Gable, who is kissed by Clarabelle Cow.
  • Pluto
  • Fifi the Peke
  • Two Easter Bunnies, from Funny Little Bunnies
  • The Wise Little Hen, from The Wise Little Hen
  • The Flying Mouse and his mother, from The Flying Mouse
  • Peter and Polly Penguin, from Peculiar Penguins
  • King Midas and Goldie the Elf, from The Golden Touch
  • Ambrose Cat and Dirty Bill Dog the Robber,from The Robber Kitten
  • Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, from Who Killed Cock Robin?