"The Band Concert" is a Disney cartoon which runs for 9 minutes (unusually long, mostly they are 7 minutes) from 80 years ago. Mickey conducts an orchestra, but he and the musicians have to face several obstacles on their way to a great performance. First, ice cream vendor Donald goes on everybody nerves, then a disruptive bee enters the picture and finally, in accordance with the piece they are playing, a massive storm erupts. I cannot say that I was too impressed by the comedy here. There were a couple mildly funny scenes, but the heart and soul of this film is definitely the music. The director here is Wilfred Jackson who worked on many Disney classics in the decades after this short movie here. Another interesting aspect is that this was done during the early days of Donald and Mickey in color. Mickey still has completely black eyes and Donald has an unproportionally big bead compared to his head. This was going to change in the years after that. All in all, an okay little movie, not bad, but not among Disney's best either.
Review of The Band Concert
