Building a Building

"Mickey operates a steam shovel on a busy construction site."

1933 0h 7m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 85

AnimationComedy

Synopsis

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Mickey's a shovel operator and laborer at a construction site; Minnie is delivering box lunches; Pete is the foreman. Mickey pays more attention to Minnie than to his work, and keeps having accidents (mostly involving the blueprints Pete is holding). Pete steals Mickey's lunch, so Minnie offers him one on the house. While he's eating, Pete kidnaps Minnie; Mickey fights him, but the tide turns when Minnie dumps a load of hot rivets into Pete's pants...

“Mickey operates a steam shovel on a busy construction site.”

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Cast

Billy Bletcher
(voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Marcellite Garner
(voice) (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Hand
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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93 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

CAST

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Billy Bletcher and Walt Disney and Marcellite Garner carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 7

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Mickey operates a steam shovel on a busy construction site.".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0023854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 85 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

David Hand directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
293 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Billy Bletcher and Walt Disney and Marcellite Garner carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Mickey operates a steam shovel on a busy construction site.".
6IMDB entry: tt0023854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 85 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 7 min · 0h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Building a Building (1933)

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CinemaSerf2024-03-23
★ 6/10
"Mickey" is grafting away on the building site when "Minnie" arrives with his lunch box. A series of mishaps get him in trouble with his boss but luckily the hooter goes and he can spend his break with her. Except, well the foreman has designs on her too - and soon the mice are desperate to escape his clutches. I'm not quite sure why it's got this title - there's not really much building going on; indeed quite the reverse as our loved-up pairing engage in some animated slapstick antics with "Pegleg Pete". The animation delivers this quite creatively destructive story quite amiably, imbuing many of the tools with human qualities (and faces) and we've even a kiss at the end. I'm not sure I'll recall it for long, but it's watchable enough for seven minutes.

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