Goofy Movies Number One

Overview

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas is parodied as being the Harvard/Yale regatta). The second part parodies silent movies with a film called "Minnie the Pretzel Twister" starring 'Cynthia Goosefeather.'

Cast

Pete Smith

Narrator (voice)

Theodore Lorch

Mortimer the Foreman (uncredited)