Mickey eventually manages to present Minnie with a full bucket of milk and proceeds forcefully to kiss her.

[2] Both characters became fully anthropomorphic in the 1930 short The Shindig, where they were treated as Mickey and Minnie's friends rather than farm animals.

"[4] Variety (November 27, 1929): "Clever as to conception and sound effects, but as heard here faulty and well nigh inaudible.

Needless to emphasize that if this was a matter of servicing Cinephone should give it prompt attention, even in a daily change grind.

After the success of the first of this sound series at the Colony and Strand on Broadway, the distributors got an unusually big break.

"[5] The short was released on December 7, 2004, on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two: 1929-1935.