The Hot Choc-late Soldiers [SEP] director
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers, also stylized as "The Hot Chocolate Soldiers", is an American animated short film that was made by Walt Disney Productions for MGM's 1934 film "Hollywood Party", which released on June 1, 1934. It is prefaced in the film by a scene where Mickey Mouse appears at the party, performs a brief Durante impression, and then sits down at a piano, after which "The Hot Choc-late Soldiers" begins to play.
scene's production took far less time to create than it did to write. Scriptwriting for the scene began in May 1933 and was completed around late September 1933. The completed scene was delivered to MGM in November 1933.
Reception.
Much of the reception for "The Hot Choc-late Soldiers" focused upon its appearance in the film "Hollywood Party". During "Hollywood Party's" initial release the short was seen as a highlight of a film that was largely panned by critics, a viewpoint shared by