The Golden Touch (1935)
A fable of a king whose touch turns everything to gold.
King Midas is visited by an elf; the elf turns his cat to gold, then claps his hands and it changes back. Midas begs for the golden touch, but the elf warns him it would be a curse to him. Midas insists. He dances about joyfully at first, but discovers the drawbacks when he sits down to dinner. Fearing death by starvation, he summons the elf and agrees to surrender everything he owns to have the curse lifted.
- Date of release
- 1935-03-22
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (107)
- Runtime
- 10m
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy
- Director
- Walt Disney
Casting
- Billy Bletcher — King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
- Mary Moder — Goldie (voice) (uncredited)
- Clarence Nash — Grim Reaper (voice) (uncredited)
- Purv Pullen — Bird (voice) (uncredited)
- Toby Wing — Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Golden Touch is a Walt Disney produced Silly Symphonies animated short film released in 1935. The story is based on the Greek myth of King Midas, albeit updated into a medieval setting. It was the last film directed by Disney.
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