
Thru the Mirror(1936)
Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.



Billy Bletcher
Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)

Tommy Bond
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Animator (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Stanton
Singing Villain (voice) (uncredited)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare is a animation, fantasy, comedy film released in 1935 exploring themes of dreams, monster, nightmare, cartoon, villain, cartoon cat. Directed by Jack King, it stars Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Jack Carr. A cartoonist falls asleep at the drawing board and into the clutches of his own villains, until Beans the Cat comes to the rescue.
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