Mickey's Medicine Man is a 1931 talkie

Sound film

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...

 short film in Larry Darmour's Mickey McGuire

Mickey McGuire (film series)

Mickey McGuire was an American comedy series of short subjects from 1927 to 1934. The series was notable for essentially launching the careers of Mickey Rooney and Billy Barty. The series was based on Fontaine Fox's popular comic strip series, Toonerville Trolley. The series was very popular in its...

series starring a young Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...

. Directed by Jesse Duffy

Jesse Duffy

Jesse Duffy was an American serial screenwriter for Republic Pictures and Columbia Pictures during the 1940s....

, the two-reel short was released to theaters on December 19, 1931 by RKO Radio Pictures. It was one of the few Mickey McGuire shorts without Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...

 in the cast.

Synopsis

It's gearing towards Christmas time, and Mickey feels sorry for the less fortunate children who won't be able to have a proper Christmas. Mickey and his pals decide to throw a party for the kids. They are able to get everything they need for the party except for one thing: a turkey.

Cast

• Marvin Stephens - Mickey McGuire
• Billy Barty
  Billy Barty
  Billy Barty was an American film actor.-Biography:Barty, an Italian American, was born William John Bertanzetti in Millsboro, Pennsylvania...
  
   - Billy McGuire
• Jimmy Robinson
  Jimmy Robinson (actor)
  James Robinson Jr. was an American film actor.-Career:Robinson played the role of "Hambone" Johnson in Fontaine Fox's Mickey McGuire film series of short subjects. He was in the series from its beginning in 1927 until its end in 1934, appearing in most of the shorts in series. During his Mickey...
  
   - Hambone Johnson
• Delia Bogard
  Delia Bogard
  Delia Bogard was an American film actress and dancer.-Biography:Delia Bogard was born in San Francisco, California. She played the role of "Tomboy Taylor" in Fontaine Fox's Mickey McGuire film series from 1927 to 1933. After departing from the series, she became a dancer for stage and screen...
  
   - Tomboy Taylor
• Donald Haines
  Donald Haines
  Donald Haines was an American child actor who had recurring appearances in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1929 to 1933.-Our Gang:...
  
   - Katrink'
• Douglas Fox IV - Stinkie Davis