Ye Olden Days Ye Olden Days Ye Olden Days is a 1933 animated short film by Disney and which is in turn loosely based on the historical novel "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott. It was directed by Burt Gillett and produced by Walt Disney. Set in Europe, during the Middle Ages, Mickey Mouse, the wandering minstrel, rides on his donkey whilst strumming on his lute, singing his own song. Inside the castle, the princess Minnie and the prince Dippy Dawg, (Goofy), are about to marry each other. But Princess Minnie slaps the prince in the face three times and she did not like
Pete (Disney) new protagonist Mickey Mouse. Originally called "Terrible Tom", the villain was named "Pegleg Pete" by 1930 as the Disney crew felt that he was essentially a continuation of their earlier villain, albeit a different species. Animator Norm Ferguson, known for developing Pluto, also developed Pete's character in several shorts and he was made to resemble actor Wallace Beery. Pete appeared as Mickey's enemy beginning with the cartoons "The Gallopin' Gaucho" and "Steamboat Willie". In the cartoons of the 1930s, Pete would be Mickey Mouse's nemesis, but would vary in professions, from an all-out outlaw ("Gallopin' Gaucho" and the cartoon within