Synopsis
The Golden Touch (1935) is a Disney Silly Symphonies short you can watch online on iFILM. In ten minutes it retells the old fable of King Midas, the ruler whose every touch turns ordinary things into solid gold.
An elf drops in on the greedy king and, as a joke, turns his cat into a golden statue before clapping it back to life. Midas begs for the same power; the elf warns him it will be a curse. The king insists anyway, dancing with delight until he sits down to dinner and finds he cannot eat. Here's the bit worth knowing: Walt Disney directed this one himself, something he almost never did, and the voice cast includes Clarence Nash, soon to become Donald Duck. A be-careful-what-you-wish-for tale told fast and without sugar. Stream The Golden Touch (1935) online on iFILM.
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