The Golden Touch (1935)

King Midas: [singing] I'm known as Rich King Midas / And when you look at me / You'll see a king / Who knows a thing / About his treasury / I never cared for women / I've never cared for wine / But when I count / A large amount / Of money - Ha ha! - It's divine / Gold, gold, gold! / I worship it, I love it / Gold, gold, gold! / I wish I had more of it / My love for shining gold is such / That I could never have too much / I wish that everything I touched / Would turn to gold, gold gold!

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King Midas: Who art thou, stranger?
Goldie: A friend. Just call me Goldie.
King Midas: What do you want? My gold?
Goldie: I, want that paltry gold? Ha ha! 'Tis like chicken feed to me. Behold!
[Touches Midas' cat and turns it to gold]
King Midas: The golden touch!
[Grabs the gold cat, but Goldie stops him and turns the cat back to normal]
King Midas: My gold! My kingdom! Everything for the golden touch!
[Starts taking off his coat]
Goldie: Keep thy shirt on, old king. To you the golden touch would prove a golden curse.
King Midas: A curse? A curse? Ha! Then curse me with the golden touch! Ha ha ha ha!
Goldie: Ah, but gold is the snare of the soul. Gold is the root of all evil. Gold is the...
King Midas: Fiddlesticks! Give me gold, not advice.
Goldie: So be it. I gave thee advise. Now I give thee gold. The golden touch is thine. Toodle-oo!

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King Midas: [to his reflection] Is the richest king in all the world to starve to death?
[Reflection turns into a skeleton and nods]

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The Golden Touch was an attempt for Walt Disney to direct a cartoon, which he had not done for five years.
Walt Disney hated this short and refused to talk about to his workers.
Walt Disney's last film as director.
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