criticizing his cartoon directors, and decided to direct the cartoon himself. The short itself was an immediate failure. Reasons included that the short was stiff and lethargically paced, and that Midas came off as too one-dimensional and too unsympathetic for audiences to care about him. As such, Disney immediately disowned the cartoon and forbade anybody from ever bringing it up around the studio. This failure was also so hard on him that he gave up directing cartoons altogether, stepping aside to become a full-time producer. Voice cast Midas: Billy Bletcher Goldie: Mary Moder Home media The short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies - The Historic Musical Animated Classics and on Walt Disney's Timeless Tales/Wave Two/Volume Three in 2006. References The Golden Touch When Walt Laid a Golden Egg 1935 films 1935 short films 1930s Disney animated short films Silly Symphonies Films about royalty Animated films based on classical mythology Films directed by Walt Disney Films produced by Walt Disney 1935 animated films Films scored by Frank Churchill 1930s American films