Duck Pimples
Duck Pimples is a 1945 animated whodunit short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.[2] The cartoon parodies radio crime stories and film noir dramas.
| Duck Pimples | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jack Kinney |
| Story by | Virgil Partch Dick Shaw |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Clarence Nash Billy Bletcher Mary Lenihan Harry E. Lang Jack Mather Doodles Weaver[1] |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
| Animation by | Andy Engman Hal King John Sibley Milt Kahl Fred Moore (uncredited) Al Bertino (uncredited) Marc Davis (uncredited)[1] |
| Layouts by | Don DaGradi |
| Backgrounds by | Nino Carbe |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:44 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
Donald Duck's imagination, enhanced by scary stories on the radio and in books, moves him into a seemingly real crime world, which ultimately turns out to be imaginary. Donald's dream is enhanced by the backgrounds that abruptly change each time a new character appears in it.
Scenes where Donald is threatened with a knife and the detective is threatened with an axe were at one time cut,[3] but have been restored for the VHS release and DVD release.
Voice cast edit
- Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
- Radio actor/Salesman/Dopey Davis/J. Harold King/Donald's conscience: Jack Mather
- Pauline: Mary Lenihan
- Radio host: Doodles Weaver
- Leslie J. Clark: Harry E. Lang
- Radio actor/H. U. Hennessy: Billy Bletcher
Home media edit
The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.[4]
Reception edit
Cartoon Brew called Duck Pimples "the creepiest Disney short ever made" and its animation a "top-drawer work".[5]
Notes edit
- Several of the characters' names are spoofs on the names of Disney staff members. H.U. Hennesy is a spoof on Disney artist Hugh Hennesy, J. Harold King probably refers to director Jack King, and Leslie J. Clark is a play on the name of another Disney artist, Les Clark.
- The main title has the word "Goose" crossed out and "Duck" written in.
References edit
- ^ a b "Disney's "Duck Pimples" |".
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ . The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
- ^ "The Chronological Donald Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Amid Amidi (October 31, 2014). "HAPPY HALLOWEEN: "Duck Pimples"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.