Bone Trouble
| Bone Trouble | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Jack Kinney |
| Story by | Carl Barks |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Lee Millar Clarence Nash |
| Music by | Frank Churchill Paul J. Smith |
| Animation by | John Lounsbery Rueben Timmins Norm Ferguson Jack Gayek Art Fitzpatrick |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 8:44 minutes |
Bone Trouble (1940) is an animated short produced by Walt Disney, and directed by Jack Kinney.[1] It stars Pluto and Butch the Bulldog, in the latter's first appearance.
Plot[]
The short begins with Pluto waking up in his dog house. Pluto is hungry, but the birds have eaten his dish. Butch the Bulldog, who is sleeping nearby, has a bone which Pluto attempts to steal without awakening him. Pluto had to sneak past trees and tires to reach to the bone. He successfully steals it. Before Pluto can enjoy the bone, an angry Butch shows up, having awoken some time before. A surprised Pluto takes the bone and Butch chases him. Butch chases Pluto through town and into a deserted carnival. They go through the Tunnel of Love ride where Pluto reverses the chase. Butch loses sight of Pluto when Pluto goes into a hall of mirrors. The mirrors cause Pluto to transform into various animals. Pluto has fun with the mirrors until he sees Butch again. Pluto takes advantage of one set of mirrors to successfully scare Butch off, and even gets to keep the bone.
Production[]
The story was written by Carl Barks, soon to become a prolific and popular Disney comics artist and writer. This story partly inspired Barks' first Disney comics story, Pluto Saves the Ship, in 1942.[2]
Cast[]
- Lee Millar as Pluto
- Clarence Nash as Butch
Releases[]
- 1940 - theatrical release
Home media[]
The short was released on December 7, 2004, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto: 1930-1947.[3]
Additional releases include:
- 2002 - Old Yeller DVD
References[]
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 120–121. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ Andrae, Thomas (2006). Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity. University Press of Mississippi. p. 292. ISBN 978-1578068586.
- ^ "The Complete Pluto Volume 1 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
External links[]
- 1940 films
- 1940s Disney animated short films
- American films
- 1940 short films
- Pluto (Disney) short films
- 1940 animated films
- Films directed by Jack Kinney
- Films produced by Walt Disney
- Films scored by Frank Churchill
- Films scored by Paul Smith (film and television composer)
- RKO Pictures animated short films
- Films without speech
- Films with screenplays by Carl Barks
- Animated films without speech
- American animated short films
- Disney animated film stubs