Donald's Dream Voice

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Donald's Dream Voice
Donald's Dream Voice.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJack King
Story byRoy Williams
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringClarence Nash

Ruth Clifford
Bea Benaderet
Music byOliver Wallace
Animation byEdwin Aardal
Paul Allen
Emery Hawkins
Frank McSavage
Don Towsley (uncredited)
Layouts byDon Griffith
Backgrounds byMerle Cox
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • May 21, 1948 (1948-05-21)
Running time
6 minutes 39 seconds
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Donald's Dream Voice is a 1948 American animated short film featuring Donald Duck; the film was directed by Jack Hannah and produced by Walt Disney.[1] In the short film, no one understands a word that salesman Donald says, so he takes voice pills to improve his speech.

Plot[]

Donald has a problem where he fails to sell brushes throughout the neighbourhood, because no one can hear his voice clearly. At Daisy Duck's house, Daisy tells Donald that people would not trust him about his unclear voice.

Finally, he finds a solution to clear his voice: taking a voice pill, leading to a massive increase in his brush sales. The customers are grateful to hear and understand Donald's voice.

It increases Donald's confidence and makes him eager to ask Daisy to marry him. After he sells all the brushes, he loses the pills along the way, leaving him only one. Then, he goes back to Daisy's house, just as his new voice reverts to his old voice. When he tries to take the pill, it does nothing and falls to the ground and bounces away from him and he starts following it.

Donald chases the pill through the streets and onto the hat of a particularly large gentleman, and then it finally ends up in the mouth of a cow, which causes the cow to talk in her clear voice, with Donald taunting her for his last pill. Also, the cow can't understand Donald's voice, causing Donald to lose his temper.

Voice cast[]

Television[]

  • Disneyland, episode #1.4: "The Donald Duck Story"
  • Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, episode #8.6: "Inside Donald Duck"
  • Good Morning, Mickey, episode #32
  • Donald Duck Presents, episode #8
  • Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #49
  • Donald's Quack Attack, episode #91
  • The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.40: "Crazy Over Daisy"

Home media[]

The short was released on December 11, 2007, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950.[2]

Additional releases include:

  • Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Daisy (VHS)
  • Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Best Pals - Donald and Daisy (DVD)

References[]

  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ "The Chronological Donald Volume 3 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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