Duck Pimples
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Duck Pimples | |
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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 minutes 44 seconds |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
Plot[]
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.
The cartoon is perhaps the closest Disney ever got to the zany world of Tex Avery, and specifically references his Who Killed Who? (1943) in two ways: the use of an organ instead of a traditional orchestral score, and having Billy Bletcher voice the detective. Additionally, the character of Pauline is an obvious inspiration for the character of Jessica Rabbit in the 1988 feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit. She may have also inspired the character Pauline from Donkey Kong due to similarities between the two characters.[4]
Voice cast[]
- Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
- Radio actor/Salesman/Dopey Davis/J. Harold King/Donald's conscience: Jack Mather
- Pauline:
- Radio host: Doodles Weaver
- Leslie J. Clark: Harry E. Lang
- Radio actor/H. U. Hennessy: Billy Bletcher
Home media[]
The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.[5]
Reception[]
Cartoon Brew called Duck Pimples "the creepiest Disney short ever made" and its animation a "top-drawer work".[6]
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Duck Pimples". The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
- ^ Donald Loses His Mind | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rx5h_izOJrE
- ^ "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.
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- 1940s crime films
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- Films directed by Jack Kinney
- Films produced by Walt Disney
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