Fire Chief (film)
| Fire Chief | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jack King |
| Story by | Carl Barks Jack Hannah |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Clarence Nash |
| Music by | Paul J. Smith |
| Animation by | Ed Love Jack Bradbury |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fire Chief is a 1940 Disney cartoon starring Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.[1]
Plot[]
The cartoon shows Donald living as a firefighter along with his nephews. When the nephews get tired of Donald's snoring, they sound the fire alarm to wake him up, but Donald instead thinks that there is a fire so he rushes to get on the fire truck. He then comes back up to blow the horn to wake them up. Donald and his nephews march like soldiers, but Donald falls backwards, causing Huey to hit the other nephews, and they fall on Donald, which sounds like the NBC Chimes.
Later, Huey puts on coal in the fire truck but Donald puts the entire bucket of coal in the firetruck, causing the house to catch fire. They then try to put out the fire but Donald instead unknowingly puts the hose on the car's gasoline tank. One of the nephews notices and tries to warn him, but Donald pays no heed. As a result, he causes the fire house and the fire truck to burn down completely and, to add insult to injury, Donald's hat burns down as well, resulting in its burnt frames becoming Donald's 'hair'. Defeated, Donald looks at the camera and says to the audience "You can't win. You just can't win."
Voice cast[]
Reception[]
The Film Daily called the short "fairly funny".[2]
Home media[]
The short was released on May 18, 2004 on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume One: 1934-1941.[3]
References[]
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Reviews of Short Subjects". The Film Daily. 78 (114): 7. December 11, 1940. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "The Chronological Donald Volume 1 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
External links[]
- 1940 films
- English-language films
- 1940s Disney animated short films
- Donald Duck short films
- Films about firefighting
- 1940 animated films
- 1940 short films
- Films with screenplays by Carl Barks
- Films directed by Jack King
- Films produced by Walt Disney
- Disney animated film stubs