Lighthouse Keeping
| Lighthouse Keeping | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jack Hannah |
| Story by | Harry Reeves Jesse Marsh |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Clarence Nash |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
| Animation by | Hal King Bob Carlson Judge Whitaker Fred Jones |
| Layouts by | Yale Gracey |
| Backgrounds by | Howard Dunn |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes 39 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Lighthouse Keeping is a 1946 American animated cartoon directed by Jack Hannah and produced by Walt Disney.[1] In the cartoon, Donald battles with an angry pelican to keep his lighthouse light on.
The pelican's name is not used in the short, but Disney A to Z reveals that his name is Marblehead.[2]
Plot[]
Donald is bored with his job as a lighthouse keeper as he can't read his book while the light turns around, and when he notices a sleeping pelican out the window, he decides to wake him up by shining the light on him. The pelican gets fed up and invades the lighthouse, putting out the light. Donald and the pelican engage in a fast-paced duel for the rest of the night, turning the light on and off, even continuing after sunrise.
Voice cast[]
- Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
Television[]
- Disneyland, episode #4.7: "Duck for Hire"
- Donald's Quack Attack, episode #37
- The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.21: "Goin' to the Birds"
Home media[]
The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.[3]
Additional release include:
- Bonus on Pete's Dragon 2000 Gold Classic Collection
References[]
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Smith, Dave (1996). Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia (1st ed.). Hyperion. p. 288. ISBN 0-7868-6223-8. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "The Chronological Donald Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
External links[]
- Lighthouse Keeping at IMDb
- Lighthouse Keeping at The Internet Animation Database
- Lighthouse Keeping on BFI
- Lighthouse Keeping on Filmaffinity
- 1946 films
- English-language films
- Donald Duck short films
- Films produced by Walt Disney
- 1940s Disney animated short films
- 1940s American animated films
- American films
- Films directed by Jack Hannah
- Films scored by Oliver Wallace
- American animated short films
- 1940s animated short films
- 1946 animated films
- Disney animated film stubs
- 1940s film stubs