Donald's Golf Game (1938)

Donald is golfing, and his nephews are along to "help." Between their noise and their practical jokes, Donald isn't having a lot of fun or success with his game.

Director:

Jack King

Writers:

Carl Barks, Jack Hannah

Stars:

Clarence Nash

Cast

Credited cast:
Clarence Nash	...	Donald Duck / Huey / Dewey / Louie (voice)

Storyline

Uncle Donald goes golfing on a course by the beach, insisting on total quiet for his concentration, not even a singing bird. Alas for him the nephews, brought along as caddy trio, come prepared for more mischief then just making disturbing noises, they have a whole bag of trick clubs and enlist a grasshopper to 'animate' Donald's ball...

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Plot Keywords:

practical joke | golf | family relationships | uncle nephew relationship | huey dewey and louie | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Sport

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 November 1938 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aku mestariputtaajana

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

8 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For the first (and only) time, Huey, Dewey and Louie appear wearing, respectively, red, orange and yellow. This proved too confusing, so for their next appearance in The Hockey Champ they returned to red, yellow and green.

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Connections

Edited into Down and Out with Donald Duck (1987)

User Reviews

Here We Go Gathering Nuts In May...

A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon.

DONALD'S GOLF GAME might be just about perfect - were it not for the impertinent interference of his three nephews.

There are several solid laughs in this little film, although the basic premise - the Duck versus Huey, Dewey & Louie - offers nothing new. Once again, Clarence Nash does yeoman service, giving hilarious voice to the entire Duck clan.

Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by pictures & drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew comic figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that childlike simplicity of message and lots of hard work will always pay off.