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11 February 1938 (USA) morePlot:
Donald hears a radio philosopher advise to laugh and count ten when he gets angry. He tries it successfully... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Credited cast)| Florence Gill | ... | Hen (voice) | |
| Clarence Nash | ... | Donald Duck (voice) |
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A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon.
A pesky fly, caterpillar, hen & woodpecker all sorely try Donald's resolve to adhere to his new philosophy of SELF CONTROL over his temper.
Excellent animation is one of the highlights of this very funny little film, written by the celebrated Carl Barks. Smiling Uncle Smiley is a bull's eye spoof of old-time radio philosophers (and his songs are quite good).The long ago tune Donald is quacking to as the film opens is 'In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree,' most apropos considering what happens to him near the film's end. Clarence "Ducky" Nash gives Donald his unique voice; the inimitable Florence Gill does the vocalizing for the hen.
Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by 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 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 simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.