Dumb Bell of the Yukon

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Dumb Bell of the Yukon
Dumbell-of-the-Yukon-poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jack King
Story byHarry Reeves
Homer Brightman
Produced by Walt Disney
Starring Clarence Nash
Music by Oliver Wallace
Animation by Don Towsley
Ed Aardal
Fred Kopietz
Sandy Strother
Layouts by Ernie Nordli
Backgrounds by Ernie Nordli
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • August 30, 1946 (1946-08-30)
Running time
6:34
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dumb Bell of the Yukon is a 1946 Disney animated short starring Donald Duck and Daisy Duck. [1] It was directed by Jack King. [2]

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Plot

The short starts off with Donald reading a letter from Daisy telling him to make her some fur coats. Donald goes off to hunt bears. Donald wanders into a bear cave and sees a momma bear and a baby bear. He pictures the baby bear being a fur coat. He uses "essence of honey" to capture the baby bear. The momma bear mistakes Donald for the baby bear and starts licking and hugging him. Donald takes the baby bear home and puts it in a lot of stances. Donald then thinks of the ways he could kill the bear. Donald tries to hang the bear with no success. The momma bear realizes that her baby is not there and follows Donald's footprints to his house. Donald disguises himself as the baby bear. The momma bear accidentally squeezes Donald too tightly and his costume rips off. He puts it back on and tricks the bear, while the baby bear is trying to ruin Donald's plans. The baby bear kicks Donald so hard that his costume comes off and he spills honey on himself. Since Donald spills honey on himself the momma bear and the cub start licking his head.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946 . [3]

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References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. Richard Holliss and Brian Sibley (1988). The Disney Studio story. Octopus. p. 154. ISBN   9780706430400.
  3. "The Chronological Donald Volume 2 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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