| Fire Chief | |
|---|---|
 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 Bob Carlson 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]
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 truck'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."
The Film Daily called the short "fairly funny". [2]
The short was released on May 18, 2004, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume One: 1934-1941 . [3]
Trick or Treat is a 1952 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon, which takes place on Halloween night, follows a series of pranks between Donald Duck and his nephews with Witch Hazel. The film was directed by Jack Hannah and features the voices of Clarence Nash as Donald and his nephews, and June Foray as Hazel.
Donald's Nephews is a 1938 Donald Duck animated cartoon which features Donald being visited by his three nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. This cartoon is Huey, Dewey, and Louie's first appearance in animation. Al Taliaferro, the artist for the Silly Symphony comic strip, proposed the idea for the film, so that the studio would have duck counterparts to Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse, the nephews of Mickey Mouse. The Walt Disney Productions Story Dept. on February 5, 1937 sent Taliaferro a memo recognizing him as the source of the idea for the planned short.
Mr. Duck Steps Out is a Donald Duck cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions, which is released on June 7, 1940, and featured the debut of Daisy Duck. The short was directed by Jack King and written by Carl Barks, Chuck Couch, Jack Hannah, Harry Reeves, Milt Schaffer, and Frank Tashlin.
Good Scouts is a 1938 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon follows Donald Duck leading his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie on a scouting trip through the wilderness. It was directed by Jack King and features Clarence Nash as Donald and the three nephews.
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Donald Duck and the Gorilla is a Donald Duck short adventure horror monster film which was originally released in 1944. It stars Donald Duck along with his three nephews; Huey, Dewey and Louie and Ajax, the killer gorilla. The 1930 Mickey Mouse cartoon The Gorilla Mystery has a similar plot involving a gorilla named Beppo who captures Minnie Mouse.
Donald's Crime is a 1945 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon, which parodies film noir crime dramas of the time, follows Donald Duck as he struggles with guilt after stealing $1.25 from his nephews. The film was directed by Jack King and features original music by Edward H. Plumb. The voice cast includes Clarence Nash as Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Ruth Clifford as Daisy Duck, and Harry E. Lang as the off-stage voice of Donald's conscience. This was Blondell's first performance as Daisy and marks the debut of the character's "normal" voice. Previously in Mr. Duck Steps Out, Daisy had been voiced by Nash using a voice similar to Donald's.
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Spare the Rod is a 1954 American animated short film directed by Jack Hannah and produced by Walt Disney, featuring Donald Duck. In the short film, while Donald is doing yard work, his nephews are playing games instead of doing their chores. He is going to punish them, but the "voice of child psychology" convinces him to play along instead. This works well when they chop the wood to burn him at the stake. Meanwhile, a trio of Pygmy cannibals that escaped from the circus are out to do the very same thing to Donald with a cauldron of water.
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