Sleepy Time Donald

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Sleepy Time Donald
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jack King
Story by Jack Hannah
Produced by Walt Disney
Starring Clarence Nash
Gloria Blondell
Music by Oliver Wallace
Animation by Paul Allen
John Reed
Ed Love
Don Towsley
Fred Kopietz
Layouts by Ernie Nordli
Backgrounds by Ernie Nordli
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • May 9, 1947 (1947-05-09)
(US)
Running time
6:30
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sleepy Time Donald is a Donald Duck animated short film which was released on May 9, 1947, and produced in Technicolor by RKO Radio Pictures. [1] It was the sixth cartoon in Donald's filmography to feature Daisy Duck.

Contents

Plot

The short revolves around Daisy's efforts to rescue Donald as he keeps running into danger while sleepwalking.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on December 11, 2007, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950 . [2]

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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. "The Chronological Donald Volume 3 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.