"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date June 9, 1939

Running Time 8:24

Synopsis

Donald and Pluto's swimming trip to the beach is interrupted by a swarm of hungry ants, among other things.

Characters

Donald Duck

Pluto

Credits

Director : Clyde Geronomi

Asst. Director : Jack Cutting

Animation

Seamus Culhane

Al Eugster

Frank Oreb

Lester Novros

Paul Satterfield

Milt Schaffer

Preston Blair

Claude Smith

Stan Quackenbush

Chester Cobb

Lars Calonius

Layout : Dave Hilberman

Poster available through MovieGoods.com

Videos

Italy

Video Parade 2

Laserdiscs

Japan

Celebrate with Mickey

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald Volume 1 : (1934-1941)

Disney Treasures : The Complete Pluto Volume 1

Television

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #37

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #26

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Production No. 2224

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Original Animator's Drafts

Gallery

Pluto carries a load to the beach
Sketch courtesy of The Animation Celection

Sketch courtesy of Animation Art Gallery

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Comments

From Ryan : I didn't care for this short at all. The scenes where Pluto gets stuck in the fly paper gets tiring for me after awhile. The animation, however, is pretty nice.

From Trae Robinson : I notice the ending of this cartoon is just like "Donald & Pluto" where Donald has something stuck to him and Pluto licks him. On "Donald & Pluto," Donald was stuck to magnets, but on this episode Donald is stuck to flypaper.

From Baruch Weiss : This short is generally boring for me with the exception of the music which is pretty good. It was boring not just the sequences where Pluto gets caught in fly paper(like in an earlier cartoon 'Playful Pluto') but also the scenes of the ants getting in Donald's food like in "Tea for Two Hundred".