Title Cards
"A Donald Duck Cartoon"
Synopsis
- Construction worker Donald tries to oust Chip 'n' Dale out of their home to build a highway, so the chipmunks become knights in shining armor to fight back.
Characters
Credits
Note : credits verified through opening screenshot
- Director : Jack Hannah
- Animation
- Effects Animation : Dan MacManus
- Story
- Layout : Yale Gracey
- Background : Ray Huffine
- Music : Oliver Wallace
Videos
- United States
- Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume 1
- Cartoon Classics : Second Series : Volume 9 : Starring Chip 'n' Dale
- Germany
- France
- Italy
Laserdiscs
- United States
- Japan
DVD
- Region 1 : United States
- Cartoon Classics Favorites: Starring Chip 'n' Dale
- Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald Duck : Volume 4 : 1951-1961
- Region 2 : United Kingdom
- Region 2 : France
- Region 2 : Germany
- Region 2 : Sweden
Television
- The Ink and Paint Club : #5 : Chip 'n' Dale
- Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #48
- Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #58
Technical Specifications
- Color Type Technicolor
- Animation type Standard
- Sound mix Mono
- Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1
- Negative format 35mm
- Print format 35mm
- Cinematographic process Spherical
- Original language English
Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc
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From Baruch Weiss : I like this short. I also noticed that the explosion sound was similar to the ending in 'Up A Tree'.
From Michelle I. : One of the good Chip and Dale shorts is 'Dragon Around,' where Donald's steam shovel terrorizes the chipmunk knights. Typically clever and entertaining.
From Bryan Hensley : This short from 1954 wrapped up volume 4 of Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites collection with a bang... quite literally! Chip 'n' Dale's home is in the shape of a castle this time, and after Dale reads a fairy tales book, Chip believed there was a dragon after them, after Dale convinced him! (Donald's steam shovel, that is.) Dale's horse-neighing sounds sound like they've been sped up for little guys like him. Donald tried to take the tree down, but ended up losing the "dragon's" tooth, and replaced it with a gold one. Once the shovel's mouth was stuck in tar, all its teeth came out! Donald tried to headbutt the shovel on the tree, but it wouldn't give. Thank goodness, Chip 'n' Dale found wrenches and unscrewed the shovel's parts, making it speed away to nothing! (Except Donald getting conked on the head on the tree, like in the short "Working For Peanuts" the previous year.) Did you notice the explosions Donald was going through had the same noises as the 1955 short "Up A Tree"? A blowtorch makes a good fire-breathing effect for a steam shovel that looks like a dragon. It nearly burned Chip 'n' Dale to pieces! I hope you enjoy this knight-and-dragon tale set in the mid-1950's! (Just look at the sign the shovel puts up. It says: "Another freeway for your safety.")
Referenced Comments
- Working for Peanuts (1953)
- Up a Tree (1955)
