Lighthouse Keeping

Lighthouse Keeping
Lighthouse Keeping
Directed by	Jack Hannah
Story by	Harry Reeves; Jesse Marsh
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Clarence Nash
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Animation by	Hal King; Bob Carlson; Judge Whitaker; Fred Jones
Layouts by	Yale Gracey
Backgrounds by	Howard Dunn
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	September 20, 1946;
Running time	6:39
Country	United States
Language	English

Lighthouse Keeping is a 1946 American animated cartoon directed by Jack Hannah and produced by Walt Disney.^[1] In the cartoon, Donald battles with an angry pelican to keep his lighthouse light on.

The pelican's name is not used in the short, but Disney A to Z reveals that his name is Marblehead.^[2]

Plot

Donald is bored with his job as a lighthouse keeper, and decides to wake up a sleeping pelican by shining the light on him. The pelican gets fed up and invades the lighthouse, putting out the light. Donald and the pelican engage in a fast-paced duel for the rest of the night, turning the light on and off, even continuing after sunrise.

Cast

Clarence Nash as Donald Duck

Releases

Television

Disneyland, episode #4.7: "Duck for Hire"
Donald's Quack Attack, episode #37
The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.21: "Goin' to the Birds"

Home Video

Bonus on Pete's Dragon 2000 Gold Classic Collection
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume 2

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Smith, Dave (1996). Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia (1st ed.). Hyperion. p. 288. ISBN 0-7868-6223-8. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

External links

Lighthouse Keeping at IMDb
Lighthouse Keeping at The Internet Animation Database
Lighthouse Keeping on BFI
Lighthouse Keeping on Filmaffinity

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[2] Smith, Dave (1996). Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia (1st ed.). Hyperion. p. 288. ISBN 0-7868-6223-8. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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