Duck Pimples
Duck Pimples | |
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Directed by | Jack Kinney |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Animation by | Andy Engman Hal King John Sibley Milt Kahl Fred Moore (uncredited) |
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Running time | 7:44 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Duck Pimples is a 1945 animated whodunnit short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon parodies radio crime stories and film noir dramas.
Plot
Donald Duck's imagination, enhanced by scary stories on the radio and in books, moves him into a seemingly real crime world, which ultimately turns out to be imaginary. Donald’s dream is enhanced by the backgrounds that abruptly change each time a new character appears in it.
Scenes where Donald is threatened with a knife and the police officer is threatened with an axe have been cut.[1]
Reception
Cartoon Brew called Duck Pimples "the creepiest Disney short ever made" and its animation a "top-drawer work".[2] The cartoon was included in the DVD Disney Treasures: Wave 5: The Chronological Donald Volume 2.
References
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- ^ "Duck Pimples". The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
- ^ Amid Amidi (October 31, 2014). "HAPPY HALLOWEEN: "Duck Pimples"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
- 1945 films
- 1945 animated films
- 1940s crime films
- Disney animated short films, 1940s
- Donald Duck short films
- American crime films
- American films
- Films about dreams
- Films directed by Jack Kinney
- Films produced by Walt Disney
- American parody films
- Color film noir
- Films scored by Oliver Wallace
- Disney animated film stubs