1939

 

DONALD'S LUCKY DAY
Donald Duck is a messenger boy having a series of mishaps on Friday the 13th. He discovers he is delivering a bomb. When the bomb falls in the water as it explodes, it showers fish about the pier.
Comments:
Barks served as Story Director. Jack Hannah and Harry Reeves were storymen.
THE HOCKEY CHAMP
Donald Duck attempts to show off his professional ice hockey abilities to his nephews, but their skill gets the best of him.
Comments:
Barks served as Story Director. Jack Hannah was a storyman.
A scene in which Donald is hanging from a noose in a well was cut but later reinstated.
DONALD'S COUSIN GUS
Donald Duck's goose cousin, Gus, comes to visit and practically eats him out of house and home. When Donald's attempts to get rid of Gus are unsuccessful, he gives up in disgust.
Comments:
Barks served as Story Director. Jack Hannah was a storyman.
First appearance of Gus in a cartoon. He was only used once more - in a short cameo role as a dancer in
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983).
If Gus is a goose and Donald is a duck - how can the two be cousins?
SEA SCOUTS
Donald Duck is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews when they encounter a ravenous shark.
Barks served as Story Director.
DONALD'S PENGUIN
Donald Duck gets a baby penguin as a gift. It causes so much trouble he nearly shoots it, causing it to disappear. Remorseful, Donald is overjoyed to see the penguin return and they hug affectionately.
Comments:
Barks served as Story Director. Harry Reeves and Charles Couch were storymen.
A scene in which the gun fires by accident was cut.
THE AUTOGRAPH HOUND
Despite a watchful security guard, Donald Duck manages to sneak into a movie studio to get autographs. But when a watchful security guard catches him - we learn the guard wants Donald's autograph.
Comments:
Barks worked with Jack Hannah.
A number of celebrities were caricatured in this cartoon: Greta Garbo, Mickey Rooney, Sonja Henie, The Ritz Brothers, Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, Charlie McCarthy, Joe E. Lewis, Katherine Hepburn and the brothers Groucho and Harpo Marx.

 

 

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