Producer: Walt Disney
Productions.
Distributor: BuenaVista Distribution Co., Inc.
Released: October 10th, 1952.
Series: Donald Duck.
Title: Trick or Treat.
Colour: Technicolor.
Sound: RCA Sound System (mono).
Number of cells: Appr. 10,100.
Length: 7 minutes and 45 seconds.Brief
synopsis:
Huey, Dewey, and Louie are trick or treating on Halloween;
Donald however is grumpy and humiliates the boys with
firecrackers and water when they come to his doorstep.
Hazel the witch witnesses the boys' plight with Donald
and takes pity on the nephews. With her help they make
this a Halloween that Donald never forgets.
Direction:
Jack Hannah. Directed numerous Disney
shorts throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Some of
the first he made in collaboration with Barks with whom
he had also worked as an animator in the years before he
became a regular director.
Animation:
Don Lusk (the ducks). Worked on numerous
feature films such as Bambi as an animator, and Lady and
the Tramp as a character animator.
Bill Justice (the witch). Worked on
numerous feature films such as Fantasia as an animator,
and Alice in Wonderland as a character animator.
Animation
assistants:
Volus C. Jones. Worked on numerous
Disney shorts such as Clown of the Jungle, Lion Around,
and Pluto's Christmas Tree.
George Kreisl. Worked on numerous Disney
shorts such as Bee on Guard, Out on a Limb, and Pluto's
Christmas Tree.
Effects
animation:
Dan MacManus. Made the visual effects
for many Disney shorts such as Lambert the Sheepish Lion,
and feature films such as The Jungle Book.
Story:
Ralph Wright. Worked as a storyman on
many Disney shorts such as Lambert the Sheepish Lion,
feature films such as Lady and the Tramp, and nature
films such as Perri.
Layout
and background:
Yale Gracey. Worked on several Disney
shorts such as Clown of the Jungle, Lambert the Sheepish
Lion, and Pluto's Christmas Tree.
Music:
Paul J. Smith. Worked on several Disney
feature films such as Saludos Amigos, Song of the South,
and Cinderella.
Voices:
June Foray. The voice of Hazel the witch.
She voiced numerous characters for several companies (mostly
portraying old women) starting in 1943, and she is still
active.
Clarence Nash. The voice of Donald Duck
and the nephews. He voiced Disney's duck characters
starting in 1934 and made his last 'appearance' as late
as in 1983.
Songs:
Thurl Ravenscroft. Sang the lyrics with
his group The Mellomen. Usually uncredited but has sung
in many feature films such as Alice in Wonderland, Peter
Pan, and Cinderella.
Comic
book adaptation:
Carl Barks ...
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