Donald's Diary
Donald's Diary is a Donald Duck short film which was produced in Technicolor and released February 13, 1954 by RKO Radio Pictures.[1]
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| Directed by | Jack Kinney |
| Story by | Brice Mack Dick Kinney |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Clarence Nash Vivi Janiss Leslie Denison |
| Music by | Edward H. Plumb |
| Animation by | John Sibley Ken O'Brien Harry Holt Edwin "Ed" Aardal |
| Layouts by | Bruce Bushman |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
On February 29, in San Francisco, Donald meets Daisy Duck and the two fall in love. They date, get engaged, and finally marry. After the honeymoon, Donald and Daisy's marriage turns sour. Daisy takes his money and burns his meals. Daisy invites her whole family for dinner leaving Donald nothing. As Daisy piles more and more chores on him, Donald gets exhausted and explodes like a bomb.
The whole thing turns out to have been a dream. Daisy gently awakens Donald, who screams in horror and runs out to join the French Foreign Legion. Donald records the whole episode in his diary.
Voice cast
- Clarence Nash as Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Vivi Janiss as Daisy Duck and Daisy's Mother
- Leslie Denison as Donald's Internal Monologue/Narrator
Home media
The short was released on November 11, 2008, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Four: 1951-1961.[2]
References
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- "The Chronological Donald Volume 4 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
