The Whalers
The Whalers | |
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RKO Radio Pictures | |
Release date | August 19, 1938[1] |
Running time | 8 min (one reel) |
Language | English |
The Whalers is a
The short was directed by David Hand and Dick Huemer. It featured the voices of Clarence 'Ducky' Nash as Donald Duck and Pinto Colvig as Goofy. Mickey does not speak in this short. It was animated by Ed Love, Marvin Woodward, Art Babbitt, Frank Oreb, Robert Leffingwell, Louie Schmitt, Lee Morehouse, Al Eugster, Josh Meador, Eric Larson, Preston Blair and Milt Schaffer. The music was provided by Albert Hay Malotte, uncredited in the film.[2] It was the 101st short in the Mickey Mouse film series to be released, and the third for that year.[3]
Plot
Donald rushes to Goofy's rescue, but isn't fast enough and Goofy falls off the line, through the whale's blowhole, and ends up in the whale's mouth. Lighting a match so he can see better, Goofy inadvertently wakes the whale up and it starts coughing. A wave comes in through the whale's open mouth and washes Goofy around. He gets blown out of the whale's blowhole and falls back down, his head getting stuck in the blowhole. Meanwhile, Donald falls into the water and is chased by the angry whale back to the ship, where, after Donald is nearly eaten, the whale rams and destroys the ship. Mickey, Donald and Goofy fly through the air and land on a small raft made of the ship's debris. Goofy ends up with a fish in his hands, and, believing it is the whale, says, "Gosh, he must have shrunk!"
Reception
Motion Picture Herald printed a letter from an exhibitor in their "What the Picture Did For Me" section, saying: "What a letdown. Disney must have been working on Ferdinand and made this during dinner hour. Not so hot". Another wrote: "A dandy. Very funny".[4]
Voice cast
- Mickey Mouse: N/A
- Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
- Goofy: Pinto Colvig
Releases
- 1938 - theatrical release
- c. 1983 - Good Morning, Mickey!, episode #3 (TV)
- c. 1992 - Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #70 (TV)
- c. 1992 - Donald's Quack Attack, episode #21 (TV)
- 1997 - The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.10: "Mickey, Donald and Goofy: Friends To the End" (TV)
- 2010 - Have a Laugh!, episode #14 (TV)
Home media
The short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color.[5]
Additional releases include:
- 1981 - "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume One" (VHS)
- 2011 - "Have a Laugh! Volume Three" (DVD)
See also
References
- ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
- ^ "The Whalers". www.bcdb.com, April 12, 2012
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "What the Picture Did for Me". Motion Picture Herald (January 7, 1939): 47. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Mickey Mouse in Living Color DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
External links
- The Whalers at IMDb
- The Whalers at the TCM Movie Database