"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date June 7, 1940

Alternate Titles

Ein Tänzchen mit Daisy - Germany

L'entreprenant Mr. Duck - France

Herr Anka på träff - Sweden

Running Time 8:12

Synopsis

Donald wants to take Daisy jitterbugging, while Huey, Dewey and Louie find devious ways of tagging along.

Characters

Donald Duck

Daisy Duck

Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Credits

Director : Jack King

Animation (note : see animator's drafts below for specific scenes)

Les Clark

Paul Allen

Phil Duncan

Ken Peterson

Edward Strickland

Ken Peterson

Larry Clemmons

Emery Hawkins

Don Towsley

Judge Whitaker

Lee Morehouse

Rex Cox

Ray Patin

Volus Jones

Ken Muse

Dick Lundy

Jim Armstrong

Story : Carl Barks

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Daisy

Love Tales

France

Donald Superstar

Germany

Donald Duck die Grösste Schau der Welt

Donald und die Entebande

Donald Ich bin der Grösste (74 minute version)

Micky im Siebten Himmel

Italy

Paperina

Buon Compleanno Paperino

Laserdiscs

Japan

Donald Duck : A Star is Born

Mickey Be Mine

Daisy : Limited Gold Edition

Donald Duck and his Duckling Gang

Donald's Golden Jubilee

DVD

Region 1 : United States

Mickey and Minnie's Sweetheart Stories

Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald Volume 1 : (1934-1941)

Cartoon Classics Favorites : Best Pals: Donald and Daisy

Region 2 : United Kingdom

Everybody Loves Donald

Region 2 : France

Tout le Monde aime Donald

Region 2 : Germany

Alle Lieben Donald

Region 2 : Sweden

Alla Alskar Kalle

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #20 : Huey, Dewey, and Louie

The Ink and Paint Club : #40 : Crazy Over Daisy

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #31

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #45

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Calvin Daprice : Daisy sure had an awfully big house for just one person (herself) living there. You don't suppose that she planned on getting married to Donald soon, do ya?

From Bert Schaapsmeerders : Great cartoon: humour, rhythm (in more ways than one) and excellent drawing (especially when you compare it to cartoons from other studios in the 1940's). Too bad I always compare DD cartoons with Carl Barks comics, which cannot be bettered by anything. P.S. I'll always the swinging finger of Donald at the beginning!

From Ryan : Donald is off to Daisy's for a little visit. Like another person who sent in comments above, I noticed that Daisy had an awfully big house for just herself. This short had several fun gags like when the nephews hit a cob of corn into Donald's mouth causing him to pop out popcorn when he goes near the fireplace. In this short, I also noticed that Daisy's voice was identical to Donald's, but she did not have a short temper.

From Dino Cencia : This Donald and Daisy Duck cartoon is the best! Donald is going to Daisy's house to hang out with her and dance with her. But his nephews wanted to come too. So Donald sees Daisy sitting on the couch and he sits next to her trying to give her a little kiss and she's shy and she wags her tail to come closer. The nephews pushes Donald into the radio and music comes on. So Donald asks Daisy to dance. (It be funny if they were dancing to an Elvis Presley song.) The funny part is when the nephews put a corn on the stove and they hit into Donald's mouth and he pops and dances with popcorn out of his mouth. Then Donald and Daisy dances really fast like on DTV song Little Richard's "Tutti Fruitti." Then when the dance was over, Daisy thought Donald was a real jitterbug and says ''Whoopee!'' and kisses him everywhere as the cartoon closes. That cartoon is really good. Also, me and my dad like Donald swinging his finger and the music going: da da da da da tat tat. I give this cartoon a 80.

From Baruch Weiss : This is one of my favorite Donald cartoons. Gotta love that Music! I enjoyed the ending where Daisy exclaims "Oh Boy what a Jitterbug!" When I first saw this cartoon on the Limited Gold Edition "Daisy", I thought she said "Oh boy what a gentleman!"

Referenced Comments

Don Donald (1937)

Original Animator's Drafts

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