"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date September 20, 1940

Alternate Titles

Donald, der Fensterputzer - Germany

Les nettoyeurs de carreaux - France

Fönsterputsarna - Sweden

Running Time 8:23

Synopsis

Donald is a window cleaner on the side of a skyscraper, with help from Pluto.

Characters

Donald Duck

Pluto

Spike the Bee

Credits

Director : Jack King

Story

Jack Hannah

Carl Barks

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions 2 : Donald's Bee Pictures

France

Donald Superstar

Germany

Donald Duck die Grösste Schau der Welt

Pluto Räumt Auf

Italy

Buon Compleanno Paperino

Laserdiscs

United States

Donald's Bee Pictures

Japan

Donald's Golden Jubilee

Cartoon Carousel

DVD

Region 1 : United States

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

Walt Disney's Funny Factory with Donald

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 : #8 : "Bugged"

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #60

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 Trae Robinson : This is one silly Donald Duck cartoon. My favorite part is when Donald shouts down at Pluto and his shouting echo goes down a drain pipe and it comes back up to him saying "Hey, Hey."

From Katelyn : I have this short on a DVD of Donald. I just laugh my behind off everytime something doesn't go Donald's way when all he's trying to do is simply clean windows. I give it a 9.

From Dino Cencia : Funny Donald Duck cartoon. I loved the part when Donald keeps trying to wake up Pluto but won't wake up because he's sleeping. First, he trying calling him, but he's still sleeping. Then he's yelling saying "Hey! Wake Up!" Then he took a big deep breath and let out a big yell: "Hey!" Then Pluto's foot blocked the yell and went back up and into Donald's face and it echoed and it shaked into him. That was the funniest cartoon ever. I give it 10 of 10. Donald's my favorite character and he's funny. I am going to Disneyland and I will see Donald Duck and say: "Hey Donald! Good to see you! You are my favorite character. I love your cartoons." This cartoon was funny and Donald Duck is a good character.

From Baruch Weiss : This is one of the 7 cartoons I used to have on "Donalds Bee Pictures" and I do not care for this one at all. Donald sure got what he deserved after messing with that bee. Furthermore, the bee was minding his own buisness untill Donald poured water into the flower causing the bee to cough and nearly choke! This happened again in "Tea for Two Hundred" when he put a bunch of food on an ant causing all the food to fall and the ant to fall in the pie. It's suprising that the cartoon won an academy award!

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