"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date June 20, 1947

Running Time

Complete : 6:19

Edited : 5:36

Synopsis

As a photgrapher in the jungles of South America, Donald doesn't expect to come across the crazy Aracuan Bird, who more than fits his name as the "clown of the jungle."

Characters

Donald Duck (voice : Clarence Nash)

Aracuan Bird (voice : Pinto Colvig)

Cut Scenes

Scenes showing the Aracuan Bird attemting suicide and Donald firing off a machine gun have been cut.

Videos

Germany

Happy Birthday Donald!

Italy

Cartoons Disney 1

Le Avventure di Caccia del Prof. de Paperis

Video Parade 6

DVD

Whispers : An Elephant's Tale

Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald, Volume 3 : 1947-1950

Laserdiscs

Japan

Donald and Goofy

Donald's Birthday Bash

The Hunting Instinct

All Star Cartoon Review

Television

Walt Disney Presents : "Your Host, Donald Duck" (shown in black and white)

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 54

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Brad Bethel : This Disney classic had to be one of Jack Hannah's best cartoons under his supervision. It even had a title opening song previously reserved for Mickey Mouse. I especially enjoyed the scenes where the Arcuan Bird sings this wacky tune, and pops up repeatedly in the background. Throughout the cartoon, he also does whatever you may have learned from the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes characters, prefebaly Daffy Duck. The Clown of the Jungle's insanity even winds up to the point where Donald Duck becomes a nutcase himself. A very interesting presentation for the Disney staff.

From Ryan : This is one of my favorite Donald Duck shorts. Donald is a bird photographer in the jungle who spots the crazy Aracuan Bird. There were quite a few fun gags I enjoyed such as the scene where the bird kept handing Donald the stones, causing Donald to build a small house. One scene that is not typical of a Disney short is where the Aracuan Bird paints a tunnel into a rock and Donald runs into it. This is more common in a WB short. One thing I noticed was when Donald is getting angry at the bird, he runs after him and shouts "Come here, ya doggone pest!" His incoherent voice made it sound as though he were swearing like it did in the 1937 short "Clock Cleaners." I enjoy the ending of this short where Donald practically turns into the arucuran bird himself, going crazy and shouting the Arucuran Bird's phrase.

From Baruch Weiss : Photographer Donald is continually annoyed and driven up a wall by a crazy aracuan bird. This short was unusual for Disney; the gags of this cartoon make it look like it was directed by one of the directors from the WB studios like Chuck Jones or Friz Freling.

Donald from "Clown of the Jungle" Sketch courtesy of Van Eaton Galleries.

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