"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Release Date March 2, 1951

Synopsis

Donald goes on vacation to a dude ranch and gets a totally uncooperative horse as a mount.

Characters

Donald Duck

Rover Boy #6

Credits

Director : Jack Hannah

Animation

Al Bertino

Bob Carlson

Videos

United States

On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends

Germany

Donald Präsentiert

Italy

Paperino Superstar

Paperino nel Far West

Laserdiscs

United States

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections Volume 2

On Vacation with Mickey and Friends

Japan

Starring Donald

Cartoon Carousel

Television

Walt Disney Presents : On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends

The Ink and Paint Club : #30 : 50's Donald

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #1

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #22

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 Anonymous : I remember seeing this short before "Ducktales the Movie" when I was a kid.

From Ryan : This is one of my favorite Donald Duck shorts. I enjoy the scenes where Donald is trying to get the horse to cooperate with him (instead of being tiring, it's actually funny). Donald did not seem to be dressed appropriately for a dude ranch setting. He was wearing an aristocratic riding suit and carried an English saddle rather than a Western saddle.

From Stan : Perhaps my favorite of all the Donald Duck cartoons! The horse constantly outwits Donald and makes a fool out of him. The comedy is actualy funny and very clever. The ending is great, when the horse finaly gets rid of Donald for good. Donald ends up plopping down on a very angry bull! The horse laughs and makes fun of him, while poor Donald rides off into the desert!

From Tiffany : My brother and I loved this short when we were kids. We especially loved the part where the horse hides behind a haystack and when Donald finds him the horse nonchalantly says "Moo." We rewound the tape over and over just to watch that part. I have to admit it is one of my favorite Donald Duck cartoons.

From Michael K : This is my favorite of all the Donald Duck cartoons I've seen. Unlike most Disney cartoons, the humor is as sharp as the best of the Warner Brothers or Tex Avery shorts. It stands up very well to repeated viewings.

From Baruch Weiss : Donald goes to a dude ranch where there is only one horse and it does not want to cooperate and Donald ends up on a bulls back. Great short! I noticed Donald's whistle sounded the same to the opening of "Out on a Limb."

From Eric C. : This is my all time favourite donald cartoon. I just can't get enough of it. Especially the part where the horse says "moo."

From P N John : My all time favorite cartoon. I'm fifteen years from my last viewing of the cartoon and I still quote lines from it. Best of all was when Rover Boy got tricked by Donald and said, "Ha, the dames!" As a kid I could quote the whole cartoon we watched it so many times.

I have seen "Dude Duck" and would like to
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