Clown of the Jungle

Clown of the Jungle
Clown of the Jungle
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Hannah
Story by	Ray Patin; Payne Thebaut
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Clarence Nash; Pinto Colvig
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Animation by	Andy Engman; Volus Jones; Bill Justice; Hal King
Layouts by	Yale Gracey
Backgrounds by	Thelma Witmer
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	June 20, 1947;
Running time	6:19
Country	United States
Language	English

Clown of the Jungle is a 1947 American animated short film directed by Jack Hannah and produced by Walt Disney, featuring Donald Duck.^[1] It marks the first short film appearance of the Aracuan Bird, previously seen in The Three Caballeros (1944). In the short film, Donald Duck is visiting the jungle to photograph its tropical birds, but things take a turn for the worse when Donald encounters the extremely annoying Aracuan Bird.

Plot

In the South American jungle, the narrator introduces us to the various birds living there and to wildlife photographer Donald Duck intent on getting some pictures. However, all his attempts to photograph birds are ruined by the "clown of the jungle", the Aracuan Bird. Example: when Donald attempts to photograph a chorus line of hummingbirds, the Aracuan Bird interrupts the picture with a Russian kick dance. Donald becomes aggravated to the point where he gives chase but the bird always manages to outsmart Donald and make short work of his sanity.

Voice cast

Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
Pinto Colvig as Aracuan Bird

Television

Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #54
Donald's Quack Attack, episode #64
From All of Us to All of You (Sweden only)

Home media

The short was released on December 11, 2007, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950^[2] where the opening theme uses the cut-short 1947 Donald Duck theme instead of the first Mickey Mouse theme it originally used.

Additional releases include:

Donald's Birthday Bash (VHS)

Notes

The hammer sound from Roustabouts (a song from Disney's 1941 film Dumbo) can be heard when Donald and the Aracuan Bird are hammering a nail.
When Donald goes insane and starts acting like the Aracuan Bird at the very end, he breaks the fourth wall by walking along the black iris and shrinking with it.

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "The Chronological Donald Volume 3 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

External links

Clown of the Jungle at IMDb
Clown of the Jungle at The Internet Animation Database
Clown of the Jungle on Filmaffinity

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[2] "The Chronological Donald Volume 3 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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