August 10, 1945 – The Donald Duck Short Film Duck Pimples is Released to Theaters
“Are you Mr. D. Duck? I’ve been looking for you.”
On August 10, 1945, the Donald Duck short film Duck Pimples was released to theaters. The short’s title is a play on the phrase “goose pimples,” with Donald being frightened the entire short. It was directed by Jack Kinney, with story by Virgil Partch and Dick Shaw. Donald Duck is voiced by Clarence Nash, Detective Hennessey is voiced by Billy Bletcher, and Colleen (the woman) is voiced by June Foray.
On a dark, stormy night, Donald is in his living room, listening to a murder mystery radio program. The program scares him so much that he tries to change the channel, but to no avail. Suddenly, Donald’s door opens, and a shady figure appears, saying he’s been looking for Donald. He opens his coat to reveal several books, letting Donald know that if he sells six more, he’ll be able to get a bicycle. The figure disappears like a ghost, leaving his books behind. Donald begins to read one, getting engrossed in the story. Then Donald suddenly finds himself in the story, being accused of being the thief.
The characters gather around the book, trying to see what comes next in the story
When the woman who lost her pearls goes missing, Donald is accused of kidnapping as well. The case keeps taking strange, comical turns, and Donald struggles to find a way out of his situation as characters pop in and out of the book. The cop keeps threatening Donald, demanding to know where the pearls and the woman are. Suddenly, just as the cop has Donald in a corner, the author appears from the pages of the book and announces Donald’s innocence. When the author reveals that the cop is really the thief, the cop pulls out two pistols and attempts to run, shooting Donald in the process (except the gun is fake, and Donald is just fine). Donald looks around his room, having returned to the present, and little voice tells him it was just his imagination. Donald ends the short with a nervous tick, unconvinced, as a string of pearls shines around his neck.
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