March 7, 1941 – The Donald Duck Short Film Golden Eggs is Released to Theaters
“This will never do with eggs 85 cents! Have to work faster than this!”
On March 7, 1941, the Donald Duck short film Golden Eggs was released to theaters. The film was directed by Wilfred Jackson, and stars Clarence Nash as Donald.
Donald is reading the Farmer’s Gazette, which declares that the price of eggs has skyrocketed, and labels them “liquid gold.” He leaps out of his chair and races to his chickens in the backyard, where they are lazily swaying around and laying eggs. Thinking that he needs to speed up production, he changes the record playing in the barn from “Lazy Daze” to “Hot Stuff.” With the music speeding up, the chickens lay eggs faster than before. Unfortunately, the rooster comes along and sees Donald collecting the eggs, and throws Donald out of the hen house.
Using a red rubber glove, a feather duster, and a burlap sack, Donald disguises himself as a chicken
Hiding in the shed, Donald watches as the rooster protects the eggs. Donald comes up with a plan to disguise himself as a chicken to retrieve the egg basket, although the glove he uses on his head keeps snapping off. The rooster is immediately smitten with Donald’s chicken, and Donald uses this to try to get close to the basket. Unfortunately, the glove snaps off his head again, and lands on top of a caterpillar. When Donald puts the glove back on, the caterpillar begins to wiggle about, which only causes the rooster’s love for Donald to grow. He is able to avoid the rooster’s advances for a moment, but when he tries to find the cause for the moving glove, the caterpillar moves away from Donald’s head and down his neck. The rooster returns and thinks Donald is dancing, and the two begin to samba together.
The rooster’s dancing begins to turn into spinning Donald about as fast as he can. Finally, all of the dancing tears off Donald’s disguise, leaving a very dizzy Donald crowing like a chicken. Having been found out, the rooster chases Donald across the farm, but Donald escapes and leaves him trapped in the pen. As Donald laughs, an egg drops out of the basket and breaks, and Donald slips on the yolk and falls into the basket, breaking every egg inside. The rooster crows with laughter at Donald’s misfortune.
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