Nearly always down on his luck, Donald Duck, who is working at a service station, doesn’t hear his number announced when he wins a brand-new Zoom V-8 automobile on the radio in Lucky Number, released on this day in 1951. When nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie learn that their Uncle Donald has just won, they …
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A true-blood Aussie, Geoffrey Rush, perhaps best known for his unforgettable portrayal of Captain Hector Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, was born in 1951 in Toowoomba, Australia, and later moved with his family to Brisbane. He officially made his film debut in 1981’s Hoodwinked, but it wasn’t until his performance in …
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In Test Pilot Donald, we once again witness the mishaps of duck versus chipmunk when Dale gets behind the wheel of Donald’s model airplane and takes to the wild blue yonder, much to the dismay of both Donald and Chip. This high-flying film has the distinction of being the 100th Donald Duck cartoon short out …
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In 1951’s Plutopia, Mickey and Pluto take a trip to Camp Utopia, The Sportsman’s Paradise. After Pluto encounters a pesky cat, he dreams he visits Plutopia, a kind of wonderland where his nemesis cat now waits on him hand and paw. This was the last year original Pluto cartoons were made. The old dog starred …
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Remember the days before computers, when those who got a virus meant they had a cold? That’s what Goofy’s alter-ego George Geef has to battle in Cold War, released on this day in 1951. Despite the fact that the virus infecting George is quite cute, George is miserable and leaves work early. Soon Mrs. Geef …
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This short subject follows some of nature’s most astonishing engineers—beavers living in remote regions of Minnesota and Montana. This, the second of seven featurettes made as part of the True-Life Adventures series, was narrated by frequent collaborator and Disney Legend Winston Hibler and gave viewers an up-close-and-personal look at the way beavers live and transform …
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Watching our favorite duck stride blithely and optimistically into the next quackmire to befall him still remains one of life’s great pleasures, and rarely has Donald looked more hilariously unprepared for what’s about to befall him than in Dude Duck, released 50 years ago today. After arriving at the Bar None Dude Ranch by bus—the …
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It was a shivering cold winter day when a freezing stork sought shelter in the Pluto cartoon short Cold Storage, which blew into theaters on this day in 1951. Unable to escape the sub-zero conditions, the stork spots a warm and inviting doghouse and decides to make it his home. However when Pluto comes home …
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It was high-rise fun on this day in 1951, when Goofy decided he needed a hammock atop his sky high apartment building in the cartoon short Lion Down. He is soon in search of a second tree to support his hammock, but the tree he brings home belongs to a lion. Upon seeing the hammock, …
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In 1950, Walt Disney gave a Christmas present to viewers across the nation in the form of his first television show ever, One Hour in Wonderland. Ventriloquist Edger Bergen and his lovable dummy creations, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, head to Walt’s Studio for a party with Walt and young Kathryn Beaumont, the voice of …
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