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Wetzel Whitaker
Wetzel Orson "Judge" Whitaker (September 30, 1908 – November 1, 1985) was a filmmaker and animator. He is most known for his early work as a Disney animator, particularly the animation of the stepsisters from Cinderella (1950 film), and his work as a director for BYU Motion Picture Studios. Most of the films he was involved in, such as ''The Windows of Heaven (film), The Windows of Heaven'', ''Johnny Lingo'' and ''Pioneers in Petticoats'', were made in cooperation with his brother Scott Whitaker. The two of them ran the BYU Motion Picture Studio during this time, receiving commission from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to make films. Biography Wetzel "Judge" Whitaker was born in Heber City, Utah and grew up primarily in Utah and Colorado. His nickname came from his brother calling him "Judge", comparing him to the local justice of the peace. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and in 1929 became the Art Director for the ''St. Louis Times''. In 1930, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heber City, Utah
Heber City is a city and county seat of Wasatch County, Utah, Wasatch County, Utah, United States. The population was 11,362 at the time of the 2010 census. It is located 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. History Heber City was first settled in 1859 by Robert Broadhead, James Davis, and James Gurr. John W. Witt built the first house in the area. The area was under the direction of Bishop Silas Smith, who was in Provo. In 1860 Joseph S. Murdock became the bishop over the Latter-day Saints in Heber City and vicinity. On May 5, 1899, the Wasatch Wave published this on the 40-year anniversary of Heber, "Forty years ago this week [April 30, 1859], this valley was first settled by a company of enterprising citizens from Provo. This company consisted of John Crook, James Carlile, Jessie Bond, Henry Chatwin, Charles N. Carroll, Thomas Rasband, John Jordan, John Carlile, Wm Giles and Mr. Carpenter, the last five named persons having since died. Forty years ago today, John Crook a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known for his semi-intelligible speech and his mischievous, temperamental, and pompous personality. Along with his friend Mickey Mouse, Donald was included in ''TV Guide''s list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time in 2002, and has earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has appeared in more films than any other Disney character, and is the most published comic book character in the world outside of the superhero genre. Donald Duck appeared in comedic roles in animated cartoons. Donald's first theatrical appearance was in ''The Wise Little Hen'' (1934), but it was his second appearance in ''Orphan's Benefit'' that same year that introduced him as a temperamental comic foil to Mickey Mouse. Throughout the next two decades, Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Trooper
''Sky Trooper'' is a 1942 animated cartoon by Walt Disney Studios starring Donald Duck during the World War II years. It was directed by Jack King based on a script by Carl Barks. Plot Donald Duck is in trouble and is peeling potatoes. He wants desperately to fly, so he cuts a potato to look like an airplane. He throws it, and it catches Sergeant Black Pete's cap and brings it back to Donald, like a boomerang. Donald cuts it, thinking that it is a potato. When the sergeant comes in, he finds his cap cut in airplane shapes and finds out about Donald's ambition to fly. Donald is forced to peel tons more potatoes, but is promised the opportunity to fly after he cuts them all. After cutting all the potatoes, Donald reports to the Flight Sergeant's office and manages to fail all the equilibrium-finding exercises that the Sergeant comes up with, and when the Sergeant tells him to " pin the tail on that airplane", Donald obliges after walking on the outside ledge of the building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vanishing Private
''The Vanishing Private'' is a 1942 animated cartoon by the Walt Disney Studios, starring Donald Duck in the World War II years. Plot Donald Duck is doing some camouflage painting on a cannon with yellow, green, and red stripes and black dots (based on the colors of the Flag of Lithuania with bullet holes in it). Sergeant Pete sees it and scolds Donald, explaining that it needs to painted so it can't be seen. Pete then demands that Donald re-paints the cannon to "make that gun hard to see". Obliging to the sergeant's orders, Donald walks to the "Experimental Laboratory: Camouflage Corps", disregarding the "keep out" sign, and walks in. He finds some "invisible paint", which he tests with his finger, and uses it to paint the cannon. When Pete returns, he is shocked to find the cannon seemingly gone, believing it to be stolen. But of course, it isn't stolen, as the sergeant finds out the hard way by bonking his head on the underside of the cannon and discovering Donald inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Gets Drafted
''Donald Gets Drafted'' is a 1942 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon has Donald Duck being drafted into the U. S. Army during World War II and follows his introduction to military life. The film was directed by Jack King and introduced the song "The Army's Not the Army Anymore" by Carl Barks and Leigh Harline. The voice cast includes Clarence Nash as Donald, John McLeish as an officer, and Billy Bletcher as Pete who is Donald's drill sergeant. ''Donald Gets Drafted'' was the first of a six-part series, within the larger ''Donald Duck'' series, which shared a continuity of Donald serving in the army during World War II. The cartoon also revealed for the first time Donald's middle name – Fauntleroy – seen on his "Order to Report for Induction" form from the film's title screen. Plot Filled with enthusiasm, Donald reports to his local draft board after receiving a draft notice. Along the way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald's Snow Fight
''Donald's Snow Fight'' is an animated short film featuring classic cartoon character Donald Duck in a snowball fight with his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. It was released in 1942 by Walt Disney Productions. Plot Donald goes out to play with a sled while singing "Jingle Bells". When Donald reaches the top of the hill, he notices his nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, at the bottom, building a snowman. Donald crashes his sled into their snowman, which prompts his nephews to plot revenge. The nephews craft a silly-looking snowman around a boulder and label it "Uncle Donald." Donald attempts to crash the snowman, only to crash into the boulder underneath it, destroying his sled and overcoat. An all-out snow war ensues, Donald Duck throws the snowballs which turns his nephews into bowling pins and literally bowls them over, he then freezes his ice missile which he launches splitting the flag pole in three parts spanking his nephews. His three nephews retaliate which they launch snow bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chef Donald
''Chef Donald'' is a 1941 American Donald Duck short film directed by Jack King and produced by Walt Disney. Plot Donald is listening to a radio cooking program hosted by Old Mother Mallard and mixes up a batch of waffles, but he's distracted and uses rubber cement instead of baking powder. The batter proves to be unusually stiff. First, his spoon gets stuck and the batter acts like a rubber-band airplane, flying the bowl around the room. Next, Donald falls with his head in the batter, he tries to get out but initially, he can't (with angry quacking and a lot of bubbles popping), and his tail in the waffle iron. Then he tries to chop it with an ax, and the ax flies up and splits the room in half. Finally, he throws the bowl out the door; it sticks to the knob while the bowl gets stuck between two trees. The stretching causes a branch to knock on the door, tricking Donald into opening it and letting the batter back in. After several attempts, he has had enough and rushes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reluctant Dragon (1941 Film)
''The Reluctant Dragon'' is a 1941 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Alfred Werker, and released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 27, 1941. Essentially a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios facility in Burbank, California, the film stars radio comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Norman Ferguson, Clarence Nash, and Walt Disney, all as themselves. The first twenty minutes of the film are in black-and-white, and the remainder is in Technicolor. Most of the film is live-action, with four short animated segments inserted into the running time: a black-and-white segment featuring Casey Junior from ''Dumbo''; and three Technicolor cartoons: ''Baby Weems'' (presented as a storyboard), Goofy's ''How to Ride a Horse'', and the extended-length short ''The Reluctant Dragon'', based upon Kenneth Grahame's book of the same name. The total length of all animated parts is 40 minutes. Overview Opening The film starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald's Vacation
''Donald's Vacation'' is a Donald Duck cartoon made by The Walt Disney Company and released by RKO Pictures on August 9, 1940. The film, which was directed by Jack King, shows Donald Duck having many troubles with the outdoors when he goes on vacation. Plot Donald Duck is taking a vacation in a canoe. He is shown to walk over rocks while playing a guitar when the canoe can't go, since his feet and legs are sticking out the bottom of it. While playing his guitar, he unwittingly goes through a small waterfall. He coughs violently and shakes water off, and gets a fish in his instrument, but he quickly calms down. However, just as he continues playing, he goes over a waterfall and falls to the bottom. After a furious outburst, he emerges from the water with the canoe on his back like a turtle's shell. Arriving at his campsite, he pulls a lever which ejects all the supplies he brought along. He then converts the canoe into a tent and puts down a sign that says ''Camp Peaceful.'' He g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Put-Put Troubles
''Put-Put Troubles'' is a 1940 American Donald Duck short film directed by Riley Thomson Riley A. Thomson Jr. (October 5, 1912 – January 26, 1960) was an American animator and comics artist who spent most of his career working with Walt Disney films and characters. He directed six Disney short films including ''The Nifty Nineties'' ... and produced by Walt Disney. Plot Donald is in his motorboat with Pluto towing it. Pluto gets distracted by a frog, and loses control of the boat. Donald then struggles with the outboard motor causing chaos to rein. Voice cast * Clarence Nash as Donald Duck * Lee Millar as Pluto Home media The short was released on May 18, 2004, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume One: 1934-1941''. References External links * Donald Duck short films Films produced by Walt Disney 1940s Disney animated short films 1940 animated films 1940 films {{1940s-Disney-animation-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald's Dog Laundry
''Donald's Dog Laundry'' is a 1940 American Donald Duck short film directed by Jack King and produced by Walt Disney. Plot Donald Duck constructs an automated dog washer. He attempts to use Pluto as his test subject, but Pluto refuses and hides in his dog house. Donald uses a rubber bone as bait, but it comes off the rope after a tug of war. When Donald uses a cat hand puppet as a dog bait, some soap is splashed on Pluto, making him look like a poodle. At this, Donald takes the opportunity and proceeds to get Pluto into the dog washer, but by then, the soap went into Pluto's nose, making him sneeze. It resulted in Donald flying into the dog washer and Pluto hitting the electric pole with the controls for the dog washer, thus activating it. As machine turns on, two robotic arms wearing boxing gloves grab Donald by the collar from the back and two arms scrub his head and mouth. Then it dumps his head and upper body in the water allowing it to scrub his rear end. Then a shower spra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer Duck
''Officer Duck'' is a Donald Duck short film which is produced in Technicolor and released September 22, 1939 by RKO Radio Pictures. This cartoon marked the first appearance of Pete (Disney), Pete in a ''Donald Duck (film series), Donald Duck'' series cartoon. Plot Police officer Donald Duck is asked to capture a terrible villain named Tiny Tom (Pete (Disney), Pete). Donald starts his mission by finding Tom's decrepit house. Donald nervously tells Tom—who is much bigger and stronger than Donald—that he is under arrest. Tom angrily kicks Donald out. Donald decides to use a different strategy by pretending to be an abandoned baby, orphan who was abandoned, and subsequently gains Tom's sympathy. When Tom spots handcuffs in the baby crib, Donald shakes them noisily, convincing Tom that the handcuffs are being used a baby rattle. As Tom continues to play with Donald as if he were a baby, Donald repeatedly tries and fails to steal the revolver, gun from Tom's pocket. Donald fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
