''Donald's Dream Voice'' is a 1948 American animated short film featuring Donald Duck; the film was directed by

Jack Hannah John Frederick Hannah (January 5, 1913 – June 11, 1994) was an American animator, writer and director of animated shorts. Biography Hannah was born on January 5, 1913, in Nogales, Arizona. He moved to Los Angeles in 1931 to study at the Art ...

and produced by

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...

. In the short film, no one understands a word that salesman Donald says, so he takes voice pills to improve his speech.

Plot

Donald the

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has a problem where he fails to sell brushes throughout the neighbourhood, because no one can understand what he says. At Daisy Duck's house, Daisy reassures Donald and tells him she believes in him. Finally, he finds a solution to clear his voice: taking a voice pill, leading to a massive increase in his brush sales. The pill increases Donald's confidence too and makes him eager to ask Daisy to marry him. After he sells all the brushes, he loses the pills along the way, leaving him only one. Then he goes back to Daisy's house, just as his new voice reverts to his old voice. When he tries to take the pill, it falls to the ground and bounces away from him and he starts following it. Donald chases the pill through the streets and onto the hat of a particularly large and irritable sewer worker, and then it finally ends up in the mouth of a cow, which causes her to talk in a clear and polite male voice, with Donald taunting her for his last pill. Unfortunately, the cow can't understand Donald's voice, causing Donald to lose his temper.

Voice cast

Clarence Nash Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor. He was best known as the original voice of the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck. He was born in the rural community of Watonga, Oklahoma, and ...

as Donald Duck * Leslie Denison as Donald Duck's intelligible voice and Talking Cow *

Ruth Clifford Ruth Clifford (February 17, 1900 – November 30, 1998) was an American actress of leading roles in silent films, whose career lasted from that era into the television era. Early years Clifford was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the daughter ...

as Daisy Duck * Bea Benaderet as Unseen Lady Customer

Television

* Disneyland, episode #1.4: "The Donald Duck Story" * Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, episode #8.6: "Inside Donald Duck" * Good Morning, Mickey, episode #32 * Donald Duck Presents, episode #8 * Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #49 * Donald's Quack Attack, episode #91 * The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.40: "Crazy Over Daisy"

Home media

The short was released on December 11, 2007, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950''. Additional releases include: * ''Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Daisy'' (VHS) * ''Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Best Pals - Donald and Daisy'' (DVD)

References

External links

* *
Donald's Dream Voice
' at The Internet Animation Database
''Donald's Dream Voice''
on BFI

on Filmaffinity

on Disney Film Project 1948 animated films 1948 short films 1940s English-language films Donald Duck short films Films produced by Walt Disney 1940s Disney animated short films Films directed by Jack King Films scored by Oliver Wallace American animated short films RKO Pictures short films RKO Pictures animated short films Films about ducks Films about salespeople {{1940s-Disney-animation-film-stub