''The Riveter'' is a 1940 American
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 fo ...
short film directed by Dick Lundy and produced by Walt Disney. In the short film, Donald lands a job working high steel as a riveter for construction foreman Pete.
Plot
Donald comes across a sign next to a construction site requesting a
riveter
A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite to the head is called the ''tail''. On installation, the rivet is placed in a punched ...
, so he decides to take the job. However, he messes things up and gets in hot water with his boss, Peg Leg Pete.
Voice cast
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Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
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Billy Bletcher
William Bletcher (September 24, 1894 – January 5, 1979) was an American actor. He was known for voice roles for various classic animated characters, most notably Pete in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse short films and the Big Bad Wolf in Disney' ...
as Pete
Music
Donald enters the cartoon singing "Heigh Ho" from ''
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...
''.
Releases
Television
* Good Morning, Mickey, episode #57
* Goofy's Guide to Success
* Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #63
* The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.11: "The Many Lives of Pegleg Pete"
Home media
The short was released on May 18, 2004, on ''
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume One: 1934-1941''.
It can also be found on VHS on ''Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Donald'' with the original opening and closing titles.
References
External links
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*
The Riveter' at The Internet Animation Database
Donald Duck short films
Films produced by Walt Disney
1940s Disney animated short films
Films directed by Jack Hannah
Films scored by Oliver Wallace
1940 animated films
1940 films
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