An elderly beetle recalls his long partnership with sea captain Donald, beginning with their time shipwrecked on a desert island.An elderly beetle recalls his long partnership with sea captain Donald, beginning with their time shipwrecked on a desert island.An elderly beetle recalls his long partnership with sea captain Donald, beginning with their time shipwrecked on a desert island.
- Director
- Writers
- Stars
Clarence Nash
- Donald Duck
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Dink Trout
- 'Mac' Bootle Beetle
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis short was re-released in theaters along with Swiss Family Robinson (1960).
- ConnectionsEdited into The Magical World of Disney: At Home with Donald Duck (1956)
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A Bird & His Bug
A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon.
Elderly SEA SALTS Donald Duck & "Mac" Bootle Beetle have shared many seafaring adventures - especially when they were castaway on a deserted island back in 1926...
Although the animation in this little film is routine, the story is still quite engaging, showing, as it does, the affectionate bond between The Duck & The Bug. This was the second of only three cartoons to feature the Bootle Beetle; his popularity never caught fire and stardom remained an elusive dream. Clarence "Ducky" Nash supplies the voice for Donald.
Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Bambi, Peter Pan and Mr. Toad. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.
Elderly SEA SALTS Donald Duck & "Mac" Bootle Beetle have shared many seafaring adventures - especially when they were castaway on a deserted island back in 1926...
Although the animation in this little film is routine, the story is still quite engaging, showing, as it does, the affectionate bond between The Duck & The Bug. This was the second of only three cartoons to feature the Bootle Beetle; his popularity never caught fire and stardom remained an elusive dream. Clarence "Ducky" Nash supplies the voice for Donald.
Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Bambi, Peter Pan and Mr. Toad. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.
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- Ron Oliver
- Oct 1, 2002
Details
- Runtime7 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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