Modern Inventions

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Modern Inventions
Donald Duck series

"Your hat, sir"
Directed by Jack King
Produced by Walt Disney
Story by Carl Barks
Voices by Clarence Nash
Billy Bletcher
Cliff Edwards
Music by Oliver Wallace
Animation by Jack Hannah
Paul Allen
Jonny Cannon[1]
Studio Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s)
  • May 29, 1937 (1937-05-29)
(USA)
Color process Technicolor
Running time 8 minutes 30 seconds
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by Don Donald
Followed by Donald's Ostrich

Modern Inventions is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon follows Donald Duck as he tours the fictional Museum of Modern Marvels. It was directed by Jack King, his first project at the Disney studio, and features original music by Oliver Wallace. The voice cast includes Clarence Nash as Donald, Billy Bletcher as the Robot Butler, and Cliff Edwards as the Robot Barber.[2]

Modern Inventions is an example of retro-futurism[3] and pokes fun at modern conveniences. The scene of Donald in the barber's chair was submitted by Carl Barks as his first story contribution at Disney.[4]

Plot

Donald visits the "Museum of Modern Marvels" which showcases various futuristic electronic appliances and inventions. In the museum, Donald encounters and struggles with many strange and whimsical machines, all of which seem to be against him. A running gag throughout the picture has the Robot Butler appearing to take Donald's hat away, with the words "Your hat, sir." After encountering a robotic hitch-hiker, a wrapping machine, and a fully automated baby carriage, the short ends when Donald attempts to scam a robotic barber chair and winds up getting a haircut on his behind and a shoe-shined bill.

Releases[5]

  • 29 May 1937 – original release (theatrical)
  • 1985 – "Cartoon Classics: The Continuing Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale Featuring Donald Duck" (VHS)
  • c. 1992 – Mickey's Mouse Tracks, Episode 7 (TV)
  • c. 1992 – Donald's Quack Attack, Episode 30 (TV)
  • 24 December 1997 – "Ink & Paint Club", Episode 26 "Classic Donald" (TV)[6]
  • 18 May 2004 – "The Chronological Donald Volume One" (DVD)

References

  1. ↑ Modern Inventions at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
  2. ↑ Modern Inventions at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ Donald Duck's "Modern Inventions" (1937) at Paleofuture.com. 23-02-2007, retrieved 08-07-2011.
  4. ↑ Trivia from Modern Inventions at the Internet Movie Database.
  5. ↑ Modern Inventions at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
  6. ↑ Movie connections for "Ink & Paint Club" at the Internet Movie Database

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