The Eyes Have It (film)

The Eyes Have It is a Donald Duck animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions. It was originally released on March 30, 1945 by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was directed by Jack Hannah. It was the final Disney short animated by Don Patterson and it was the only short to have his on-screen credit. The short featured Donald Duck and Pluto. The short shows Donald using a hypnosis goggle to turn Pluto into various animal-like states. After this short, Pluto does not appear again in any other Donald Duck short films or films related to Donald Duck.

Plot

Donald Duck receives a package from the mailbox containing a hypnosis kit and a pair of goggles inside. He decides to test the goggles on Pluto. Pluto was sleeping on the floor, Donald waked him up and patted him as if Pluto is his pet, and not Mickey's. He looked at the camera with an evil smile and pointed Pluto murmuring "you're...". The electricity from the goggles shot at Pluto, hypnotized him and reduced him to a mouse-like state.

Pluto then submits to Donald's antics as Donald uses the goggles to transport Pluto into various animal-like states, such as a turtle, a chicken, etc. He also stuck feathers onto Pluto's neck and let him play with the chicken, much to his delight.

Donald then uses the goggles to turn Pluto into a lion-like state, but Pluto became very brutal and had a violent fight with the chicken, much to Donald's dismay, but his goggles had now broken into pieces in the process.

Donald then saw Pluto rush toward him and attempt to bite him. Donald ran away from Pluto frantically and the house was wrecked in the process. They break through the rooftop and run in midair, and they both fall down with a loud bump, but this returns Pluto back to a normal dog.

Pluto then licked Donald's face to wake him up, revealing his teeth, which frightened Donald who still believed Pluto is in a lion-like state and sped away fast out of sight. The film ends with Pluto looking at camera with a confused face as if he were asking "What happened to me?"^[1]

Cast

• Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
• Pinto Colvig as Pluto

Technical specs

Runtime 7 min

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1

Negative Format 35 mm

Cinematographic Process Spherical

Printed Film Format 35 mm

Availability

• This short can be found on The Chronological Donald, Volume Two.

Notes

• The title is from the parliamentary procedure used by the chairman announcing either "The Ayes have it" or "The Noes have it" depending on whether the motion has passed or failed the vote.

See also

• Beach Picnic (film)
• Pluto (Disney)
• Donald and Pluto
• Window Cleaners

References

External links

• The Eyes Have It at The Big Cartoon DataBase
• The Eyes Have It on IMDb