Beach Picnic (1939)
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- Approved
- 8min
- Animation, Short
- 09 Jun 1939 (USA)
- Short
Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending the rubber horse over to Pluto which completely mesmerizes him. Meanwhile, a tribe of...
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Cast
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Lee Millar | ... |
Pluto (uncredited) (voice)
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| Clarence Nash | ... |
Donald Duck (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Clyde Geronimi | ... | (uncredited) |
| Burt Gillett | ... | (uncredited) (earlier cartoon clips) |
Written by
| Carl Barks | ... | (writer) (uncredited) |
| Jack Hannah | ... | (writer) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Paul J. Smith | ... | (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Jack Cutting | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| George Lowerre | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Preston Blair | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Lars Calonius | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Chester Cobb | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Shamus Culhane | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Al Eugster | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Norman Ferguson | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| David Hilberman | ... | layout artist (uncredited) |
| Lester Novros | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Frank Oreb | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Stan Quackenbush | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Paul Satterfield | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Milt Schaffer | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Claude Smith | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Mary Whitney | ... | secretary (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- RKO Radio Pictures (1939) (United States) (theatrical)
- Walt Disney Home Video (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Disney+ (2019) (United States) (video)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending the rubber horse over to Pluto which completely mesmerizes him. Meanwhile, a tribe of ants abduct Donald's picnic lunch. Donald lays out fly paper to stop the ants. Pluto follows one of the ants and, of course, he and later Donald become enmeshed in the fly paper.
Written by Matt Yorston |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Donald names his inflatable horse "Seabiscuit" after the famous champion racehorse of the same name. See more » |
| Goofs | In Beach Picnic, Donald Duck is wearing a boater hat and a two piece swimming outfit. At the beginning of the second half in the first shot where he starts chasing the ants, his shadow is first shown having the outline of his sailor hat, then in the next shot onward, he is wearing his boater hat. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited from Playful Pluto (1934). See more » |
| Soundtracks | By the Beautiful Sea See more » |
| Quotes |
Donald Duck:
[singing]
By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea. You and I, you and I oh how happy we'll be. Donald Duck: Boy! Now for my swim! Come on Seabiscuit, let's go! [Donald grabs his inflatable horse and throws it in sea] See more » |