Bootle Beetle (1947)
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- Approved
- 7min
- Family, Comedy
- 22 Aug 1947 (USA)
- Short
An older beetle of a rare variety advises a young passerby against crossing a stream, where he is likely to get trapped by bug collector Donald, as he himself almost was when he was young.
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Cast
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| Larry Keating | ... |
Narrator (uncredited)
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| Clarence Nash | ... |
Donald Duck (uncredited)
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Dink Trout | ... |
Bootle Beetle (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Jack Hannah | ||
Written by
| Bill Berg | ... | (story) & |
| Milt Banta | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Oliver Wallace | ||
Sound Department
| George Lowerre | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Art Babbitt | ... | animator |
| Andy Engman | ... | animator |
| Yale Gracey | ... | layout artist |
| Bill Justice | ... | animator |
| Judge Whitaker | ... | animator |
| Thelma Witmer | ... | background artist |
| Eve Fletcher | ... | ink and paint (uncredited) |
| Volus Jones | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Beryl Kemper | ... | ink and paint (uncredited) |
| Buf Nerbovig | ... | checker (uncredited) |
| Ruth Tompson | ... | scene planner (uncredited) |
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Distributors
- RKO Radio Pictures (1947) (United States) (theatrical)
- VideoVisa (1991) (Mexico) (VHS) (included in "Cartoon Bonanza 7")
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Storyline
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An old Bootle beetle, a rare bread crazed by entomologists, tells to a youngster how he started his adventure as a youth leaving the forest across the river. Suddenly he faced a towering monster: Donald Duck, who smelled money for such a rare insect specimen and caught him in a jar, but curiously took a look and thus allowed the beetle to escape; the greedy duck ... Written by KGF Vissers |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | First appearance of the bootle beetles who would go on to appear in numerous cartoons. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Hunting Instinct (1961). See more » |
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Bootle Beetle: [chuckles, to his grandson] Oh, I was just thinking. For all I know, that monster may be looking for me yet. [Suddenly, they hear crashing noises on the other side of the stream, Donald as an old man has destroyed the whole forest still looking for Bootle Beetle after all these years] Donald Duck: [weakly] I'll get that beetle if it's the last thing I do! See more » |