Don Donald

Don Donald (1937)

The first official Donald Duck cartoon

Donald is courting Daisy (called Donna, here in her first appearance) Duck in Mexico. He arrives on a burro, which doesn't get along at all well with her; she convinces him to buy a car. They head through the desert, but the car breaks down, and throws Donald out, then takes off on its own with Daisy trapped inside the rumble seat. The car hits a rock, throwing Daisy into a mud puddle, to Donald's excessive amusement. Daisy pulls a unicycle from her purse, and rides off.

Date of release
1937-01-09
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (60)
Runtime
8m
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Romance
Director
Ben Sharpsteen

Casting

Interesting facts

Don Donald is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon follows Donald Duck attempting to woo a female Mexican duck named Donna. It was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and features music by Paul J. Smith which was adapted from the Mexican folk songs "Cielito Lindo" and "Jarabe Tapatío". Clarence Nash voiced both Donald and Donna.

Production

The film was first conceived in 1935 as a Silly Symphony short called Little Burro, about a young boy who trades his burro for a car to impress his girlfriend. It was reworked as a Donald Duck comedy.

It is unclear if Donna Duck simply represents an earlier version of Daisy Duck or is a separate character entirely. Donna was later retconned in a 1951 Disney comic strip as Daisy's rival. Donna made several other appearances in the British magazine Mickey Mouse Weekly. She did not appear in any other films.

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