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Donald's Dream Voice
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Wikipedia article
'Donald's Dream Voice' is a 1948 American animated short film featuring Donald Duck; the film was directed by Jack Hannah and produced by Walt Disney. In the short film, no one understands a word that salesman Donald says, so he takes voice pills to improve his speech.
Plot
Donald has a problem where he fails to sell brushes throughout the neighbourhood, because no one can hear his voice clearly. At Daisy Duck's house, Daisy tells Donald that people would not trust him about his unclear voice.
Finally, he finds a solution to clear his voice: taking a voice pill, leading to a massive increase in his brush sales. The customers are grateful to hear and understand Donald's voice.
It increases Donald's confidence and makes him eager to ask Daisy to marry him. After he sells all the brushes, he loses the pills along the way, leaving him only one. Then, he goes back to Daisy's house, just as his new voice reverts to his old voice. When he tries to take the pill, it does nothing and falls to the ground and bounces away from him and he starts following it.
Donald chases the pill through the streets and onto the hat of a particularly large gentleman, and then it finally ends up in the mouth of a cow, which causes the cow to talk in her clear voice, with Donald taunting her for his last pill. Also, the cow can't understand Donald's voice, causing Donald to lose his temper.
Voice cast
* Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
* Leslie Denison as Donald Duck's intelligible voice and Talking Cow
* Ruth Clifford as Daisy Duck
* Bea Benaderet as Unseen Lady Customer
Television
* Disneyland, episode #1.4: "The Donald Duck Story"
* Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, episode #8.6: "Inside Donald Duck"
* Good Morning, Mickey, episode #32
* Donald Duck Presents, episode #8
* Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #49
* Donald's Quack Attack, episode #91
* The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.40: "Crazy Over Daisy"
Home media
The short was released on December 11, 2007, on 'Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950'.
Additional releases include:
* 'Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Daisy' (VHS)
* 'Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Best Pals - Donald and Daisy' (DVD)
References
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