Fire Chief (film)
Fire Chief is a 1940 Disney cartoon starring Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.[1]
| Fire Chief | |
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| Directed by | Jack King |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Story by | Carl Barks Jack Hannah |
| Starring | Clarence Nash |
| Music by | Paul J. Smith |
| Animation by | Ed Love Bob Carlson Jack Bradbury |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | December 13, 1940 (USA) |
Running time | 7 min (one reel) |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
The cartoon shows Donald living as a firefighter along with his nephews. When the nephews get tired of Donald's snoring, they sound the fire alarm to wake him up, but Donald instead thinks that there is a fire so he rushes to get on the fire truck. He then comes back up to blow the horn to wake them up. Donald and his nephews march like soldiers, but Donald falls backwards, causing Huey to hit the other nephews, and they fall on Donald, which sounds like the NBC Chimes.
Later, Huey puts on coal in the fire truck but Donald puts on even more, causing the house to catch fire. They then try to put out the fire but Donald instead unknowingly puts the hose on the car's gasoline tank. One of the nephews notices and tries to warn him, but Donald pays no heed. As a result, he causes the fire house and the fire truck to burn down completely and, to add insult to injury, Donald's hat burns down as well, resulting in its burnt frames becoming Donald's 'hair'. The short ends with a defeated and humiliated Donald remarking "You can't win. You just can't win."
Reception
The Film Daily called the short "fairly funny".[2]
Voice cast
References
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- "Reviews of Short Subjects". The Film Daily. 78 (114): 7. December 11, 1940. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
