Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive
Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive is a 1946 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.[1] In this installment of the Donald & Goofy series, Donald Duck appears as "Frank Duck", a jungle explorer determined to capture a live "wild man", played by Goofy. The film was directed by Jack Hannah and features the voices of Clarence Nash as Donald and Pinto Colvig as Goofy.[2]
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| Directed by | Jack Hannah |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Story by | Dick Kinney |
| Starring | Pinto Colvig Clarence Nash |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
| Animation by | Al Coe Andy Engman Hugh Fraser Jim Moore |
| Layouts by | Yale Gracey |
| Backgrounds by | Thelma Witmer |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The character Frank Duck and the title of the film are spoofs of Frank Buck and his 1930 book Bring 'Em Back Alive which was adapted into a 1932 documentary film.
Plot
Goofy appears as a wild man living in the jungle, gracefully swinging from vine to vine à la Tarzan.
Employed by the Ajax Circus, Frank Duck (Donald) arrives in the jungle on a river boat in search of a wild man. After Goofy bungles an attempt to kill Frank, Frank presents the illiterate wild man with a contract which the wild man eventually eats. Frank tries to capture the wild man and put him into a cage, but the wild man escapes, seemingly unintentionally, and helps Frank load the empty cage onto his boat.
Upon realizing his mistake, Frank angrily returns with the cage and continues to chase the wild man until he chases him into a lion's den. In the ensuing chaos, Frank and the wild man find themselves wearing each other's clothes. The wild man takes advantage of the situation and commandeers Frank's boat, while Frank is left in the jungle to assume the role of a new wild man.
Voice cast
- Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
- Goofy: Pinto Colvig[3]
Releases
- 1946 – theatrical release
- 1992-2000 – Donald's Quack Attack: episode 5
- 2005 – Walt Disney Treasures: Wave 5: The Chronological Donald, Volume 2
Notes
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74-76. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- Smith, Dave (2006). Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). New York: Disney Editions. ISBN 0-7868-4919-3. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - Hischak, Thomas S. (2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786462711.
External links
- Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive at The Encyclopedia of Animated Disney Shorts
- Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive at the Internet Movie Database
- Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive at the Big Cartoon DataBase