Bootle Beetle

{{short description|1947 Donald Duck cartoon}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Bootle Beetle

| image = Bootle Beetle poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Jack Hannah

| producer = Walt Disney

| story = Bill Berg
Milt Banta

| starring = Clarence Nash
Dink Trout

| music = Oliver Wallace

| animator = Bill Justice
Andy Engman
Art Babbitt
Judge Whitaker

| layout_artist = Yale Gracey

| background_artist = Thelma Witmer

| studio = Walt Disney Productions

| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

| released = {{Film date|1947|08|22}}

| runtime = 7 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Bootle Beetle is a 1947 animated short film featuring Donald Duck. It was released by Walt Disney Productions.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=21 February 2021 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312 |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/]}}

Plot

A rare breed insect, the Bootle beetle, tells the story of how, as a child, he left the forest and came across a monster, Donald Duck, who recognized the rare insect and tried to capture him in a jar.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on December 11, 2007 on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950.{{cite web |title=The Chronological Donald Volume 3 DVD Review |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/donaldvol3.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=21 February 2021}}

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