Canvas Back Duck

{{short description|1953 Donald Duck cartoon}}

{{for|the duck|Canvasback}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Canvas Back Duck

|image = Canvas-back-duckoriginal.jpg

|caption = Theatrical release poster

|director = Jack Hannah

|story = Jack Kinney
Bill Berg

|animator = George Kreisl
Bob Carlson
Volus Jones
Al Coe
Dan MacManus (effects)

|layout_artist = Yale Gracey

|background_artist = Ray Huffine

|starring = Clarence Nash
Billy Bletcher
Bob Jackman
Dallas McKennon

|music = Oliver Wallace

|producer = Walt Disney

|studio = Walt Disney Productions

|distributor = RKO Radio Pictures

|released = {{Film date|1953|12|25}}

|color_process = Technicolor

|runtime = 7 minutes

|country = United States

|language = English

}}

Canvas Back Duck is a 1953 Walt Disney animated short film starring Donald Duck, his nephews, and Pete.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/74/mode/2up |pages=74–76}}

Plot

Donald Duck and his nephews visit a carnival. While they play games, Donald is tricked by a shifty barker into fighting "Pee Wee Pete" (Pegleg Pete), a truculent bruiser who significantly outweighs Donald. In spite of help from his nephews, the situation looks desperate for Donald, until his fist accidentally connects with Pete's jaw, which breaks as a visual gag for him having a glass jaw and he collapses to the canvas out cold. Donald wins the prize money and exits the carnival triumphantly with his nephews.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on November 11, 2008, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Four: 1951-1961.{{cite web |title=The Chronological Donald Volume 4 DVD Review |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/donaldvol4b.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=13 February 2021}}

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