The Plastics Inventor
{{short description|1944 Donald Duck cartoon}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Plastics Inventor
| image = The Plastics Inventor poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Jack King
| story = Jack Hannah
Dick Shaw
Carl Barks (uncredited)
| animator = Don Towsley
Paul Allen
Bill Justice
Brad Case
| layout_artist = Ernie Nordli
| background_artist = Merle Cox
| starring = Clarence Nash
| music = Oliver Wallace
| producer = Walt Disney
| studio = Walt Disney Productions
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1944|09|01}}
| color_process = Technicolor
| runtime = 7 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
The Plastics Inventor is a Disney animated short from 1944, produced in Technicolor by RKO Radio Pictures, featuring Donald Duck.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/74/mode/2up |pages=74–76}}
Plot
Donald Duck makes an airplane made of plastic, following instructions from a radio. The cartoon begins with Donald listening to the radio, and having a massive pile of junk - just enough to build his plastic airplane. After Donald completes his plastic invention, the radio reminds Donald to make his helmet.
Then Donald decides to test pilot his plastic airplane in the sky, bringing the radio along with him. During the flight, the radio explains one fault; to not let the plastic airplane melt in water. Unfortunately, a rainstorm starts pouring and the plastic airplane begins to melt, with Donald attempting to repair it with extreme difficulty.
The airplane eventually melts away completely, forming into a parachute as Donald lands safely on a tulip patch. Donald, now angry at the radio, waters the radio with a watering can, melting it to liquid, ending the cartoon.
Voice cast
- Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
Home media
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0037181}}
{{Donald Duck in animation}}
{{Jack King}}
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Category:Donald Duck short films
Category:1940s Disney animated short films
Category:Films directed by Jack King
Category:Films produced by Walt Disney
Category:Animated films about aviation
Category:Films scored by Oliver Wallace
Category:Films with screenplays by Carl Barks
Category:1944 animated short films
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