Clock Cleaners (1937)
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- Approved
- 9min
- Animation, Short
- 15 Oct 1937 (USA)
- Short
Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are cleaning a large clock. Among the complications: Mickey fights a sleeping stork that doesn't want to leave, Donald gets tangled up in the main-spring, and Goofy is inside the bell when the clock strikes four.
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Cast
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| Pinto Colvig | ... |
Goofy (uncredited) (voice)
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| Walt Disney | ... |
Mickey Mouse (uncredited) (voice)
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James MacDonald | ... |
Spring (uncredited) (voice)
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| Clarence Nash | ... |
Donald Duck (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Ben Sharpsteen | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
| Otto Englander | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
| Roy Williams | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Paul J. Smith | ... | (uncredited) |
| Oliver Wallace | ... | (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| George Lowerre | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Art Babbitt | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Chuck Couch | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Al Eugster | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Robert Givens | ... | animation checker (uncredited) |
| Walt Kelly | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Wolfgang Reitherman | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Bill Roberts | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Frenchy de Tremaudan | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
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- RKO Radio Pictures (1937) (United States) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1937) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Film (1948) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
- Disney+ (2019) (United States) (video)
- Buena Vista Distribution Company (1986) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
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Storyline
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The clock-tower is getting a major cleaning. Donald soon characteristically looses his temper while cleaning the inner clockwork, when a resilient spring proves better at springing back then he at pushing and hammering it where it just won't fit. Mickey is in charge of the exterior plates, which is perilous enough, but soon must also try to save from a fatal fall Goofy, who ended up the sleep-walking loser of a shadow-fight against the automatically rotating bronze figures which ring the giant bell, which he managed to stand inside so the deafening drone totally shattered his sense of balance. Written by KGF Vissers |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | When the bell rings with Goofy inside it, he looks out suspiciously and says "Mice!" This is a reference to W.C. Fields who said exactly the same thing when there was a crash backstage during one of his comedy acts. See more » |
| Goofs | Unbeknownst to him, Mickey standing on to polishing the '3' numerical on clock's front area by broom at outside, as there's no wooden Swing board with ropes attached on the top of '3' structure shown above, Mickey turns and glimpsing so horrified at Goofy who is walking on the loose rope, far away from Mickey, as the end of rope is about to free from the clamped roller. Next cut, Mickey then immediately takes action to grab the first appearance of the Swing and ropes in the same scene, and throw it to Goofy. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Mickey Mouse Disco (1980). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Hickory Dickory Dock See more » |
| Quotes |
Donald:
Hey! What's the big idea? Spring: What's the big idea? Donald: Aw, shut up! Spring: You shut up! Donald: Oh yeah? Spring: Oh yeah? Donald: Says you! Spring: Says I! Donald: I'll bust you, you doggone snake-in-the-grass! See more » |