The Vanishing Private (1942)
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- Approved
- 7min
- Animation, Short
- 25 Sep 1942 (USA)
- Short
Private Donald Duck gets into trouble when he performs his camouflage painting duty too well with experimental paint that makes anything painted invisible.
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Cast
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| Billy Bletcher | ... |
Sgt. Pete (uncredited) (voice)
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| Don Brodie | ... |
The General (uncredited)
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| Clarence Nash | ... |
Donald Duck (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Jack King | ||
Written by
| Carl Barks | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Oliver Wallace | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Jack Atwood | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| George Lowerre | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Paul Allen | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Bill Herwig | ... | layout artist (uncredited) |
| Hal King | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Ed Love | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Charles Nichols | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Ray Patterson | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Wolfgang Reitherman | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Art Scott | ... | animator (uncredited) / assistant animator (uncredited) |
| Bill Tytla | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Judge Whitaker | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
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- RKO Radio Pictures (1942) (United States) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1943) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (Canada) (DVD)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Walt Disney Home Video (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
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Private Duck is a camouflage painter. He paints a giant cannon with some very gaudy colors, until Sergeant Pete explains that the point is to make it so the cannon can't be seen. Donald finds a bucket of experimental invisible paint and makes the cannon disappear. Pete isn't happy with this, and knocks Donald into the paint, then chases him, until he runs into the general. As Pete tries to explain, Donald prods him with a cactus, then goes off to steal some pies. Eventually, Pete goes berserk and starts throwing grenades willy-nilly and gets in more trouble with the general.
Written by Jon Reeves |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Donald sings (among other popular army ditties) "The Army's Not the Army Any More" from his first war picture "Donald Gets Drafted (1942). See more » |
| Goofs | The gun Donald is painting is at least 30 feet long at the beginning, but after it is painted invisible it appears to have shrunk considerably, as Pete only walks a few steps from the base to look into its mouth and blow Donald out the other end. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into A Day in the Life of Donald Duck (1956). See more » |
| Quotes |
Sgt. Pete:
Good morning, General. Did you see a little guy that you can't see? See more » |