Bootle Beetle (1947)
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- Approved
- 7min
- Family, Comedy
- 22 Aug 1947 (USA)
- Short
An older beetle of a rare variety advises a young passerby against crossing a stream, where he is likely to get trapped by bug collector Donald, as he himself almost was when he was young.
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Cast
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Larry Keating | ... |
Narrator (uncredited)
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Clarence Nash | ... |
Donald Duck (uncredited)
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Dink Trout | ... |
Bootle Beetle (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jack Hannah |
Written by
Bill Berg | ... | (story) & |
Milt Banta | ... | (story) |
Produced by
Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Oliver Wallace |
Sound Department
George Lowerre | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Animation Department
Art Babbitt | ... | animator |
Andy Engman | ... | animator |
Yale Gracey | ... | layout artist |
Bill Justice | ... | animator |
Judge Whitaker | ... | animator |
Thelma Witmer | ... | background artist |
Eve Fletcher | ... | ink and paint (uncredited) |
Volus Jones | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Beryl Kemper | ... | ink and paint (uncredited) |
Buf Nerbovig | ... | checker (uncredited) |
Ruth Tompson | ... | scene planner (uncredited) |
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- RKO Radio Pictures (1947) (United States) (theatrical)
- VideoVisa (1991) (Mexico) (VHS) (included in "Cartoon Bonanza 7")
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An old Bootle beetle, a rare bread crazed by entomologists, tells to a youngster how he started his adventure as a youth leaving the forest across the river. Suddenly he faced a towering monster: Donald Duck, who smelled money for such a rare insect specimen and caught him in a jar, but curiously took a look and thus allowed the beetle to escape; the greedy duck ... Written by KGF Vissers |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | First appearance of the bootle beetles who would go on to appear in numerous cartoons. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Hunting Instinct (1961). See more » |
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Bootle Beetle: [chuckles, to his grandson] Oh, I was just thinking. For all I know, that monster may be looking for me yet. [Suddenly, they hear crashing noises on the other side of the stream, Donald as an old man has destroyed the whole forest still looking for Bootle Beetle after all these years] Donald Duck: [weakly] I'll get that beetle if it's the last thing I do! See more » |