Donald's Crime (1945)

 

I still think the Jack King Donald Duck cartoons are watchable to this day, even though I don't watch a ton of short films back to back anymore, these always influenced me. An underrated film titled Donald's Crime (1945) has this one-minute scene of playing out as a criminal with very unique backgrounds and great action scenes. 

I love these colors, I also the enjoy walk cycles.

Reminds me of a "good" old hollywood movie when they use those medium close-up shots. You might expect another movie related post coming soon.

I could just imagine more slick and cooler music to go with these scenes instead of the usual whimsy style coming from Edward Plumb. I could imagine the chorus to Michael Jackson's Speed Demon in the background with these scenes. 

Love that priceless facial expression! 

We get some more interesting poses and still shots from this one scene. The layouts are absoutely incredible in this cartoon, it adds alot of personality to the environment.

It's crazy to me that this eighty year old cartoon is sorta what interests me the most in cinema and art in particular. 

The dark and mysterious but pleasent tone, a deep narrator voice, shocking expressions, and running from danger. That sounds like my type of vibe.

These shots below are impressive.

Donald's Crime is more than just your standard cartoon with silly shenanigans, this reminds me of the Tex Avery cartoons mixed with Disney's best movies like The Great Mouse Detective and The Headless Horseman from Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, it's filled with unexpected possibilities, velocity, and unlimited animation techniques like for example Donald reaching for the piggy bank, or the picture above of the light following him in stretchy cartoony movements. It's good alright. 

Wanna experience it yourself?

https://www.toontales.net/short/donalds-crime/