Dragon Around

Dragon Around

July 16, 1954 Theatrical Series Donald Duck

Studio
Walt Disney Studios
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Synopsis

Construction worker Donald tries to oust Chip 'n' Dale out of their home to build a highway, so the chipmunks become knights in shining armor to fight back.

Characters

Donald Duck, Chip, Dale

Credits

Directing

Director
Jack Hannah

Producing

Producer
Walt Disney

Writing

Writer
Nick George, Roy Williams

Animation

Animator
Bill Justice, Volus Jones
Effects Animation
Dan MacManus

Voices

Voice
Clarence 'Ducky' Nash (Donald Duck), Dessie Miller (Chip), Helen Silbert (Dale)

Music

Music
Oliver Wallace

Crew

Layouts
Yale Gracey
Backgrounds
Ray Huffine

Pictures

Reviews

dragon around

joe heumannAugust 29, 2011

This is a great short about "eco resistance". Chip and Dale refuse to knuckle under Donald Duck's determination to build "another highway for your safety" right through their home tree. They are determined to fight the earthmoving equipment operated by Donald and take it apart piece by piece till their habitat and home are saved. This cartoon still has great force today, for anyone staring down the barrel of development threatening to destroy their own little bit of nature. The animation is fine, Donald is in form and the brave chipmunks are ready to rumble against a very anthropormorphized steam shovel. It's in my pantheon of chipmunk resistance movies, right alongside Lumberjerks (starring Mac and Tosh).