Donald's Ostrich is a 1937 Donald Duck cartoon. It is the first cartoon starring Donald Duck to be branded as a Donald Duck cartoon.
Synopsis[]
In which he plays a train station custodian in charge of the loading and unloading of crates and luggage. In the beginning of the cartoon, a train unloads a bunch of cargo, among which is dropped off an ostrich in a crate. The ostrich is named Hortense, and the rest of the cartoon deals with the havoc she creates at the station as she proceeds to eat anything lying around. Hortense also falls in love with Donald Duck at first sight and kisses him repeatedly, much to his dismay. The radio stations initially provide secondary humor, but later on the visuals reflect the stations to a great extent. As with most of the Disney shorts of this era the backgrounds are a work of art.
Hortense's Meals[]
- Nametag
- Gum (cut scene)
- Concertina
- Alarm Clock
- 3 Balloons
- Radio
Voice Cast[]
- Clarence Nash - Donald Duck
- Pinto Colvig - Hortense (hiccoughs)
- Billy Bletcher - Villain on Radio
- Elvia Allman - Lady Chef on Radio
- Jean Murtagh - Bass Singer
- Don Brodie, Jack Clifford, Zeno Baer and Jack Crosby - Additional radio voices
Trivia[]
- The Here's Donald! VHS and LaserDisc of the cartoon uses the original opening and closing titles.
- A black-and-white 9.5 mm reel featured deleted scenes from the short.
- This short may have been a recreation by Jack King of his short "Porky's Pet", a similar short about a main character with their pet ostrich he directed for Warner Brothers in 1936.
- The opera singer on the radio is thought to be Adriana Caselotti.
Releases[]
Television[]
- The Mickey Mouse Club, December 17, 1957
- Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, episode #30
Home video[]
VHS
- Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Here's Donald!
Laserdisc
- Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Here's Donald!/Here's Goofy!
DVD
- Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald
Gallery[]