Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Clown of the Jungle" is an American cartoon from 1947, so it just had its 70th anniversary and the names Hannah, Nash and Colvig make it obvious that here we got another Disney short from back in the day. It runs for under 6.5 minutes, so certainly not one of their longest. The star is Donald in here, or lets say one of the stars as this is basically a two-man errr.. two-bird show when DD is a wildlife photographer in the jungle and there he meets Disney's equivalent to Woody Woodpecker you could say, maybe a bit more whiny and less confident, but very similarly looking. And the two birds dueling is all this film is about. I did not like this new character. Donald was okay, but he alone cannot carry this either, even if his mannerisms were kinda funny. The gadget-based humor was also not top-notch here. Eventually this is evidence of how characters and story are king and how the best animation and voice actors cannot make up for deficits in these crucial fields. A small thumbs-up for Donald as he cannot be blamed here, but the cartoon as a whole gets a thumbs-down from me. Not recommended.

OllieSuave-007 A narrator voiced over this cartoon short on a series of tropical birds in an African jungle. In the jungle photographing, or trying to, is Donald Duck. Like a previous cartoon, he seemed to never be able to pull the camera shutter. To make things complicated, an Aracuan Bird with a wacky cackling voice makes life difficult for Donald. What results is the usual bad luck Donald inherits.There are a few funny slapstick moments at Donald's expense. The animation was very nice and colorful and there are some of the classic Donald expressions that we've come to love. The birds singing and crooning like people singing were somewhat interesting to look at. It's still more of an average Donald cartoon, though.Grade C-

Ron Oliver A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon.While on a photographic expedition, Donald is driven crazy by the CLOWN OF THE JUNGLE, the zany Aracuan bird.This incredibly silly little film features the second of three animated appearances by the Aracuan bird. With his debut in THE THREE CABALLEROS (1945), his mercifully brief film career would come to a culmination in MELODY TIME (1948). Clarence "Ducky" Nash supplies Donald's unique voice.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.

action-6 Clown of the jungle is one of my all-time favorite Donald-movies. Donald is in the rainforest in South-America as a bird-photographer. All of Donald`s attempts of taking pictures of the rare birds are ruined by a bird who is absolutely crazy! That bird is what makes this one of my favorite Donald-movies and it is great fun for the entire family. 10/10