Up a Tree (1955 film)

Up a Tree
Donald Duck series

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Directed by Jack Hannah
Produced by Walt Disney
Story by Dick Kinney
Milt Schaffer
Voices by Dessie Flynn
Jimmy MacDonald
Clarence Nash
Music by Oliver Wallace
Animation by Bob Carlson
Al Coe
Volus Jones
Bill Justice
Dan MacManus (effects)
Layouts by Yale Gracey
Backgrounds by Claude Coats
Studio Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)
  • June 3, 1955 (1955-06-03)

(USA)[1]

Color process Technicolor
Running time 6 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by Beezy Bear
Followed by Chips Ahoy

Up a Tree is a 1955 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Donald Duck and Chip 'n' Dale, with Donald trying to top a tree in which Chip and Dale are living. It was directed by Jack Hannah and features original music by Oliver Wallace.

Plot

Donald Duck is a lumberjack who sets out to top a tall tree on a hill. The tree turns out to be the home of chipmunks Chip and Dale, who repeatedly foil Donald's attempts. After the tree is topped, Donald finds out the chipmunks have been sabotaging his efforts, and in retaliation, he chops the entire tree down with an axe. The tree falls and flips end over end landing on a log flume. Using a pike pole, Donald catches a ride on the log and heads for the sawmill.

Chip and Dale catch a ride in a toolbox on a zip line overhead. They ride ahead of Donald, jump from the tool box with a hammer, and dismantle a side of the flume with it. The log then flies out of control down the hill. Donald finds himself running for his life just ahead of it as it continues down the hill after him. The situation gets progressively worse as the log falls onto Donald's car and rolls through a mine reappearing with dynamite on one end.

Finally the log heads for Donald's cabin. Donald frantically moves everything out of log's way as it flies through the house not damaging anything. Donald breathes a sigh of relief thinking disaster has been avoided. But just then Dale knocks on the door and shows him that the log has struck power lines and is about to spring back onto the house. Donald makes a futile effort to physically move the house, but the log collides with the house and destroys it in successive dynamite explosions. Chip and Dale pretend to comfort Donald who is dazed with grief before rolling on the ground laughing.

Up a Tree in House of Mouse

The short Up a Tree also appears in House of Mouse under the episode name Chip 'n' Dale.

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References

  1. ↑ Smith, Dave (2006). "Up a Tree". Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). New York: Disney Editions. ISBN 0-7868-4919-3.
  2. ↑ http://www.dvdizzy.com/donaldvol4b.html
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