"The Autograph Hound" (1941)
Another in a series of cartoons featuring caricatures of classic celebrities of the day. In this classic, Donald attempts to get autographs from popular celebs of the day, including Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple, Greta Garbo, Sonja Henie and more.Read a great blog post on this cartoon from the 2719 Hyperion blog.
Celebrities, in order of appearance:
Greta Garbo, Mickey Rooney
Henry Armetta. Sonja Henie.
The Ritz Brothers. Shirley Temple
Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.
Charlie McCarthy, Stepin Fetchit, Roland Young.
(War scenes, Western scenes)
Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye.
Hugh Herbert, Irvin S. Cobb, Edward Arnold.
Katherine Hepburn, Eddie Cantor Slim Summerville,
Lionel Barrymore, Bette Davis, Groucho and Harpo Marx,
Mischa Auer, Joan Crawford, Charles Boyer
That was not really nice to Mickey Rooney, haha! Even though he DID look like that.
ReplyDeleteHilarious! I adore Donald Duck, and it turned out well in the end. Quality was fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that the character of "Lampwick" from Disney's "Pinnochio"(1940) was based off of this caricature of Mickey Rooney, but I need to do some more research on this.
ReplyDeleteFound a few more cartoons from this era with caricatures, and will post them in the next week. (At least 6 more to come!)