Page 1: Set Overview and Disc 1 Shorts Page 2: Disc 2 Shorts, Video & Audio, Bonus Features, and Closing Thoughts |
Like the first disc, Leonard Maltin's introduction here starts automatically, but can be skipped and then later re-accessed from the main menu. Here he talks about his favorite Donald shorts from the era and about the bonus features found on the disc. The Plastics Inventor (1944) (7:08)
Donald's Off Day (1944) (7:32)
Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944) (6:56)
Old Sequoia (1945) (6:45)
Donald's Double Trouble (1946) (6:48)
Wet Paint (1946) (6:39)
Dumb Bell of the Yukon (1946) (6:34)
Lighthouse Keeping (1946) (6:39)
Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive (1946) (7:09)
Quite a bit more comes on the second disc, including three concise but invaluable featurettes. The first of those is "Drawing and Talking 'Duck' with Tony Anselmo" (11:53). Anselmo took over as the voice of Donald Duck in the 1980s and is as true to the character as his predecessors were. Here, Leonard Maltin sits down for a face-to-face interview in which Anselmo talks about how he emerged as the man behind the quack and his tremendous respect for the Disney legacy. The interview is at least tied with the "Disneyland" episode as the best supplementary offering on the set. "The Art and Animation of Carl Barks" (9:37) is a piece on the man who was responsible for, among other things, the Donald Duck comic craze. A host of relevant individuals show up to give their thoughts on the man and his work and some time is spent emphasizing his influence on "DuckTales" and Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Finally, fourteen art galleries are housed on the disc, each offering concept art from one of the set's cartoons. Some of the galleries have over ten pieces of art inside them, though most stick to around five, all adding up to 78 graphics. The menu screens all match those that have been seen on past Treasures releases. There's a lot to put onto these menus and the simple but nicely done screens do a good job of making those accessible. The shorts can be viewed in chronological or alphabetical order, the latter of which seems useful only for finding a short quickly (as if it would take that long otherwise), and a "Play All" option is made available in both, though no run times appear next to any of the cartoons or featurettes. The vintage wartime shorts work the same way within their own sub-menu. Those who want to ignore the shorts they already have on Behind the Front Lines may find appeasement in having a separate section for those, but it does detract from the chronology of it all. Leonard Maltin's overarching disc introductions are accessible for replay from each disc's main menu as well. |
