''The Riveter'' is a 1940 American
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit, sailor shirt and cap with ...
short film directed by Dick Lundy and produced by Walt Disney. In the short film, Donald lands a job working high steel as a riveter for construction foreman
Pete.
Plot
After a rough off-screen physical confrontation, a construction worker is aggressively thrown off a jobsite. The foreman,
Pete, posts a sign reading "
Rivet
A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylinder (geometry), cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite the head is called the ''tail''. On installation, the deformed e ...
er Wanted". Donald sees the sign and indicates his interest in the job to Pete, who is skeptical due to Donald's comparatively small stature. Donald however insists he can perform the job, so Pete hires him and immediately sends him to work on the top floor. Donald gets off to a rough start due to being disoriented and terrified by the height, and then by not knowing how to work the
rivet gun
A rivet gun, also known as a rivet hammer or a pneumatic hammer, is a type of tool used to drive rivets. The rivet gun is used on rivet's ''factory head'' (the head present before riveting takes place), and a bucking bar is used to support th ...
. Unable to physically control the rivet gun, Donald is dragged by it along the jobsite.
Pete decides to take his lunch break and orders Donald to serve him, but the loud noise from the other rivet guns distracts Donald to the point of completely ruining Pete's lunch. An enraged Pete chases Donald throughout the high floors of the jobsite. Donald outmaneuvers Pete, causing Pete to fall off the side of the building and into a tub of quick drying
plaster
Plaster is a building material used for the protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements. In English, "plaster" usually means a material used for the interiors of buildings, while "re ...
. The plaster encases Pete into a fountain statue, causing Donald to laugh uproariously.
Voice cast
*
Clarence Nash
Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor and impressionist. He is best remembered as the original voice of the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck. He was born in the rural community of W ...
as Donald Duck
*
Billy Bletcher as Pete
Music
Donald enters the cartoon singing "Heigh Ho" from ''
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
"Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittch ...
''.
Releases
Television
* ''Good Morning, Mickey'', episode #57
* ''Goofy's Guide to Success''
* ''Mickey's Mouse Tracks'', episode #63
* ''The Ink and Paint Club'', episode #1.11: "The Many Lives of Pegleg Pete"
Home media
The short was released on May 18, 2004, on ''
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume One: 1934-1941''.
It can also be found on VHS on ''Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Donald'' with the original opening and closing titles.
References
External links
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*
The Riveter' at The Internet Animation Database
Donald Duck short films
Films produced by Walt Disney
1940s Disney animated short films
Films directed by Jack Hannah
Films scored by Oliver Wallace
1940 films
1940 animated short films
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