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Modern Inventions(Movie, 1937)

9min | Genres: Kids & Family, Animation

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

Modern Inventions is a 1937 American comic science fiction animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon follows Donald Duck as he tours the fictional Museum of Modern Marvels. It was directed by Jack King, his Directional debut at Disney, and features original music by Oliver Wallace. The voice cast includes Clarence Nash as Donald, Billy Bletcher as the Robot Butler, Elvia Allman as the Robot Baby Carriage and Don Brodie as the Robot Barber. Modern Inventions pokes fun at modern conveniences. The scene of Donald in the barber's chair was submitted by Carl Barks as his first story contribution at Disney. It is also the final Disney short to be released by United Artists. ()

Part of the Disney Animated Shorts Collection

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About Modern Inventions

Donald Duck goes to a museum of modern inventions. After getting in without paying, he meets a robot butler who takes Donald's hat every time he sees him. Donald is very annoyed by this and magically fixes himself a new hat every time this happens and strolls on. Ignoring the sign not to touch it, Donald starts playing with a wrapping machine and ends up being wrapped himself. He also encounters and tries out a robot nursemaid and a fully automatic barber chair. They both don't do him much good.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Walt Disney Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 05/29/1937

Appearing Characters: Donald Duck

Director: Jack King

Producer: Walt Disney

Screenwriter: Carl Barks

Composer: Oliver Wallace

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Die Wunder der Technik"

"Inventos modernos"

"Metkojen keksintöjen museossa"

"Inventions modernes"

"Invenzioni Moderne"

Keywords: haircut, upside down haircut, short film, stolen hat, diaper, robot, black face, invention, man vs machine, hat

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