Donald reads in his newspaper that eggs are really going up in value and the price is skyrocketing. Donald realizes that if he had some eggs, he would be quite the wealthy duck so he breaks into a nearby hen-house and collects as many eggs as possible putting them all in a huge basket. Unfortunately, a rooster standing guard makes his presence known and ejects Donald. The inventive duck is able to get back in disguised as a female chicken who the rooster falls for and dances with. Unfortunately, with the rubber glove comb constantly coming loose and a caterpillar falling down the back of his suit, he is ever at the risk of being discovered.
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Admirable film.
A different way of telling a story
Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Another funny Donald Duck from Walt Disney, where Donald tries to capitalize on the rising value of eggs by storing as much eggs as he could find from a nearby chicken coop. However, a rooster won't let him have them.It's classic Donald fun and comedy as he tries to outsmart the freaky rooster by disguising himself as a hen to lure him away from the chicken coop and eggs. Plenty of back and forth tangling and misses; the scenes with the caterpillar contributed to the laughs. Donald almost had the last laugh as well, but couldn't escape his his "get stuck with all the bad luck" persona.Grade B
Golden Eggs (1941) *** (out of 4)The price of eggs are going through the roof so Donald decides to try and make some money. He goes to a chicken coop to pick some eggs but he's caught by the rooster security guard. The rest of the short has Donald trying to get to the eggs.This isn't the greatest Disney short ever produced but it certainly contains enough good moments to make it worth watching. The highlight is certainly an early scene where Donald is working his magic to try and get the chickens to lay more eggs. The production of this scene was quite funny. T he rest of the short basically has Donald dressed up as a rooster and trying to fool the guard. Again, there's nothing great about this short but it's entertaining.
Golden Eggs does have a somewhat predictable story, but it is a fun Donald Duck cartoon that leaves me smiling. The animation is very good for its time, with lovely backgrounds and colours. Another delight was the music, it is rousing and beautiful like in most Silly Symphonies. I love a good score in films, TV shows and cartoons, and this is no exception. The jokes are good, very funny if like the story a little on the predictable side. The voice acting from Clarence "Ducky" Nash as Donald and Florence Gill as the hens is top notch as always, Nash rarely disappoints when he voices Donald. As for Donald himself, he isn't as cantankerous as he is in the cartoons with him and his nephews, but he is funny. The barn rooster is a fun supporting character too, and the little caterpillar is sweet. Overall, puts a smile on my face no matter how predictable it is. 8/10 Bethany Cox
As I can't help nitpicking I do find it a little odd that Donald Duck, who is himself a bird, keeps loads of hens. In this cartoon he learns of the skyrocketing price of eggs (there must be a shortage of hens then) and rushes out to the barn to prompt them into laying loads of them with some upbeat music.But the barn Rooster has other ideas and insists that the eggs stay put. Why would Donald allow the Rooster to push him around so much? And why would the Rooster really care what Donald does with the eggs? It's not like he's going to be doing much with them himself. Despite these moans, the cartoon is very funny and Donald's irritable, persistent personality mixes well with the hijinks.
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