Winter Storage

"Donald and Chip and Dale face off over acorns."

1949 0h 7m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 78

AnimationComedy

Synopsis

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It's October 7th and Chip is working industriously to store enough acorns in the tree for the winter. Dale would rather sleep in his matchbox, but an angry kick from Chip gets him working furiously. But there's only so much they can do. Their tree is nearly out of acorns. Luckily, the two semi-intelligible chipmunks happen to see the half-unintelligible Donald Duck, a park ranger, planting acorns. They immediately set to steal his bag of the precious nuts. Donald soon realizes what they are up to, and sets out a box propped up with a stick. It's a crude trap, with an acorn as bait; but it's not too crude to fool Dale, who upsets it and traps Chip. Soon, Donald finds he can have fun instigating a fight between these two quarrelsome chipmunks, but he underestimates their friendship and their ability to work as a team against a common enemy: in this case, a bad-tempered duck.

“Donald and Chip and Dale face off over acorns.”

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Cast

Clarence Nash
Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited)
James MacDonald
Chip (voice) (uncredited)
Dessie Flynn
Dale (voice) (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jack Hannah
Writers: Bill Berg, Nick George
Languages: Portuguese, English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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77 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Portuguese, English.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Oliver Wallace. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Clarence Nash and James MacDonald and Dessie Flynn carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Donald and Chip and Dale face off over acorns.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0042047 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jack Hannah directs. Oliver Wallace scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Portuguese, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
277 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Portuguese, English.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Oliver Wallace. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Clarence Nash and James MacDonald and Dessie Flynn carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Donald and Chip and Dale face off over acorns.".
8IMDB entry: tt0042047 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 78 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.